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Campervans
 These mini-motorhomes can be found in caravan parks and camping areas up and down the country … normally with the words ‘Britz’, ‘Apollo’ or ‘Wicked’ splashed down their the side and with a couple of German holidaymakers hanging around nearby. They offer the advantages of being relatively cheap to buy, cheap and easy to drive, and of offering a secure, completely lockable refuge from the world. Their disadvantage can be summed up in one world… space … or rather lack of it.
It’s not easy spending 24 hours a day in a campervan with your partner … and that’s even assuming it was easy to live with your partner in a house in the first place. Campervans offer a ‘compact’ kitchen, a table, a bed … and that’s about it. The phrase ‘this campervan ain’t big enough for the both of us’ will spring to mind for many couples carrying out an inspection.
Perhaps, the lack of space explains why campervans are not generally favoured by long-term grey nomad couples. They are however very popular with grey nomad singles. They are perfect for lone travellers who can organise things the way they want them and have only themselves to blame if they trip over a pair of carelessly discarded shoes, or stub their toe on the chair leg while trying to cook some baked beans.
As previously stated, campervans offer a lot of advantages and can make a trip far more affordable and far less stressful from a driving point of view. They are more economical on fuel than most grey nomad rigs, far easier to park, and far less conspicuous. And they are a lot cheaper to buy in the first place. Don’t rule them out without giving them a try.
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The Essentials
Value for money?
 Space,
comfort and a quick
set-up
 Flexible set-up, diverse range to choose from
 Saving on
space and
fuel
 Comfort
and easy towing
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