Motorhome Advice & Information

Get a few motorhomers chatting for a couple of hours and one topic is guaranteed to come up: whether to take the N roads in France or use the péage. Everyone has an opinion. Hardly any people have the actual numbers. That’s what this calculator is for. It’s a free…

Every motorhomer heading to Spain faces the same decision sooner or later. Do you take the short crossing to Calais or Folkestone and drive south through France, or do you pay more upfront for the direct ferry to Santander or Bilbao and bypass France altogether? On…

[The Calculator is at the bottom of this article] Before we get into the actual cost of running a motorhome it is worth saying something that the numbers will never capture. The real value of a motorhome is not measurable. How do you put a price on your children’s…

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…

Ask any experienced motorhomer what single habit has saved them the most grief over the years, and the answer is almost always the same. A checklist. Not because motorhomers are forgetful. Not because they’re disorganised. But because a motorhome is a complex machine…

Motorhome clubs in the UK range from vast national organisations with campsite networks spanning thousands of sites, to small, volunteer-run groups for owners of a single make of van. Whether you want discounted pitches, organised rallies, make-specific technical…

At first, the different types of motorhome all look more or less the same. You walk around a motorhome show or scroll through dealers’ websites and the vehicles blur into one indistinguishable mass of cream fibreglass and Fiamma awnings. Then you start looking…

The Motorhome Payload Calculator lets you enter your vehicle’s weight limits and tick off everything you’re carrying, giving you a real-time figure for how much payload you have left. If you already understand Payload, they get straight to the motorhome payload…

This guide draws on the shared experiences of thousands of MotorhomeFun members to help you make good, sensible choices rather than rushed or emotional ones. Whether you’re on the brink of your very first motorhome or you’ve been here before and the pull of the road…

If you’re new to motorhomes, the sheer number of motorhome brands can feel overwhelming. Hymer, Chausson, Knaus, Rapido, Bailey, Bürstner and that’s before you get to the lesser-known ones. They can all look broadly similar on the forecourt, and manufacturers aren’t…