Towing course for couples?

Here's one offering two for the price of one Caravan Handling courses, including towing, hitching and loading, and more:

http://www.carandtrailerlessonsni.com/caravan-courses/

The only problem is that it takes place in Northern Ireland!

If your husband isn't confident towing then he could do the course, and you could just ask for tips about hitching up and loading.  There are many people who would be only glad to share their tips.

Or perhaps i just want to know as much as him(frightened im missing out) and then i can boss him about like Hyacinth Bucket lol!! We havent been anywhere yet and are looking forward to our first trip  just not too sure where to go  quite fancy whitby cc for first one :)

Mrs Black Caviar - from where I am sitting if you can afford to go with him I would if you have a driving licence of course!   Never - is a big word - and I have met lots of ladies on here who have found they really HAVE to tow.  One such lady I met on a site in Devon was in Africa when her husband became unwell and she reckonned by the time she got home she had learnt to tow!  It is so easy to have a mishap however small - I fell off my bike last year and was not allowed to drive for a week and had to call in my caravan rescue to get me to my son's house.  Not all rescue services will allow that if there is another able bodied driver in the party.  I was lucky enough to be thrown in the deep end of towing when I was 20 years old and my new husband expected me to drive his huge Landrover (never driven that before) and a horse trailer (mercifully without horses) all the way to Germany unaccompanied!   6 months later - back again with two animals on board!  (I did have a helper then but not a driver).  There are plenty of ladies out there who tow competently - its a very useful skill even if the other half does most of it. 

If you're prepared to pay, why not take full advantage of the instruction offered so at least you're prepared in the event of any emergency.

Whatever you decide, it has to be right for you and your husband.

Has the OP ever thought about learning the basics from her husband who will have completed the towing course. He will be in possession of all the relevant information and can easily run through anything she needs to know when he returns home. 

Simples !!!!!

K 

Hello, if you hold a drivng licence, I also vote you do the course too. I broke my elbow on holiday last year (no caravan). Earlier that day, I had taught my partner how to drive the automatic hire car, as whilst she was insured, she had never driven an automatic. Good job really, as she had to follow the ambulance in the hire car with our children in the back.

Another holiday last year, our 3yr olld son had an accident on a water slide and I was in the ambulance with him and she drove the hire car. 

We are less than a year into this caravan malarkey and I very much intend to remain the main driver. However, we recognise that something as simple as a heavy cold or a stomach bug may mean Mrs Catsize has to do the towing one day. Oh, and last year's holidays taught us a lot! I did the course last year and she is booked in this year. 

Mind you, we are two women with two young children, so a 'Mrs and Mrs' course with a baby sitting service would have been ideal.

 ..... Earlier that day, I had taught my partner how to drive the automatic hire car, ...

That's the GO pedal ...... that's the STOP pedal  

There's no way SWMBO will drive my car (R Class) let alone tow with it. 

Not quite that easy MollysMummy. Not least the whole 'don't just take your foot off the brake when stopped - it will start moving again' business. Glad you could have got into an automatic and mastered the gearbox and pedals (having never driven one in your 30yrs of driving), with zero instruction in a somewhat emergency situation in a foreign country in the snow. My OH is clearly not so gifted. 

Perhaps there is a reason your OH is reluctant! 

Not quite that easy MollysMummy. Not least the whole 'don't just take your foot off the brake when stopped - it will start moving again' business. Glad you could have got into an automatic and mastered the gearbox and pedals (having never driven one in your 30yrs of driving), with zero instruction in a somewhat emergency situation in a foreign country in the snow. My OH is clearly not so gifted. 

Perhaps there is a reason your OH is reluctant! 

I agree that an auto takes a little gettng used to ... old habits die hard, but 2 pedals are hardly difficult, I was driving my Dad's auto at 18/19, but have since had both at the same time in the last 35 of driving.

The R Class is 'too big and has a funny transmission' .... apparently!