Its a box on wheels! (Caravaning discussion)

Member Name: mykp

Product:	Caravaning discussion
Date:	23/03/02 (124 review reads)
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Advantages: can get away whenever

Disadvantages: Causes traffic jams

Caravans, hmm.

Amusing though it may seem, but it is every Englishman's right to drag his home round the country behind his car and cause countless traffic jams for every other motorist to sit in and enjoy.

Seriously though, my parents own a caravan, snigger! And the money that they have spent on it I can honestly say that for me I can think of better things to spend the money on it. I think I could go to Japan twice a year for 10 years with the money.

Okay so their caravan is nice inside. But it is a box on wheels. It might have its own shower and toilet, cooker and fridge but its still a box on wheels.

For me a holiday is a nice relaxing week or two, somewhere warm, sat by a pool or the sea, drinking large amounts of alcohol. Arrival is only done by air and driving anywhere, having to fetch my own water or empty my own toilet is definitely out of the question. Call me snob if you will!

I know that those who do, do the caravan thing think it is a lifestyle thing and I can see the appeal, albeit from several thousand miles away. If you?re not in to making long flights or perhaps you afraid of flying, then caravanning might be for you.

The caravan is yours; it's an extension of your home. Where ever you go there are familiar things around you and if you don't like the place you have stopped at you can up sticks and move somewhere else.

Most people see the caravanner as a flat cap wearing, whippet fanciers but the truth is that most caravanners are people like you and me who like nothing better than to get away whenever and to where ever they can. Imagine being able to get away from the house for the weekend whilst being in surrounding that are your own.

So the big question is "Would I buy one" in a word "No way!"

I have seen caravans for sale at around the £15,000 mark and higher and unless you bought a second hand one then its an expensive choice. Plus
all the other sundries you would have to buy. Tow bar, mirror extensions and the like.

I did do this for a while when I was a kid but it was in a trailer tent and I didn't have a choice. Nearly the same but a tent.

If your stuck behind one of these people then don't be in too much of a rush to get past, a caravan and car are long up to 38 feet, and if your driving and there is a long queue behind you then pull over and let people past.

I can think of better ways to enjoy a holiday, but each and every one to their own.

© copyright 2002, Mike Porter.

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