How about hiring a motorhome for your next holiday?

The Mooveo C707, a lovely big motorhome!

You don't have to wait until you get to your destination to feel like you are on holiday. Often we see people hire motorhomes with no real plan of where they are going and there is nothing wrong with that is there? Is this typical of normal holiday? Having no plan whatsoever? Probably not, but isn't this what it is all about? It's so easy to book your motorhome hire holiday using the internet or even the phone! How many holidays are there that start even before you get to your destination.
Owning your own motorhome is just a dream for most people and an impossible one at that! For this reason, most of us will be more interested in hiring a motorhome. Even if you could afford your own vehicle, you would be saddled with all the associated running costs. It's best to rent one and see how you get on with it, before you make any big purchase decisions. So how does a motorhome hire company get a huge fleet together? Will they be able to get their money back on their investment by hiring out the motorhomes? Well it turns out that many hire companies don't own their own fleet. Rather than being bought, the motorhomes are often leased. After the leasehold duration finishes, it's common for the vehicle to become part of the company's ex rental motorhome stock. In other cases the vehicles are privately owned, with the owner entering into a self hire program with the motorhome hire company. This works when the owner doesn't use his motorhome as much as he thought he would.
So you can see that there might be some risks if you are looking for private motorhome hire. I personally think that any sort of cheap motorhome hire may turn out to be a false economy. Primarliy down to poor insurance arrangements. The owner will either put you on his own insurance or get you to arrange your own. This seems to work fine when it’s just a Piaggio scooter that you are hiring on some remote Greek island, but is it really want to be doing here in the Britain - is it really what you want?. Use a motorhome hire company that knows what they are doing.
Campervans are not just for the summer, it’s a perfectly reasonable idea to use them in mid winter. Some motorhome hirers like to take their motorhome out to The French Alps and have their skiing holiday based around the comfort and flexibility of motorhome.. It's always good to head for the place that has had the most recent snowfall and hit some powder. Make sure you take advantage of this if you hire a motorhome.The motorhome itself can be as warm as you want it to be, with the modern diesel or gas heaters that they have. Keeping warm is not a problem. Being cold in a motorhome is really not an issue
If you are holidaying in the summer months there should not be a problem with not being warm enough. If you are going to north end of Norway or we have a cold wet summer in the UK, then you might need a bit of extra warmth. Eitherway it is not a problem with the modern central heating systems that are fitted to modern motorhomes. At the the flick of a switch you have instant heating even when the engine is not running. Gas systems in motorhomes are very safe indeed. For example if the wind blows out a gas flame, the gas supply will automatically be cut. Some modern motorhomes are now using diesel heaters rather than gas heaters. These sort of heating systems are now standard in the Chausson Flash range of motorhomes. This is a popular selling point for them with customers who like the diesel system over a gas one.
I would love to think that you are more ready than ever for your first motorhome holiday. Before you do anything else, have a look at hiring a motorhome. Have a look on the internet and decide which layout would work best for you. Don't be afraid to ask any friends you have with motorhomes for a poke around inside! For some, motorhomes are not the answer, but that is there loss. They are the ones confined to the same view every day of their holiday, ha! You can change your view whenever you like.