It'll Be A Busy Summer For Caravans

Caravans and motor caravans have made quite a comeback. We've noticed it in the insurance brokers, and I'm sure they've noticed it in travel agents and caravan parks too. It seems that in a drive to save money, people have turned their backs on costly overseas destinations. Official Figures suggest that an extra 5 million holidays will be taken at home this year.

According to the National caravan Council there are now 500,000 caravans in regular use in the UK by no less than 1.5 million caravan fans. Meanwhile, the Camping and Caravanning Club has reported a massive 21% increase in the number of bookings. Perhaps its a counter cyclical marketplace, but the caravan manufacturers aren't complaining about the recession. Swift recently reported 12% year on year growth.

All these rises in local holidaying mean that the roads are going to get very busy over the summer and so will take more of a beating, all over the top of the battering they took over the winter. We have all seen the horrid potholes in the road that have appeared since the snow.

There are times when I'll be driving past a particularly large pothole when I wonder if I might see a kangaroo's head pop out from it! These gaping cracks in the road must be causing damage to cars, bikes and indeed caravans. In fact, they are probably the cause of accidents as well.

Unlike car insurance, caravan insurance is not compulsory in order to take it out on the road, however it is highly advisable. Think about it, you wouldn't drag any other valuable belonging of yours behind your car or leave it unattended in a park without insuring it would you? So I'm told, there are over thirty caravan and motorhome insurers, so it seems that specialist advice is available for those willing to look for it. My advice would be to get a broker to help you. A respected magazine conducted a survey and found that brokers offered the most competitive price, and also it's good to be able to talk things through with a human, rather than just read pages of information.

If you are after caravan insurance, the best idea is to have a broker secure you the best price possible as many of them have long-standing relationships with the insurance companies and so can get you the caravan insurance for a better price.