Commercial Benefits of Motorhome Towns - Campaign

on an earlier Brexit thread, almost all the regular 'over there' vanners said it wouldn't stop them continuing to 'make whoopee on the Continent'.

yes, you might be seeing some continentals over here enjoying a good exchange rate, but little to do with the OP of members lobbying CC to get involved with LAs for more MH parking and water/waste points.

youre right though that Germans (and other contis) just don't give a fig and take their vans out most days...after all, it has an engine and they use it that way 'back home'...

perhaps they have parking nightmares like many others but they keep at it...

we had a German fami.y next to us a while back and they took their 7.5m van out to the Bournemouth area every day....it's what they do.

Lots of German visitors up here on Dartmoor, some very nice MHs as well. One or two very interesting demountables and a serious looking off road/expedition vehicle. Seen one or two almost stuck as well, but the roads are very tight, and unforgiving. We prefer not to use our MH here, we love the tight lanes. There are a good few discreetly overnighting as well, all nationalities. But no litter or anything else left behind. 

my view is, while a noble thought, don't waste your time, just go somewhere where your custom is appreciated.....and the sun shines a lot more

Couldn't agree more BB.

peedee

youre right though that Germans (and other contis) just don't give a fig and take their vans out most days...after all, it has an engine and they use it that way 'back home'.

yes and as you well know, you can travel for miles in countries such as Spain without seeing another vehicle, or very few, not travelled in Germany, but judging by the number of Germans over wintering in Spain in vlarge MH's there cant be many left in Germany, and as the stats show that i posted, places such as France & Spain are vast compared to the UK and if you steer clear of major cities largely conjestion free, wouldnt relish the thought of meeting one of those large Concord MH's, that are plentyfull in Spain on some of the roads in Devon & Cornwall. Us tuggers have been the butt of lots of jokes re clogging up roads etc for many years, it looks like MH's are now starting to suffer the same fate, but unlike a caravan you just cant park your MH on a site and tour in your car, blame the Government for allowing folk over 55 to raid their pension pots

We have experienced two weeks of following big MHs up and down the twisty narrow lanes here on Dartmoor, not many caravans attempting the over the Moor routes. You just pray they don’t get stuck, but then so do trucks and vans! At least most folks are respecting the 40 mph limit on the unfenced stretches. Loads of young animals on the roads, it’s part of the charm of the place. 

But unlike a caravan you just cant park your MH on a site and tour in your car,

Yes you can if you tow a car, it gives you the best of both types of LV. It is also not unknown for us to leave the car on site and go out for the day in the motorhome.

peedee

ok, give you that, but would suggest you are very much in the minority, although i have seen big MH's with a garage underneath with a Smart car onboard, i think in Spain the car has to be on a trailer and not just an Aframe, but could be wrong  

 Don't think I am in a minority Rufs, I see plenty of motorhomes towing a car when out and about some of them quite small as well.

peedee

Whereas we just take the van out each day. Why not, it’s small enough to go just about anywhere and it’s what it’s designed for. 

Caravans have always been the more numerous and motorhomes a small minority. Things are changing now and there are a lot more motorhomes around. Previously as caravaners could just drive the car into town and use the same car parks as everyone else the small loss by not allowing motorhomes in was not large enough to matter to many places.

As the balance changes in favour of motorhomes the losses by excluding them will start to show, and more places will need to acommodate them, so we will probably see a change but with public bodies this tends to be slow.