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Only Human
 
Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire
| As a motorhomer, what is your top money saving tip? |
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| Don't buy one! |
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Walks with the gods
Posts: 27074
 
Location: 1990 Ford Travelhome.Currently of no fixed abode..
| Tip top...........top tip............Its cheaper than cream  |
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Walks with the gods
Posts: 27074
Location: 1990 Ford Travelhome.Currently of no fixed abode..
| 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.
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Keeps coming back for more
Posts: 143
Location: Gloucester uk (not for long !) Autotrail Cherokee
| 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 ! |
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Keeps coming back for more
Posts: 168
| 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'
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Walks with the gods
Posts: 27074
Location: 1990 Ford Travelhome.Currently of no fixed abode..
| If you think campers are expensive you want to try a boat  .................................Someone once described it as standing in a cold shower tearing up £50 notes ......................so very very very apt in my experience, as we once had both at the same time |
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Forum master
Posts: 3234
Location: Blackburn Lancs. Bailey 740 CC award winner 2014!
| 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 |
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| Not quite Dave - a boat is a hole in the water lined with wood/grp into which you pour your money! |
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Walks with the gods
Posts: 27074
Location: 1990 Ford Travelhome.Currently of no fixed abode..
| 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 ......................As I poured money into it, and when I sold it the money I poured in wasn't there anymore  |
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| 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 ......................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!! |
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| 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!
Edited by Tracker 2011-12-16 7:24 PM
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The special one
Posts: 12468
Location: E Yorks, 2015 Globecar FamilyScout L Ducato Maxi
| Don't pay a dealer to put your 'accessories' on!!!  |
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Legendary contributor
Posts: 7541
| 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.
Edited by malc d 2011-12-17 12:40 PM
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| 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!! |
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Forum master
Posts: 4416
Location: Costa Blanca, Spain. 2001 Benimar 6000SL on Ducato
| 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.
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Forum master
Posts: 3210
Location: France, or in our 2005 Burstner Privilege t585
| pelmetman - 2011-12-16 5:21 PM
If you think campers are expensive you want to try a boat .................................Someone once described it as standing in a cold shower tearing up £50 notes ......................so very very very apt in my experience, as we once had both at the same time
A boat and a cold shower???? |
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Walks with the gods
Posts: 27074
Location: 1990 Ford Travelhome.Currently of no fixed abode..
| 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 .................................Someone once described it as standing in a cold shower tearing up £50 notes ......................so very very very apt in my experience, as we once had both at the same time
A boat and a cold shower????
We sold it to a vicar who lived down your way Tony ...................It wasn't you was it? |
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Location: Nottinghamshire
| If you want any additional equipment check on ebay first. |
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Epic contributor
Posts: 1368
Location: Autotrail 610SE Dawlish, Devon
| 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! |
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| 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! |
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