Selling the van

[montymontfort]

Money has suddenly got a bit tighter and as owning the van before setting off anywhere is verging on £1000, it might have to go. Anyone know the best way to sell? Am tempted to try dealers to just make life easier, even if a bit leaner with the cash. Anyone got any thoughts?

Ian

 

[Roy_374355334]

Hello Ian

Before you sell the van have you not thought about going on a c.c.c.temporary holiday meet or a weekend meet with your local D.A this sort of break won`t cost you anywhere near

 

[PaulHull]

Not to frighten you or anything but I was looking at an ABI 20 foot twin axle van last weekend (can't remember the model) that was 15 years old, was dry, fully serviced and everything worked perfectly - 600 quid.

I think the back-side has fallen out of everything - it appears to be a buyers market at the mo, not a sellers!

 

[DanPaula]

I think Ian probably means costs of owning rather than site fees. ie storage, insurance, servicing. Dan.

 

[Frank_374237154]

I sold my caravan off the www.c4caravans.com website (free).I also got a few enquiries off the caravan club Online Trader (

 

[Chrisbee]

I think you are missing your caravan Frank. Why else would you be posting on a caravan forum?

 

[moncman]

I sold my caravan off the www.c4caravans.com website (free).I also got a few enquiries off the caravan club Online Trader (

 

[Frank_374237154]

You mention the glasses guide for caravans. I am familiar with the guide for cars and know its used by the trade. Private buyers and sellers often use something more readily avilable like Parkers price guide. Doers anyone know if there a price guide I can get from say WH Smiths for caravans or an internet ssite that has private/trade values.

Your friendly caravan dealer has a Glasses for caravans.I simply rang mine up and asked him what the going price was.He gave me a trade in price and a private price.For the record he offered me

 

[Frank_374237154]

I think you are missing your caravan Frank. Why else would you be posting on a caravan forum?

Sort of rumbled.I cannot justify the cost of caravanning now,however if in the future I do get back in I will do it differently,having learnt from my first attempt at caravanning,which lasted 5 years.

First off I will not buy another brand new van as depreciation is as big a killer for caravans as for cars.I will buy a secondhand older caravan which is light enough to tow with my Seat Altea economy machine ie @ 1250kgs MPTLM.This will mean dropping down the food chain from my newly departed Pageant to a Ranger.

Secondly I will look for a seasonal pitch to cut down on the amount of towing I do.

I am keeping a watch on things in general,however I feel caravans are no longer a cheap option.One of next years holidays will be a self catering house in the Pembrey area,right next to my favourite site,which will cost me

 

[Zafiral]

If you only use your caravan for the main summer holiday, the costs will be hard to justify. However, we spent 35 nights away last year (it will be even more this year).

It amazes me the number of caravans where we store ours that never appear to move.

 

[Rita1]

We have had 56 nights away so far this year and hope for more

Look here for caravan prices

http://www.caravanpriceguide.com/index.html

 

[mark_374368910]

I think anyone who forks out for a decent new/nearly new van, then only uses it a couple of times a year either has more money then sense,hasn't thought things through, or is just plain daft. Sorry.

One of the so called advantages of caravanning is the freedom it allows, surely that is one of the main aspects of the van, that you can go away weekends, as well as your holidays - and have the4 choice of where you go. The sums have never really added up, just buying a van and using it for two weeks a year. Thats common sense.

I desperatly want another van, but will have to wait for a while. But if I was going to spend several thousand of pounds on a decent van, then the storage, insurence etc etc, I'll be dammned if it is going to sit there and rot unused all year long. I might as well just throw the money at the nearest passing stranger - at least I'd have a happy feeling then...!

woody

 

[LMH]

Sorry to hear you have to sell the van Ian.

I know the running costs of a van are expensive. But the reason I love my van is not just that you can more or less go where you want to, it's our home from home.

I don't really like hotels or statics, we have two dogs and having our own van means we can take them with us as most hotels, statics won't allow dogs. We can have our meals when we want to, we don't have to be up and out for a certain time. We're not sleeping in a bed in which hundreds of other people have slept in. We know our food has been kept appropriately and know where its from. Our towels are clean........... and so on.

I have to admit, when I was looking for our first van, I didn't really appreciate just how costly running it would be and yes, we could go abroad for two or three weeks a year on what it costs us to keep ours even without the site fees but the benefits outweigh the costs. Well, at the moment they do.

Lisa

 

[alaintaylor]

Ian

Try eBay. Last time I changed my van I had 1 month to sell it privately or trade-in for

 

[Big S]

Hi Ian,

Try using www.preloved.co.uk.

A neighbour of mine has just sold his van for