This year’s Motorhome and Caravan Show held from 15th-20th October at Birmingham’s NEC was a resounding success. Attracting a record breaking 100,179 visitors, with Saturday alone drawing 26,632, the show goes from strength to strength every year. Over 400 companies aired their wares at this year’s event and all manufactures reported good levels of sales. [...]

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The NEC in Birmingham will once again be hosting the ever popular Motorhome and Caravan Show, October 15th – 20th, 2013. The exhibition gives visitors chance to inspect and browse brand new 2014 motorhome, holiday home, trailer tent, folding caravan, traditional caravan and other associated caravan products from leading UK and European manufacturers and dealers. [...]

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German motorhome company Knaus Tabbert are looking to inspire a renaissance in the (reportedly) ailing caravan industry with their futuristic Caravisio concept. On paper the Carvisio certainly looks like a high spec attractive bit of kit. Aerodynamically designed with towing specifically in mind this multifunctional caravan, with luxury yacht esque internal layout is as yet [...]

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Nearly 200,000 caravanning families could be hit by a costly new EU plan which will enforce MOT style testing for all caravans travelling within the EU. Described by the Daily Mail as ‘draconian demands’, German MEP Werner Kuhn argues that regular checks need to be enforced to make sure that any caravan entering the continent [...]

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After languishing in an Ascot garage for 40 years a gypsy caravan that once belonged to John Lennon is about to spark a bidding war from fans all over the world. Beatles lovers widely believe that the old time mobile home should be returned to Lennon’s first born son, Julian, as it was initially a [...]

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May 27th sees the official start of National Camping and Caravanning Week which is into its 13th year,  to celebrate everything outdoors, caravanning and camping. NCCW is the brainchild of the Camping and Caravanning Club and to mark the occasion invites are being thrown out to the many enthusiasts we have in the UK to [...]

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For those enthusiastic caravan aficionados out there, then the Broadlands Caravan and Motorhome show was this weekend at Broadlands Estates, Romsey. The estate hosted a gathering of major caravan brands all airing their wares and signalling the start of the summer season. C4Caravans made the pilgrimage on the Friday (April 5th) to check out what [...]

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Caravan Talk, an online caravan and motorhome community, has announced the nominees for their first ever independent awards ceremony. The Caravan Talk Awards all started from a single suggestion posted by a forum user back in March of this year, and has since snowballed into an industry recognized award to be presented at The Motorhome [...]

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Last month we reported the tax change proposed in the 2012 budget to add a 20% VAT cost to static caravan purchases from 1st October 2011. Lastnight the government went back on their plans after heavy criticism from the caravan industry, but all is not out of the water just yet. A reverse decision to [...]

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As the UK public collectively tries to licks the wounds inflicted by a straitened and struggling economy, a tax change announcement in the 2012 budget delivers a blow to an age-old tradition and great British institution – Holiday caravanning. Whilst most the nation have been talking about fuel costs and pasties, everyone in the caravanning [...]

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