Administrator Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 As a motorhomer, what is your top money saving tip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Don't buy one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Tip top...........top tip............Its cheaper than cream :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 1.Buy your fuel at Tesco to get a cheap deal on the chunnel 2.Install a low voltage heater that can be left on all the time when on site and provide comfortable back ground heat. 3.If you have a small fridge, stock up with thin food with long dates eg Gammon steaks, Bacon.........and make up small portions of mince to fill the freezer compartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mrs Batty Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO true Rich lol . Our M.H. will keep us poor BUT happy for ever. What price however can be put on the freedom and the life of a Happy Motor Homie ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBW Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I like trackers reply, in a nutshell. I try not to think about the money I spend on our Motorhome, it spoils the pleasure, and at our age life is too short to consider saving money. 'They'll' only take it off you when you get into an 'Old peoples home' (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 If you think campers are expensive you want to try a boat 8-).................................Someone once described it as standing in a cold shower tearing up £50 notes (lol)......................so very very very apt in my experience, as we once had both at the same time 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 My tip would be this. Don't be too blinkered when it comes to your camping preferences, by that I mean sites. I'll expand, I received a lovely PM from a person who'd only use CC sites in the UK and Castels in France, they were keen to explore the Municipal network I use. They were honest enough to admit they had concerns about "stepping down" (my description), a bit but I convinced them they had nothing to worry about. Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Not quite Dave - a boat is a hole in the water lined with wood/grp into which you pour your money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Tracker - 2011-12-16 7:13 PM Not quite Dave - a boat is a hole in the water lined with wood/grp into which you pour your money! Not quite Rich :D......................As I poured money into it, and when I sold it the money I poured in wasn't there anymore :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 pelmetman - 2011-12-16 7:19 PM Tracker - 2011-12-16 7:13 PM Not quite Dave - a boat is a hole in the water lined with wood/grp into which you pour your money! Not quite Rich :D......................As I poured money into it, and when I sold it the money I poured in wasn't there anymore :'( Ah but Dave - I never said the money was redeemable!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 The best way of saving money whwn motorhoming is not to join any clubs and never to stay on any sites anywhere as there are plenty of places to stay for free - you just need to note them as you pass when touring for future reference! If you camp for say 60 nights a year at an average savings of say £10 per night that gives you enough 'free' diesel to cover about 2500 extra miles - luvly jubbly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Don't pay a dealer to put your 'accessories' on!!! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Don't drive too many miles to get 2p off per litre. Don't cruise above 60mph. Don't buy anything you don't NEED. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 malc d - 2011-12-17 12:40 PM Don't buy anything you don't NEED. ;-) The trouble is you don't know that you don't need it untill you've bought it thinking it would be useful - and then never used it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGD Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 My top money-saving tips? 1. Drive slower. 2. Buy an older motorhome. 3. Use Lidl bio automatic washing machine liquid in your toilet flushwater tank, and your poo cassette, instead of the ridiculously expensive Thetford rubbish, which gives black bits in the flushwater. 4. Don't divorce your wife. At least, not in the UK. Paying for a professional " hit" would be a LOT less expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 pelmetman - 2011-12-16 5:21 PM If you think campers are expensive you want to try a boat 8-).................................Someone once described it as standing in a cold shower tearing up £50 notes (lol)......................so very very very apt in my experience, as we once had both at the same time 8-) A boat and a cold shower???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Tony Jones - 2012-01-05 10:56 PM pelmetman - 2011-12-16 5:21 PM If you think campers are expensive you want to try a boat 8-).................................Someone once described it as standing in a cold shower tearing up £50 notes (lol)......................so very very very apt in my experience, as we once had both at the same time 8-) A boat and a cold shower???? We sold it to a vicar who lived down your way Tony ;-)...................It wasn't you was it? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Dave Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 If you want any additional equipment check on ebay first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith T Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Not sure it would count as 'money saving', but surely the best tip is to make the most use you possibly can of the motorhome, travel as much as you can and just enjoy. If/When you come to sell, the depreciation does not seem to relate to the amount you have used it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Whatever you buy just make sure that you wear the bloomin thing out before you pop yer clogs and thus deprive yer kids of a bit more of their inheritance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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