Commercial Benefits of Motorhome Towns - Campaign

Surely what's actually need is an "interesting petition". Like that's worked before! 

I find that the number of height barriers in towns is somewhat perverse. Would local councils prefer to have their side roads occupied by large vehicles instead of tucked safely in a car park? A couple of times on my recent trip I was unable to find suitable parking with a consequent loss of trade for their, doubtless hard-pressed, businesses. Why this proliferation of 'pariah status' for motorhomes?

Come to Devon. Overnight Motorhome parking is allowed on car parks at Appledore, Bideford, Clovelly, Exmouth, Holsworthy, Ilfracombe, Torrington and Westward ho. And the park and ride beside Plymouth Argyle ground is open without height barriers for day time visits to the city - except on match days. 

But then some areas need help to keep going so they try any way to get people to go out of the school peak holiday periods

There is not a "pariah status" for motor caravans per say ,but  to dissuade another type of tourer who may not have the etiquette of most motor caravaners

We are in Devon at the moment. There are hundreds of MHs all over, all shapes and sizes happily getting on with having a good holiday.

My personal take on this is that there are a lot more owners of big MHs, previously happy to cross over the water each year and make whoopee on the Continent, who are now for whatever reason (Brexit, the falling £, Etc...) staying in UK and having a damn good whine because things are different over here, and frankly they are having difficulty coping. Rest assured, those of us who use a MH primarily over here do it with a great deal of ease. So incidentally do the dozens of German visitors in big MHs all over the area we are holidaying in. As they did in Northumberland last year, and Yorkshire the year before....

if actually think many MH would be grateful for a convenient 'scruffy' parking facility.

the idea is that those vans wouldn't then be clogging up the arteries of the urban area...nor spooling anyone's view...

we used a large car park at the southern end of Tavira, behind the market...this holds hundreds of vehicles, has a rough rocky surface but is perfect for the town and the market and has a water/waste/CCEP.

of course, it's free like the majority of these facilities and the MH turnover is high, with folk spending a few days on the beach, using the market for supplies and visiting the nice town for meals/drinks etc.

im sure the town benefits greatly from the passing MH traffic.

this was one of many similar stops we used this spring.

we use THS sites in this country which provide a similar service, making use of off season facilities in town centres (just a few recent ones...New Milton school, exmouth RFC, wareham RFC, Lancing College etc)

all these are close to towns where the same benefits as above apply.

ok, the cost is a bit more at £8+ a day but many vanners will be visiting the local towns and getting the benefits of a town location in exchange for adding to the towns trade without having to hunt for an expensive car park nor clog up town side streets

for low cost town touring (no bookings required, come and go as you please, pay on leaving) the THS system takes some beating and is a relatively cheap way of replicating the town Aires system of the continent.

they run from end April till September and many retired folk move from one to another over the course of the summer giving inexpensive, safe, convenient town touring.

i don't see towns providing more MH Spaces but the THS system allows a similar way of getting in close (no planning req) without the hassle.

very good post TDA, plenty of foreign vans near to us this last holiday having a good time on site, it appears popular with Germans.

PS I think I got away with it

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Indian, Latin and French......he’s good, I’ll give him that!😁 Polite as well.