First Time Advice for Touring Abroad

While a lot of Club members tour overseas regularly, it can be quite daunting for someone to try touring outside of the UK for the first time. We are putting together some advice for first-timers and would love to have some advice and stories from members to include. The following questions are the kind of queries we regularly get from members so if you have any advice or answers to any of them, we would love to hear from you. You can either post below of email your advice to kate.walters@caravanclub.co.uk

What are your favourite aspects of touring in Europe?

If you could give someone who had never toured in Europe before 5 top tips for an enjoyable holiday, what would they be?

Is there any aspect of touring in Europe that is better than UK touring?

I’ve heard that in France you can pitch-up almost anywhere because the laws about parking up in lay-bys, car parks etc aren’t as stringent as in the UK, is this true? Has anyone tried it?

I’m thinking of taking my dog touring with me to France, is it easy to sort out a pet passport? Any idea how much time I should allow for the paper work?

I’m considering touring abroad for the first time, I was thinking of a short initial journey to France, but I’m a bit worried about towing and driving on the other side of the road, am I right to be worried? Have you got any tips?

Thanks in advance for your help!