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How to Winterize and Store Your Caravan of Motorhome

Sadly, for many of us, RVing is only a seasonal exercise. That nasty foe known as winter often puts a cap on our adventures just when things are getting interesting. It’s important to winterize and store your RV properly, so it will be ready to go for the next season. Here’s how you do it. [...]

Recession Changing the Face of UK Motoring

In the midst of a global economic crisis, many industries have experienced enforced changes to their very nature. Often, those changes are difficult to accurately demonstrate, with conclusive evidence. However, a recent study by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has clearly demonstrated, perhaps for the first time, the full extent of the [...]

Top Tips for Reversing a Caravan

So you’ve shoved all your luggage into the boot, you’ve locked the front door, loaded the kids into the back seat and you’re making your way to the holiday destination of your choice. You gamely navigate the motorways and A roads, towing your accommodation behind you. You could be forgiven for thinking that the worst [...]

Four Reasons to Take a Caravan Holiday in the UK

There are many reasons to take a caravan holiday in the UK, and here are just four of the main ones: Caravan holidays are economical. Caravan holidays are more economical than staying in a hotel. Whether you have your own caravan or are renting one from a holiday park, a used caravan will work out [...]

Save Money with a Used Caravan

One of the most popular ways to take an inexpensive holiday in the UK is to stay in a caravan. Your own miniature home away from home can give you your own space away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life can provide plenty of time away for practically no cost after your initial [...]

Buying a Caravan This Summer? Make Sure It’s Not Stolen

As the summer holiday season draws ever closer (although you wouldn’t be able to tell by the weather), the amount of people looking to invest in a caravan is increasing. With the ‘staycation’ as popular as ever due to the increasing cost of holidaying abroad, there is a demand for caravans at bargain prices. Unfortunately, [...]

Going to the Olympics? Consider Staying In A Caravan!

With the London 2012 Olympics just over a month away, the excitement surrounding the games is reaching fever pitch. Thousands of people logged onto the ticketing website to get their chance to catch a glimpse of Usain Bolt as he thunders down the track or our own multi-talented Jessica Ennis as she guns for gold. [...]

Caravan Tax U-Turn is Good News for Us All

There’s an old proverb that goes ‘it’s always darkest before the dawn’, and that has certainly proven to be the case in the caravan industry over the past couple of days. We’ve recently blogged about George Osborne’s proposed caravan tax, and it seemed as if the imposition of it was a grim inevitability. Just yesterday, [...]

What George Osborne’s ‘Caravan Tax’ Means for the Industry and Potential Caravan Buyers

It’s fair to say that all of us are feeling the pinch of the Government’s austerity measures at the moment – some of us worse than others. Every day it seems we are confronted with another sad story on the news about yet another well-established business going into administration or thousands of people losing their [...]

Help for Discover Caravan owners

Sadly, Discover Leisure Caravans went into administration late last year. This was clearly terrible news for all of the employees and we hope that they are managing to find new employment. Unfortunately, it also leaves owners of Discover Caravans in a slightly difficult position in terms of their warranty, servicing and repairs. Now that the [...]