Kitting out

We keep our motorhome in ready to go mode, just add clothes, footwear and perishable food from home fridge when we're off 😃.

Yes I does get cheaper no extras to buy once all sorted. You'll also find, like most of us there's a few items that don't get used so are removed and sold if you get yourself organised!

I would urge you to check your purchases keep you inside your payloads - very important especially with a motorhome.

Lastly I hope you've enjoyed your first year and you have many more to come 😆

I suspect most of us have built up our kit gradually, Astro, rather than splashing out all at once.

The answer to your question about whether it gets cheaper depends on whether you intend to carry on buying really. Only you can control that.

After initial set up in 2005 when restarting after a two year break all that we have bought since has been replacement chairs, replacement toaster, replacement steps ......................... Oh yes, and a replacement caravan 

Going away in a caravan or motorhome is as cheap or as expensive as you want to make it , don't always look at caravan bespoke items ,think if an alternative item from home would be cheaper and just as good 

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All the stuff you need, is why caravans have such a enormous payload    It does get cheaper as you can sell the junk you bought last year to fund to buy the junk this year. 

Yes your right ,I meant buying a home item not borrowing,but I didn't word it that well 

 

Having recently switched from caravan to MH, we did splurge a bit at the NEC last month. A lot of the minor stuff came from the caravan but it is surprising how the list of bits and bobs mounts up. There are a couple more things but they will probably wait until the Spring to give the plastic time to catch its breath.

I do not believe in borrowing from the home. The only thing that I transfer is stuff from fridge, some trousers and jackets (always at least a pair of jeans and another pair in the 'van). I keep underwear, shaving gear, beard trimmer, electric tooth brush, toiletries, tee shirts and sweat shirts in the caravan along with a few tinned products.

We do not go away at the drop of a hat these days, When I did all I would pick up from home was fridge contents.   

 

We never ever buy "Caravan/motorhome" specific stuff from dealers, as usually it is so overpriced. If you are handy at DIY or with a needle you can save hundreds of pounds on stuff. We like to travel light as well, can't be doing with too much clutter. Have got all we need, pots, pans, bedding for both MH and Caravan, collected down the years, always ready to roll! We still use a 30+ year old camping pan set, super lightweight in our caravan, packs up into itself including colander!