TravelWorld's Open Week (1 Viewer)

[Brian and Jo]

Got up at 7am this morning and washed the Motorhome ,after the trip back from the NEC on Thursday in storm Doris it was covered in dirt.Then went down to TravelWorld for a couple hours for a browse .I wanted to see the new N+B Smove and the the new shorter Flair,but the Flair is not due into the UK until August but they did have a Smove there.I must say that their display of motorhomes is very impressive.I got there early but when I left at about 1pm they had about 35 people browsing and said they had a busy week,I guess that's why they don't do the February NEC.
Brian & Jo

 

[G7UXG]

Didn't think much of the Smove.
Looks pretty from outside but I don't see £110000 worth. After all, it's a coach build.

I agree, Travelworld's display was excellent and it was a struggle to keep my wallet in my pocket.

Mike

 

[funflair]

Nice one Brian what did you think of the Smove?

What is the Flair you are waiting to see Brian, is it 820.

Martin

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[Brian and Jo]

Nice one Brian what did you think of the Smove?

What is the Flair you are waiting to see Brian, is it 820.

Martin

I can't recall the model no.Mart but it's about a foot shorter than the Arto.just curious really to see what layout they are putting into that length.The Smove is a bit small for us and the kitchen area is no good for Jo.But good to keep up with what is about.
Brian & Jo

 

[Robert Clark]

Went into Travelworld last week - salesman was very keen to sell us an N&B Arto from stock.
Told us that if we wanted a factory order, their price was going to be 12.5% more than 2017 prices.
However if you order from Europe, they still appear to be selling factory order vans at 2017 prices.
Worth shopping around if you want to save money.

Thought their showroom was great though

 

[funflair]

When we were at the factory year and a half ago they had a floorpan of a 820 so I took a photo but then Cicile the guide said "dont worry about that it didn't work like that" the shortest I can see on the web site is 830 at the moment but the lounge is too small for us so the 840 is better but the kitchen space is still less than we have now. The 880 BE is basically our van but the new ones are 300mm longer.



Martin

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[Robert Clark]

When we were at the factory year and a half ago they had a floorpan of a 820 so I took a photo but then Cicile the guide said "dont worry about that it didn't work like that" the shortest I can see on the web site is 830 at the moment but the lounge is too small for us so the 840 is better but the kitchen space is still less than we have now.



Martin

I like the way they do the bathroom on those - but the length is just a bit too big for us.

 

[Brian and Jo]

Went into Travelworld last week - salesman was very keen to sell us an N&B Arto from stock.
Told us that if we wanted a factory order, their price was going to be 12.5% more than 2017 prices.
However if you order from Europe, they still appear to be selling factory order vans at 2017 prices.
Worth shopping around if you want to save money.

Thought their showroom was great though

Hi Robert ,yes you are absolutely right about the 12.5% but for me firstly I couldn't be bothered with going over to sort it all out probably more than once,then there is the job of getting any snagging problems sorted ,but also being a small family run business ourselves we like to keep our business as local as possible.we are only 30 MLS from Travelworld and that works well for us .But every one views are not the same ,so it's whatever works for you

 

[suavecarve]

Hi Robert ,yes you are absolutely right about the 12.5% but for me firstly I couldn't be bothered with going over to sort it all out probably more than once,then there is the job of getting any snagging problems sorted ,but also being a small family run business ourselves we like to keep our business as local as possible.we are only 30 MLS from Travelworld and that works well for us .But every one views are not the same ,so it's whatever works for you

I would be on the opposite side of the fence on this one. £130,000 less 12.5% = somewhere around £15k or 7 months wages. (someone who can be bothered with a calculator will be along soon) ok I did it £16,250
Like you say, each to their own.

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[Robert Clark]

Hi Robert ,yes you are absolutely right about the 12.5% but for me firstly I couldn't be bothered with going over to sort it all out probably more than once,then there is the job of getting any snagging problems sorted ,but also being a small family run business ourselves we like to keep our business as local as possible.we are only 30 MLS from Travelworld and that works well for us .But every one views are not the same ,so it's whatever works for you

Like you I'm all for supporting local and British businesses, but when they quote £30k more for the identical van that you van buy in Europe, then I had to think twice. £30k takes a lot of earning !

The salesman did say that he'd call me back with a better price/offer after he'd spoken to the manager, but sadly we've never heard anything from him since.

Would have liked to buy from a British dealer but the value just wasn't there on this occasion.

 

[sallylillian]

I think the 12.5% extra is based on their forward Euro buying through N+B. This can work in the buyers favour as it did in 2016 when they were working on 1.25 when the actual best rates were 10 points lower, now of course the forward buy will be based on the current lower rates hence the increase. For me in 2014 their rate was 1.20 when I could easily get 1.27 to eventually 1.35. My VAT calculated by HMRC was at 1.43.
But someone may come on and say different.