Is it better to buy a motorhome or a caravan?

You may have already decided that the camper is the recreational vehicle that suits your needs, but a quick reflection, whether it's to confirm the choice or to evaluate options not considered, is a must: is a camper or a caravan better ?

The camper (autocaravan), of any type, is a vehicle permanently used for the transport and accommodation of up to seven people . The driver's cab is not physically separated from the rear cell, so it's a single vehicle, while travelling, you can sit in the front seats (in the driver's cab) and also in the rear seats (in the cell). The number of approved seats for transport is indicated in the vehicle registration document, and represents the effective maximum number of passengers that can be transported while driving, including the driver. You travel seated and with your seat belts fastened (some old campers don't have them in the cell, so they are unsuitable for use with child seats).

Is it better to buy a motorhome or a caravan?

A motorhome is particularly suitable for traveling trips, where the vehicle is used to ring a route made up of trips and overnight stays scattered throughout the territory, even in sites not far from each other. It can also be used for "permanent" holidays, i.e. fixed in one place, but in this case you have to organize yourself to move around on a daily basis (bike, public transport, or the same camper used as a car). The immediacy of movement and parking (provided you don't "anchor" it to the ground with additional structures) and autonomy are its strong points .

The caravan is a trailer used for residential use only when parked and must be hitched to a tractor for travel. With the same length of the living cell, the interior spaces are more usable than those of a camper , and there is generally a good functional separation between sleeping and living areas. It is particularly suitable for permanent or semi-permanent holidays (although some caravan owners use it easily and satisfactorily for traveling trips, exactly like a camper), as it can be used as a base camp (for example in a campsite) to visit with the car the area that hosts us, of course nothing prevents you from making "several base camps" in a nice journey in stages.The habitability and the availability of an autonomous means of transport are its strengths .

In any case, a camper or caravan will allow you to get to know places and people, move around "breathing slowly" in the area that hosts you. In the journey there are not only a starting point and an arrival point, there is also the whole journey. If you always and only want to go from one point to another without experiencing what is in between , then the camper and caravan are not for you .