Caravan wins!

Through the years we have stayed in many statics, but for a change we opted to hire a Motorhome to travel up north to see Blackpool illuminations, it was a great experience and one that lead us to consider our own motorhome, but when looking it became clear a caravan was the sensible option, this you can leave on site and still have mobility and at half the price of a good motorhome, and a great excuse to purchase a nice car. We are now clear on the two diverse options of the two, motorhome or caravan. As for expense there is little to choose, you still need to insure and service a caravan but a motorhome also requires an MOT, yet the re-sale value is higher so all in all the expendature is about even, the down side being you still need another car at home. The motorhome is a development of the caravan and is very popular these days so I am still in two minds what is the best way to go, at the moment the caravan is a better option and hiring a van if we want to tour, though I feel like a novice with 'On Hire From' printed all over the van! There may be a third option, a caravan towed by a smaller campervan, has anyone gone for this option and could tell us if it is practical to use say a VW van as a daily driver and tow vehicle.