Caravan Prices Crashed, But HAVE Buyers Disappeared ?

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  • Are people still buying Caravans, market update on used caravans after the prices crashed. We have a look at some used caravans, see what the used caravans for sale market is doing and are people still buying caravans.
    We have a tour around some used caravans for sale, looking at the current market what prices are doing and are people buying caravans still.
    The used caravan for sale market has changed over the last 12 months, so we look at what caravans are selling, 2 berth Caravans for sale, 4 berth caravans for sale, 6 berth caravans for sale and fixed bed caravans for sale. But what is actually selling.
    For all our used caravans for sale visit our website
    Https://www.thecaravanplace.com
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  • @galaxyb1103
    @galaxyb1103 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    They are still very expensive for what they are: furniture on wheels. Pitch prices are through the roof hence why people stopped caravanning

    • @thecaravanplace
      @thecaravanplace  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes it's true, but everything else is also a lot more expensive, flights, hotels etc. 👍

    • @janicekerrigan5863
      @janicekerrigan5863 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hear that old chestnut a lot now from car dealers, plumbers etc liars and thieves.@@thecaravanplace

  • @shaunion1279
    @shaunion1279 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Even down Cornwall prices are ludicrous, cheaper to do a cruise now!

  • @dannyhampshire9077
    @dannyhampshire9077 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Good to see a honest dealer well done and I enjoy your videos

  • @allenmclaughlin5283
    @allenmclaughlin5283 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I think the biggest problem we all face at the moment is the price of the sites they are all taking the mick even with no hook up they are asking £45 per night i mean come on get real its a field for gods sake in the eighty's we use to pay per van now they want van and per person pathetic

  • @user-rs4cl9yl2e
    @user-rs4cl9yl2e 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Once again a very good video keep them coming 👍PAUL

  • @annirvin6555
    @annirvin6555 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If we were still towing, I would love that Basecamp❤

  • @johnwainwright6205
    @johnwainwright6205 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Me and my partner Sue recently visited your Gailey branch, and was really looked after by Leeza,
    We were extremely impressed with the standards of your caravans, and in particular in this vlog we like the Sprite Major with fixed bed for lets say £15,000 - just under, at your other branch, we are trying to sort our finances out to buy it,..its perfect for what we want,
    We have done our homework/research and highly recommend this company, they are all honest as you can see in this video - and their other vlogs, they won't bullshit you, and do not try to "hard sell"..just a genuine company..!!

  • @Raygirling
    @Raygirling 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Site owner's and the two clubs pushed prices up to take advantage of staycation campers reap what you sow!

  • @bethzolin6046
    @bethzolin6046 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’ve been thinking of buying another caravan now I’ve got grandkids - currently I go camping solo in my little campervan. However increasingly it’s cheaper for me to go into a hotel. The last time I went off to visit friend in Devon - which admittedly was in the school summer holidays - the cost of a pitch per night was from £60 to £80 a night! My little camper ended up parked in a hotel car park overnight - right on the sea front - whilst I enjoyed a single en suite bedroom, with free entertainment that night, free parking, and free afternoon tea, all for £50 for the night. The hotel even had an excellent indoor swimming pool that I enjoyed. It was a super hotel too. Site owners understandably made hay post Covid, but we have other choices now. They need to recognise that site prices need to come down to more realistic levels, especially sites that basically are offering only a grass pitch, with no extras, otherwise they risk pricing themselves out of the market. Even the club sites aren’t that cheap these days.

    • @thecaravanplace
      @thecaravanplace  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow that was a great deal, I have looked for hotels and same as everything seem crazy money 👍

    • @janicekerrigan5863
      @janicekerrigan5863 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh yeh.@@thecaravanplace

  • @duncancameron9734
    @duncancameron9734 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Quality video Mark. Some nice 2 berths there.

  • @SeanWest-xb5cc
    @SeanWest-xb5cc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Greed will be the down fall of many a company

  • @gillimac31
    @gillimac31 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yeah its pitch prices that put me off

  • @martinfield1484
    @martinfield1484 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just went to get some gas at my local caravan dealer…..never seen so many caravans up for sale you couldn’t even get 1 more in most have reductions of between 1-3k 2 years ago the yard was empty couldn’t get a van how times change

  • @grantmayos9639
    @grantmayos9639 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That Pursuit is nice mate. That won't be there long. Fixed bunks for the grandkids. Ideal.

  • @brianlogan6441
    @brianlogan6441 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant video 👍

  • @edinamckeown3161
    @edinamckeown3161 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Your prices are great, shame, some C.L sites have gone expensive, just had 3 nights away,& it was £29 just for the electric.
    Good luck Mark, hope you get nice and busy.

    • @thecaravanplace
      @thecaravanplace  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow, sites need to use pay as you go meters for the electric, but suppose the cost for smaller sites is too much. Something needs to be done though 👍

    • @andrewsuttie3326
      @andrewsuttie3326 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The trouble is you are paying commercial tariff for your electricity not the slightly cheaper domestic tariff as sites are classed as commercial businesses.

    • @stephenkirk2858
      @stephenkirk2858 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We had 3 nights away on the 1st March and it cost us £24 for the electricity we will start using the gas next time .

  • @Dusty2feathers
    @Dusty2feathers 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Since the credit crunch in 2008/09 the caravan industry has really gone downhill to be fair. You used to have choice previous to those dark couple of years. Swift producing Abbey ( their best seller at the time) Ace, Sprite and of course swift. There was also vanmaster and to a lesser extent carlight serving the more discerning caravanner. Bailey,.coachman, swift and elddis left. I was hoping lunar could rise again but I doubt it. That leaves Adria to challenge the four major manufacturers we have left. Caravan parks have continued to raise prices and introduced electricity metering so their greed will also be their downfall.

  • @Richard-oc4lx
    @Richard-oc4lx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The reason that people aren't buying them isn't the price of the caravan it's the price of the camp sites . Its ridiculous how can you chargee per person . Its just greed. This like the vpblack pools landlady will destroy this sort of holiday

  • @cameronstevenson7138
    @cameronstevenson7138 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dont think the swift basecamp would be an easy van to keep the floor clean as the doors at the back a lot of pitches are just grass at the back so all the dirt would get trailed in

  • @stephenkirk2858
    @stephenkirk2858 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Touring Caravan , It’s not cheap anymore and it dose not help caravan dealers going in to administration like Robinsons of Chesterfield

  • @brianknowles1727
    @brianknowles1727 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Funny how the utopia looks the most comfortable van ? What goes around comes around.😊

  • @annirvin6555
    @annirvin6555 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I don’t like to see stuff stored on the shower tray

  • @gmatthews7632
    @gmatthews7632 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I bought in 2021 and sold it privately in 2023. I found it really expensive, not cheap at all, pitch fees and storage costs through roof

    • @thecaravanplace
      @thecaravanplace  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes everything went up a lot. 👍

  • @Brucetta
    @Brucetta 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The travel industry suffered due to Covid once restrictions lifted most people want a foreign holiday and in most cases it’s cheaper.

  • @wastefulungratfuls
    @wastefulungratfuls 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We need to buy a van to use throughout the summer to stay away at golf competitions but with our limited budget we're really wary of wasting our limited funds on a dud...

    • @thecaravanplace
      @thecaravanplace  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It is tough to find a good budget van, service history is normally what you need on the older ones, and a recent damp check. 👍

    • @wastefulungratfuls
      @wastefulungratfuls 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thecaravanplace we went to look at caravans at Highbridge and they've got so many that we kept getting muddled and climbing into caravans we'd already looked at 🤣

  • @kazhilly
    @kazhilly 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Cars are also getting more and more economic, which means Less able to tow a caravan.
    Then, there is also the cost of owning a caravan, not just pitch fees but insurance, storage, and repair costs are all racing to the top.

  • @howellbillington5610
    @howellbillington5610 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Enjoy your videos

  • @mattbaker3797
    @mattbaker3797 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is that Basecamp ok? Just saw a wet patch on that back table on the right as you walked in. Don’t know if you spotted it.

  • @grandadsfishingboat7455
    @grandadsfishingboat7455 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Cheaper and less hassle to stay in hotel of airb&b. Why would anyone buy store and pull the life out a car with costs of fuel etc. answer they arnt… elddis sacking almost 200 staff

  • @annirvin6555
    @annirvin6555 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could you say what lengths of the bunks are on the Pursuit please Mark.

  • @nick10018
    @nick10018 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Always interesting to hear the dealer side of life! Curious to hear your opinion on using Diamond Brite or Paintseal to protect the van? Someone else has suggested that as an alternative given the expense of those two options using Gyeon Wetcoat which is a a DIY product that does a similar job but isn't a permanent fix like the others. Thanks!

    • @thecaravanplace
      @thecaravanplace  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have to say, the ones with the paint protection are always easier to keep clean. So depends on cost and if you think it's worth it. 👍

  • @honestopinion253
    @honestopinion253 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    it will soon be cheaper to stay in a hotel if prices rise any higher

    • @stevesullivan4704
      @stevesullivan4704 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is already.

    • @alanwann9318
      @alanwann9318 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😅I have been thinking the same and have holidayed with Coach Hotel packages for under £280 ALL INC 5 nights inc excursions

  • @martinkitchin6204
    @martinkitchin6204 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is it buyer remorse. Customers buying post lock down and then after a few trips away just realising it's not them maybe and selling on?

    • @michaelmcleary8566
      @michaelmcleary8566 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'd strongly agree with that. Families desperate for a holiday post covid but can't go abroad so got into caravanning only to find a lack of personal space is a factor.

  • @wsatnutter9674
    @wsatnutter9674 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    honest vlog as always

  • @roberttaylor465
    @roberttaylor465 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Prices are still going to drop, the COVID demand for stay at home holidays has gone so there are lots of used vans flood the market, it will get worse before better.

    • @nigelhargreaves3764
      @nigelhargreaves3764 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't think so prices to travel abroad have also gone crazy

    • @thecaravanplace
      @thecaravanplace  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Only time will tell.

  • @Wolfyjinny
    @Wolfyjinny 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So if I came to you for a used caravan, what would be the lead time on it?

    • @thecaravanplace
      @thecaravanplace  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Normally around 2-4 weeks. This Changes all the time subject to how many people buy at the same time, or if it's been quite on sales. 👍

  • @ianhe-kensken9303
    @ianhe-kensken9303 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    electric cars can't tow

  • @garystewart2512
    @garystewart2512 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wish they was cheap up here in Scotland there still to much I’m looking for a fixed bed one around the 5 grand mark