Tips and advice - Touring caravan insurance
17 February 2010
Top 10 tips for touring caravans
1. Regardless of whether you have spent £2,000 or £20,000
on your new touring caravan, it is important for you to find the
right insurance cover to suit you. You will need to take into
account if you are towing outside the country, whether your car
insurance covers you for towing and if you have the right
accessories.
2. Security? Do you have the right security to stop your
caravan from being stolen? Security starts from a simple wheel
clamp or hitch lock to a tracking device or an axle wheel locking
mechanism. The tracking device will let you know the exact location
of where your caravan is if it should ever get stolen.
3. Maintenance - the best way to get the most out of
your caravan for the longest period of time is to look after and
maintain it. Simply by just washing your caravan will help improve
its appearance and by doing this you will notice any faults or
knocks that you otherwise may never have noticed. Also where your
caravan is stored will impact the caravan.
4. Touring season is almost upon us but before you go out
after your break from caravanning you will need to give your
caravan a thorough look over to check tyre pressure, oil and other
items that may have been affected by lack of use of your
caravan.
5. Planning ahead - if you know you are going away
this can give you time to organise everything you need, such as
planning the most ideal route not necessarily always the motorway
(and don’t always trust your sat nav!), checking your spare tyre,
checking arrival times for the sites so you don’t arrive and they
are not letting caravans in the site until a certain time.
6. Travelling outside the country - if you are
planning on going abroad in your caravan you will need to check
your insurance and how long it covers you for outside of the UK.
Also you might need to check if your caravan does break down what
happens with regards to recovery. If you decide to travel further
afield it might be an idea to familiarise yourself with the local
driving regulations e.g. which side of the road you should be
driving on, speed limits, road signs, toll roads, correct currency
etc.
7. Facilities on the park - when booking your
destination it may be worthwhile checking what facilities your park
offers, some may offer electricity and running water as standard
but this may vary from park to park.
8. Be prepared - you might have booked a week
somewhere where you're expecting the weather to be sunny for your
whole trip and then it starts raining and doesn’t stop. So be
prepared and be flexible, throwing tantrums will not help!
9. Ensure that everything is packed away safely because if
you go round a sharp corner and your tins fall out of your cupboard
that may damage your surfaces. Another oversight is your roof
lights, if you forget to close these then it may snap off and cause
you to have to make a claim or have to replace.
10. Last but not least have fun! Caravanning is a fantastic
experience which can be enjoyed with the whole family. Wherever you
go there will be places to visit and things to do so enjoy
yourselves and have fun!
Need insurance cover?
Towergate Bakers is a leading UK provider of touring caravan insurance.
Call 0800 496 1516 for a quote.