How do you reserve your space? (1 Viewer)

[matt & karena]

Sorry newbie to Motorhomes, if you go off site how do you reserve your pitch? :Sad:

Is there a company that we can buy signs to reserve our spot? :thumb:

Many thanks in advance

 

[Teasy2007]

Little signs don't really work, you are better off leaving your mat, chairs, satellite dish if you have a free standing one, and your electric cable out, these will protect your space far better than a little sign.

Leaving them will also mean you aren't having to pack everything away as well.

Ginny

 

[chas]

Little signs don't really work, you are better off leaving your mat, chairs, satellite dish if you have a free standing one, and your electric cable out, these will protect your space far better than a little sign.

Leaving them will also mean you aren't having to pack everything away as well.

Ginny

A lot depends on the site you are on, you could come back to find the lot missing

I use a sign with the shape of a motorhome ( got it off MMM) with registration number on it. They are still made , about £7 I think. Or you could make your own .

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[Caztur]

I wouldn't leave your satellite or anything valuable on view. Some nice fellow camper took my EHU lead at one site and left a shorter one with a bit of the plug missing. The kids plugged it in when we came back, and put it away at the end of the weekend - I didn't notice till next time I wanted to use it and it wasn't long enough, so I looked more closely at it and realised it wasn't mine.

If you have a freestanding awning or utility tent, leave your stuff in that, or leave a windbreak up. If not then take pot luck - does it really matter if you have a different pitch the second night? Many sites have designated pitches anyway so they won't put anyone else on "your" pitch.

 

[vindiboy]

The great thing about a motorhome is that if you drive off a site you don't have to come back as your world is with you, its called touring ,that's my opinion anyway.

 

[Wildman]

Can't understand why anyone would be bothered about coming back to a different spot, but then we have never used a site, ever. We wildcamp and have a different spot every night anyway.
However I would have thought that sites have allocated pitches so it would be reserved in any case. whatever you leave behind is liable to be picked up by someone else.

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Some nice fellow camper took my EHU lead at one site and left a shorter one with a bit of the plug missing. The kids plugged it in when we came back, and put it away at the end of the weekend - I didn't notice till next time I wanted to use it and it wasn't long enough, so I looked more closely at it and realised it wasn't mine.

are you certain the kids did not just plug the wrong lead in, in which case you were on the adjacent pitches hook up. could easily have been down to them. I don't see why anyone would bother leaving you a different lead.

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[lady jann]

i always leave the wife to keep the space !! gives her a break from me , hee hee

 

[skylark_irl]

I don't see why anyone would bother leaving you a different lead.

Roger,

Given the cost of the EHU lead - I can imagine why some people might swap leads - particularly if their lead is broken.

However, this is something I normally never think about - and just hope that the poeple on sites are honest. Might think twice now!

 

[derekfaeberwick]

Little signs don't really work, you are better off leaving your mat, chairs, satellite dish if you have a free standing one, and your electric cable out, these will protect your space far better than a little sign.

Leaving them will also mean you aren't having to pack everything away as well.

Ginny

Do you drape your towels over the chairs then mein herr? oh:

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[Caztur]

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Some nice fellow camper took my EHU lead at one site and left a shorter one with a bit of the plug missing. The kids plugged it in when we came back, and put it away at the end of the weekend - I didn't notice till next time I wanted to use it and it wasn't long enough, so I looked more closely at it and realised it wasn't mine.

are you certain the kids did not just plug the wrong lead in, in which case you were on the adjacent pitches hook up. could easily have been down to them. I don't see why anyone would bother leaving you a different lead.

Positive, it was October and site was quiet - a friend was non-electric on the adjacent pitch and other EHU posts were a distance away. My kids couldn't plug the wrong lead in as there was only one there, and they wouldn't have unplugged someone else's EHU to plug ours in anyway, would they.

 

[davejen]

Sorry newbie to Motorhomes, if you go off site how do you reserve your pitch? :Sad:

Is there a company that we can buy signs to reserve our spot? :thumb:

Many thanks in advance

Hi, Matt & Karina, welcome to the fun site, you can get the little "motorhome shaped site stick-in-the-ground thingys" off ebay. Just look in caravan&motorhome categary.
Hope this helps, cheers, Dave:thumb:

 

[pappajohn]

Little signs don't really work, you are better off leaving your mat, chairs, satellite dish if you have a free standing one, and your electric cable out, these will protect your space far better than a little sign.

Leaving them will also mean you aren't having to pack everything away as well.

Ginny

leaving them out also means theres a good chance they wont be there when you return either.oh:
better off with a couple of wooden pegs amd some striped plastic tape like around roadworks etc.

takes up very little space and weighs nowt.

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[gazznsam]

better off with a couple of wooden pegs amd some striped plastic tape like around roadworks etc.

Bet you'd come back to find a builders van parked in the tape,

maybe some 'police crime scene, do not cross' tape would be better

i used to have a 'reserved' numberplate on a stick for my last van, at the stratford show i put in in the middle of my space and went out in the van, came back to find someone parked over the sign, they reversed so i could get my sign back but wouldent give me my space back... says he didnt see it, maybe i should have put a stinger strip down too :shout:

That marker went walkabout at a VW rally, someone else obviousely thought it was a good way to mark their pitch, so nicked it,

i made up a wooden sign with my reg number routed in it, and that went walk about from a campsite in deep southern germany, prolly someones souvineer that they'd seen english people

Nowadays i leave.... the motorhome as the pitch marker, and go out on the scooter, 90mpg instead of 24, park it anywhere, nip thru traffic,
but we get wet when it rains and have to put on our amoured jackets, helmets and gloves every time we want to go out,
hence i want to take me smart car with us instead, will have to settle for 75mpg, but at least the dog and rats can come with us, and we wont get wet, and can drive it naked if we wanted... well maybe not, someone would moan about that :Angry: