Moving to Motorhome

In my opinion a van that size is too big for days out, shopping etc but the easy answer is to hire one for a week and see what you think.......

To some extent I agree with euro traveller, when age starts to catch up with us it will be nice hotels, cottages and the Amalfi coast.

No interest in New Zealand though, a day on a plane, ugh.......

We have a Benimar Mileo 243, 6.99m x 2.35m & height with aerial is 3.05m.

We have no problems with supermarket parking but as others have said, days out give varying degrees of 'difficulty'..... not only with parking bays with which we have been 'challenged' about but height restrictions also in many car parks.....

Add to that restrictions on using your facilities in the said car park if you want a cuppa or a bit of lunch.....

We also try to make use of local transport whether here or in the EU as we tend to mix our stays with short & longer stops.

After many years of camping we spent a long time reviewing spec, what we felt would suit & have never regretted buying what we did although many do....

There has been the odd occasion when we have taken our car (wife driving it) to use for visiting local areas but obvs not when we visited NC500/Wales & the SW.....

After about 30 years of caravanning we switched to a coachbuilt Motorhome for 6 years and now have downsized again to a Wildax PVC (panel van conversion) which is around 6.4 m. We hope to do our first long trip to France soon but have already formed a number of impressions. Firstly, it is much easier to drive and park than the rather cumbersome coachbuilt. Second, we hope that there will be no damp issues that we had with the coachbuilt, Third, yes, there is less room in the lockers but that’s a question of taking less and being more ingenious with packing. We don’t anticipate the sleeping arrangement to be any less comfortable. As to what suits you, it is a very personal thing so you may end up switching a few times as we have done.