Greetings all! There is much excitement in our household tonight as we have just placed an order for our first camper!
We (mainly me) have been researching caravans since early December when we camped at Nambucca Heads and our camper trailer got completely flooded after a huge storm. I decided I'd had enough of the two-hour setup and never wanted to spend all night mopping up water again.
We originally planned to spend up to $25K on a used van with bunks, then looked at new European vans but decided it was far too much to spend on something that would sit in the front yard for 48 weeks of the year. Then I thought it would be fun to buy a 1970s Millard or Viscount and do it up. Then we changed our minds again and were very seriously looking at Expandas. We came very close to buying a 2007 model but it was dodgy (insurance write off). We kept coming back to the fact that we didn't want something huge sitting in our yard that wouldn't get used much.
During our last trip to Brooms Head, a family with a Swan was on the site next to us. I got chatting to them about it and they absolutely loved it and said the setup time was pretty quick (compared to 2 hours, anything is quick). After lots of scouring Gumtree and Caravan Sales, we noticed that they really hold their value well. So we went and saw the guys at Gold Coast Jayco and told them the features we wanted and the quote came back at about $1000 more than similar 2015 models we had been watching on Gumtree. Husband went back today and haggled some more and got another $500 off. We should have it in November.
So, we are all pretty excited and can't wait for it to arrive. Can't wait to show photos and ask lots of annoying questions.,
We (mainly me) have been researching caravans since early December when we camped at Nambucca Heads and our camper trailer got completely flooded after a huge storm. I decided I'd had enough of the two-hour setup and never wanted to spend all night mopping up water again.
We originally planned to spend up to $25K on a used van with bunks, then looked at new European vans but decided it was far too much to spend on something that would sit in the front yard for 48 weeks of the year. Then I thought it would be fun to buy a 1970s Millard or Viscount and do it up. Then we changed our minds again and were very seriously looking at Expandas. We came very close to buying a 2007 model but it was dodgy (insurance write off). We kept coming back to the fact that we didn't want something huge sitting in our yard that wouldn't get used much.
During our last trip to Brooms Head, a family with a Swan was on the site next to us. I got chatting to them about it and they absolutely loved it and said the setup time was pretty quick (compared to 2 hours, anything is quick). After lots of scouring Gumtree and Caravan Sales, we noticed that they really hold their value well. So we went and saw the guys at Gold Coast Jayco and told them the features we wanted and the quote came back at about $1000 more than similar 2015 models we had been watching on Gumtree. Husband went back today and haggled some more and got another $500 off. We should have it in November.
So, we are all pretty excited and can't wait for it to arrive. Can't wait to show photos and ask lots of annoying questions.,