MotorhomeFun

Your Motorhome Travel Journal — A Simple Guide

James Brown BEM is the founder of MotorhomeFun (est. 2007), the UK’s largest motorhome community, and a retired close-protection specialist. He has been motorhoming for over 35 years and is the author of The Motorhome Buyer’s Guide, The Motorhome Security...
Calculate the Travel Costs of Your European Motorhome Trip

Calculate the Travel Costs of Your European Motorhome Trip

The short answer: The short Channel crossing plus a drive through France looks cheaper upfront, but once you add two days of fuel, French autoroute tolls and an overnight stop, the gap narrows fast. The direct ferry to Santander or Bilbao often wins for far-south...
The Cost of Running a Motorhome

The Cost of Running a Motorhome

The short answer: There’s no single figure; it depends entirely on how you use the van. A modestly-used motorhome kept at home, doing around 5,000 miles a year on cheap pitches with no loan, can cost roughly £3,000 to £4,000 a year to run. A heavily-used van...
How Long Will My Motorhome Leisure Battery Last?

How Long Will My Motorhome Leisure Battery Last?

It is the question every motorhome owner asks, usually on a dark pitch somewhere in the Lake District with the fridge humming and the lights on and a nagging feeling that something is about to go flat. The honest answer is: it depends. But that is not as unhelpful as...