The Roads Are Full Of Them.

Caravans and motor caravans have made quite a comeback. We’ve noticed it in the insurance brokers, and I’m sure they’ve noticed it in travel agents and caravan parks too. It seems that in a drive to save money, people have turned their backs on costly overseas destinations. Official Figures suggest that an extra 5 million holidays will be taken at home this year.

Figures from the National Caravan Council state that over 1.5 million caravan fans are regularly using a combined total of just over half a million caravans across Britain. As well as this, bookings at the Camping and Caravanning Club have risen by a huge 21% in the last year. So it’s pretty safe to say that caravan manufacturers aren’t complaining about the recession!

However, one thing that all of this means is that the roads are going to be getting busier this summer and taking more and more punishment from people driving up and down the country to and from their holiday destinations. All this will be combined with the beating that the roads took over the harsh winter. Everyone has noticed the big potholes that have sprung up.

There are times when I’ll be driving past a particularly large pothole when I wonder if I might see a kangaroo’s head pop out from it! These gaping cracks in the road must be causing damage to cars, bikes and indeed caravans. In fact, they are probably the cause of accidents as well.

It’s not compulsory to buy insurance for caravans, but advisable. You wouldn’t pull any other important belonging behind your car, or leave it unattended in a park without insuring it, would you? There are, I’m informed over 30 motor caravan and caravan insurers, so it feels like the specialist advice is available to those willing to look for it. My advice would be to ask a broker to help you. In a recent survey conducted by well respected magazines brokers came out as the most competitive for price, and it’s good to be able to ask questions and get proper advice… from a human.

If you are after caravan insurance, your best bet is to have a broker secure you the best deal that they can as many of them have long-standing relationships with the insurance companies and so can get you the caravan insurance for a better price.