Expensive Holiday! (1 Viewer)

Oct 12, 2018
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"She who must be obeyed" and I toured NZ in a hired motorhome for a month in Feb/Mar and had an amazing time. Came home, gave all our camping gear away and started looking for a motorhome. Made a shortlist of must haves/ must nots and gradually narrowed the focus. We live in a small village with very narrow lanes so size was an issue. Spent months looking for a "nearly new" but couldn't find what we wanted (one of the "must haves" was an autobox which seems to be very rare) so finally we took the plunge and bought a brand new Burstner Travel Van which joined us last week. That NZ trip had unintended and expensive after-effects!
Still poring thro' the 20Kg of instructions books but hoping to get away for a few short trips soon. In the meantime there's a hundred questions I'm hoping to find answers to!
 

Pugsy

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:welco:.
Welcome to the forum and congrats on your first van.

Let the Adventures Begin.::bigsmile:.

Cheers Cris.:cheers:.
 

pappajohn

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Hi and welcome.
Your first question should be..... How do I pay my subs and become a full member so I can ask the other 99 questions.

(click subscribe top of each page)

You only get 5 free posts then can only read the forum.

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Oct 2, 2008
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Hi-smiley.png Welcome to the forum , interesting start , did you not look here? Broken Link Removed
 

tonka

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Welcome and snap. !
We hired in Australia, came home and guess what opened down the road. A motorhome dealer. :D.. that got us started 18 years ago.
 
Nov 5, 2013
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As you can see you're not the first and won't be the last,we went for three months in 2012,soon changed the caravan when we got back.
Currently wandering round France and parked up for the night :)

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You'll find all the information you need on here......and some you don't :D but all part of the fun.
 
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Oct 12, 2018
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View attachment 261063 Welcome to the forum , interesting start , did you not look here? Broken Link Removed

Nein - weil ich im England wohne und fahre am links. I also speak atrocious German :D

Besides, all the "experts" told us to buy locally if possible in case of problems.

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Armytwowheels

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Hello and welcome. Wishing you many happy miles in your new van.

:ello:

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Aug 29, 2010
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Same with us. Hired a van in Tasmania. Came home. Had heart surgery and took early retirement.8 years ago and over 80,000 miles. We're on our 3rd van no intention of stopping just yet. Currently in Bavarian Alps enjoying fabulous weather and beer.

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Oct 2, 2008
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Nein - weil ich im England wohne und fahre am links. I also speak atrocious German :D

Besides, all the "experts" told us to buy locally if possible in case of problems.
When you have a chance search on the forum , you will see it is quite a popular choice . However you've got the van you want , hope
you don't need back up for "problems" (y):)
 

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