Tents, caravans, cottages and now campers

Now I know I am a Dinosaur Andy..............didn't know what cottaging meant in any other context. But reading your second post there is no need for me to know.

We have not followed the general trend then. We've been caravanners for over 45 yrs and,  although did hire the occasional cottage when visiting Ireland and Denmark and an odd package holiday, have used a caravan for all our travelling.

🤣🤣 There's always Google if you feel the need to know .. 

Our progression was: ridge tent, large ridge tent, small frame tent, large frame tent with a small trailer, trailer tent, small caravan, followed by a series of larger caravans.  Occasionally we use cottage/hotel accommodation, but still love the caravan.  At the moment,I can't see us going to a motorhome.  I don't thing it would suit the way we holiday - but who knows what is around the corner....

Enjoy the motorhome, Paul, and do let us know how you are getting on with it all 

David

Done it!.....I was right no need for me to know

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We're obviously out of the norm here - from 1.5 man tent when I was 16, which my newly wed wife bravely joined in using in our 20's for a few years until we had children, then briefly a frame tent, but got fed up with the monster so back to ridge tent.
Our growing daughters got their own tent while still joining us on holidays.
Strangely, when they grew up and left home we went into a bigger tent, a gorgeous Cabanon tunnel type Biscaya which we loved dearly until back issues finally forced us, only in our 60's, into a caravan. It's smaller on the ground than the Biscaya, but so much easier to pitch and pack up, and warmer too, and extended our camping season.
A few self-catering cottage visits were an occasional interpolation.

Much like others we have had.... small borrowed tent, (children, not much money, stayed home), large frame tent, trailer tent, small caravan + tent, larger new caravan, motorhome, upspec motorhome, currently have van conversion small motorhome.  Beginning to wonder how long we can keep going (in our seventies}

Don't forget the primus stove ,used to make a mug of tea.