More Caravan Dealers Go Bust.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- More Caravan Dealers Go Bust. We hadn't noticed that this dealer had gone bust last week so now 3 dealers have gone, but can we buy some of the caravans for sale?
With 2 fairly large dealers going bust so close to each other, does this mean the market will be flooded with stock and bring prices down, this is something that we are watching and also we are trying to buy some of the used caravans for sale from these dealers.
We also have some Caravanning tips along the way and a little caravan dealer update on the caravan market.
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Silly prices for camp sites are killing caravan holidays now
Site fees are killing this industry
I don't really think campsite prices are the main problem. During Covid and everyone needing to holiday locally, sales of caravans went through the roof, so much so that second hand caravans were disappearing off forecourts in a flash. We were offered more for our 2018 Swift 560 than we'd paid for it, just because the local dealer was desperate for stock. I believe that there is now a glut of vans due to families returning to holidaying abroad and brought with it a crash in prices. Of course the economy isn't helping with that either.
Although some site do need to watch their per night rates some are getting carried away best be fully booked than half empty and expensive
Prices are coming down and if you look close at the dealerships that have gone bust they rely on the sales of new vans.
People are so strapped for cash they can't afford to upgrade to new.
I messaged you around 12 months ago and said this would happen. I'm no expert but things had to go bang I also feel its no were near the bottom yet.🤔
Yea it started a good 12 months ago with prices starting to fall. 👍
Thing is all industry’s are struggling..
It's the cost of everything....
Stop paying council tax, they send you a bill and people just pay it ?
The council's are corporations, no more authority than a branch of McDonald's
The market will find its level.
Greedy overpriced caravan parks will kill your industry sadly
The industry won’t just die, downsize maybe.
The sites aren't the real reason why things have gone so crazy. But they are not helping with unrealistic prices. 👍
Totally agree, pitches are becoming ridiculously priced 😠
The big picture is that 'caravan parks' have also been hit by a massive increase in their every day running costs.. (just like every one else) .. What's the long term answer ? I don't know, my crystal ball is broken.
Every part of society is the same.
This 'dropped' into my feed - happy to watch this video. Great presentation!
Might consider a caravan to drive across to Romania!
Prices of caravans and camp site fees killing it all. When do people learn don’t try and get rich quick cause people all over won’t spend it anymore and the company’s will just be left to go bust as they’re not earning anything. Same as second hand car prices it’s pathetic
Thanks for your comments 👍
Quality video again, very infornative as usual, cheers
Glad you enjoyed it
How does the trade in get affected,say in 3 years time on the Lunars? I like the Lunar van , but if I bought it and 3 years time would the trade in price drop drastically? And do you deliver vans ?
Loving the videos thank you. I know its unrelated but could I ask what causes a gap to appear between the caravan wall and the lower part of a kitchen unit where it meets the wall?
Most likely pot holes, it's normally areas over the wheels, the shock from the roads sometimes pulls the screws out the wall and then gives a little. It shouldn't cause any major problems. 👍
@@thecaravanplace thank you so much
Guys , if u want to go Cornwall, Tower Park, St Buryon ( between Penzance and Lands End) is great value, super clean etc, just spent 8 days there
There are some supper cheap sites when you start looking 👍
Why do we need in every caravan a full toilet and washroom when we all stay on sites with full facilities, we could get more kitchen or living room
Not all stay on fully serviced commercial sites, DA camping is completely off grid so you need full toilet and washroom facilities in your caravan. You only get fresh water and Elsan points
Hello Mark, another great video and sad news about another dealer going, smoke alarm our keep bleeping every now and again even after we put a new battery in it, could there be any reason why it’s doing this many thanks BB, 👍👍.
Possibly the unit has exceeded its service life, dust inside (some of the alarms can be vacuum cleaned), incompatible batteries (some alarms are very sensitive to brand/flavour etc), moisture and aerosols can also upset them. (Caravan/Motorhome Technician)
Yes possible a fault on the actual smoke alarm is draining the battery. There will be a date on it also. 👍
@@donaircooleone thank you very much for your reply,👍👍.
@@thecaravanplace Thank you very much for your reply 👍👍.
Stocking up in late July? Cash is king
With staycation where the British tourist boards could have advertised what this country has to offer. Instead sites out priced themselves, eating out escalated and parking .
Love the Swift with the back bedroom.
What do they do to upgrade the weight?
Try getting parts from Prima Leisure (BAILEY), an absolute nightmare to deal with!.....
What if anything, is actually changed when uprating or downrating the MTPLM ? Tyre pressure maybe?
It's just a sticker, sounds crazy, but it's just a sticker to say you can carry more weight.
yes site fees are high at the moment
I thought Lunar Caravans was under new ownership in 2020
Yes they were taken over, but was only to strip the assets and not actually build any caravans unfortunately.
Six berths not selling because of campsite prices
To expensive
@@suefromstoke4076do sites charge more for 6 berths? We have a 5 berth
Possibly, but still think it's far cheaper for larger families especially, I think just less disposable income to change the caravan maybe? 👍
@@thecaravanplace we got into caravanning this year. We got a coachman and love it.
We still think a weekend away is a similar price to taking them to do one short activity somewhere and then going home so we will be sticking with it
We are finding that the CCC sites are cheaper than CMHc ones and site’s are as good
My wife is possibly looking at getting a caravan however we only have a Hyundai Tucson 1.6 L what would be the maximum NT PLM that we could have on a caravan blind so I wouldn’t know would you be up to tell me please? I like your videos and I like your honesty. I have spoken to you several times. I might come and visit you if we decide to get warm
Need a 2 litre to pull anything sufficiently.
A good guide is 40bhp per ton (combined weight car and caravan) and 60lb/ft torque. The manual with your Tucson will tell you what the max towing weight of the car is. I towed an Eriba 1300kg MPTLM with a 1.6L diesel VW Golf (remapped) and now tow itwith an Audi Q3 1.5L petrol which is much better. So no, you don't necassarily need a 2 litre engine.
@@lancenoble3863 I have a 1.6 diesel qashqai, pulls my lunar Clubman (1490kg max) easily. So if it's a modern car you don't need 2.0 litre necessarily.
Depend on the weight of the caravan but I’d rather be in something like a Nissan Xtrail which is designed to pull a caravan. And definitely a diesel for torque.
If you check your v5 for Max braked trailer weight, this is the maximum legal towing weight. But you also don't want to exceed the mass in service weight, this Is the empty weight of your car. A good guide is about 85% of the braked trailer weight, this should sit just under the mass in service weight. Hope this helps. 👍
There seems to be no decline in the number of caravans being towed at 30mph on Cornish roads.
It ll be your turn shortly. Just watch. Nobody’s getting out of what’s coming . You heard it here first.
Ah a keyboard warrior😂
Cant park them on certain housing estates also killed it.(next to your Garage)
That's ridiculous. Can't park a caravan on your drive but your neighbour can park a Transit van with adverts for his construction/plumbing/electrician's business!
I'd NEVER buy a house with such restrictive covenants attached. Some of them may be no longer enforceable anyway, being long out of date or no longer protecting an interest that was relevant when the estate was built etc and therefore subject to an application to remove the restriction. 😅
I would be very cautious, the caravan industry is going to suffer over the next five years. My annual site fees have increased by just short of three hundred pounds in one increase. If I could sell mine it would be gone!
People don't want them, weather, rip off charges, and ev,s all killing the industry.
Pratts buy them then dont want to pay the 50 weeks storage..!!
Interesting to hear you speak about Blazers stock. I bought my last van there as they are my local dealer (went to Highbridge this time)
As they have been permanently shut since the news broke, how does it come about that you can go and view the stock? What happens to all the ship stock?
We will be seeing some in our next video 👍
You vill own nuffingz und be happy
Eat ze bugz!
Can you talk about what cars you need for each sort of caravan in weights
It's a difficult one as even different variants of a model will have different towing weights. I would say if you don't already have the tow car, then find the caravan you like, then get the car that will tow it. The Caravan club do a tow car of the year and this can be useful to find different towing weights 👍
Camerawoman is annoying over-speaking when he is already explaining a point!
I'll give her what for 😅🤣🤣🤣
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit
Well I think she's lovely
Just let me address the idiots on your comments : I hope you’ll be banning them ?
The caravan “ Lunar “ is really nice and am sure it will sell quick.
As for the ongoing debate on Caravanning, it’s a saturated point and not enough customers .
It’s actually IMO the campsites overpriced and increased insurance premiums.
Wages / pensions aren’t in line with these increases.
15K for the van, 1k per year to store, jut to shit in a chemical toilet and annoy every other road user,, these things hould be banned.
@@GrahamWalters hahaha, if you say so. Mines at home so costs nowt. I can keep up with any traffic as well. And it's a posh bucket with a flusher and everything. Still, enjoy your life Mr cheery.
@@georgegently3026 You can't keep up with me in my car, you're limited to 50. Who empties the toilet when it's full? you or the missus. GFY
As should lorry drivers in daytime then and don't get me started on pushbikes
@@GrahamWaltersJealous because you can't afford one by the sound of it
@@nigelhargreaves3764 Lorries are useful
No way I'm ever going to a uk campsite, utterly insane prices