Billwizzer said:
I fully take on board the comments made alas i find it bizarre that people would often, not always choose to wait to go away for a break and then do their banking whilst on a campsite because they can! and yes I accept it's the peoples choice to have all mod cons in fact most caravans and motor homes have now as standard the very such items. Thus driving up the price of units in the long run I am just a little concerned that we are becoming a nation of enough is never enough more want's more.
Oh well I will leave it to the Mr Gadgets of the caravanning fraternity.
We've often gone off grid on weekend rallies Bill, no 230v hook up, no tv or computer, and we continue to enjoy off grid breaks at music festivals or 1940s themed weekends throughout the summer, but I'm retired and we also go for much longer holidays and more frequently these days.
As far as online banking is concerned I have the choice of driving into the nearest town to find a bank in order to check that my bills are all paid on time and my pensions continue to keep me afloat, or I can quickly check the things that I need to check using my laptop computer without having to start the trundle truck, and I can do this while I help out with this forum wherever I happen to be at the same time
Our caravan does have all of the creature comforts that we want and which we paid for when we bought it, but you get what you pay for.
We've had the old steel chassis cold water tap only porta potti equipped two berths and done our share of roughing it, and enjoyable though it may have been at the time we've moved on now.
It's not a case of 'more wants more' because we earned every penny that we paid for our caravan.
If others decide that they would rather play cards or board games on a cold wet night in their caravan good luck to them, I'd never dream of criticising their personal choice and they don't have to justify their possessions or choices to me or to anyone else.
We are personally now at long last in a happy position where we can have longer stays on sites with more amenities and prefer to make good use of modern technology whenever it suits us to do that.