Swap your tent for a caravan this summer
It was five years ago, on my annual trip to Leeds Festival that I became a caravan lover. That year I didn’t have an early pass and was desperate to find a place to camp before there was no space left when the strap on my main rucksack broke. I balanced it on my tent bag and trudged on through the, now liquid, mud. Subsequently this extra weight then broke the strap on my tent bag, leaving me stranded.
Fortunately some friends of mine were nearby in the caravan section and helped me carry my things to their caravan. What luxury! It was only a cheap caravan but compared to my one-man tent in which I couldn’t lie down straight, even without my bag, it was brilliant. How jealous I was of their luxury caravan when I opened my bag to find half of my things broken and damaged by the fall in the mud.
The next year I was of course in one of those dry, warm caravans and happily watched the other festivalgoers struggle with their bags. Apparently my luck hadn’t improved and the caravan flooded. Again my new Top Shop inspired festival wardrobe was destroyed along with most of the caravan.
Thankfully I’d thought to check that contents were included on my caravan insurance. We didn’t have to worry about the damage to the caravan and I would even say we enjoyed living in the damp for three days. After all, it is all part of the festival experience.
Now we have annual caravan holidays abroad, which are great for a cheap holiday with friends. I wouldn’t give up my caravan holidays for anything and definitely wouldn’t risk an uninsured driver crashing into us and spoiling our tradition. Since the flood incident I always make sure we have the right insurance cover for whatever country we happen to travel to, it’s so important to have the right cover for European travel.
If you have a motor home then you have good taste, and really know how to have fun. Enjoy your motor caravan and go on holiday. But remember that holidays are meant to be stress free; with our less than reliable weather this isn’t always the case. Get the right cover for your trip and have fun!
