HOW TO... STORE YOUR VAN OVER WINTER
IF YOU DON’T tour in the late autumn and winter months, putting your caravan ‘to bed’ properly is crucial. Get this wrong and you could face big (and small) problems in the spring when you want to head off on tour again. Here’s our 12-step guide to prepping for a safe winter layover.
1 Storage
Where will you be storing your caravan? There are benefits to keeping it at home, such as being able to run a power lead to it, to trickle-charge the battery.
On the other hand, home-stored tourers are statistically much more likely to be stolen or damaged, compared to those kept in bespoke compounds. Many housing estates also ban caravans on driveways.
If you can’t store your van at home, we can recommend checking out CaSSOA.co.uk. The Caravan Storage Site Owners’ Association maintains high standards of security and service, with excellent access to your leisure vehicle.
The elite sites are gold-rated, and storing in one also reduces your insurance premium, with the best insurers offsetting part of the cost with discounts.
Typically, you’ll pay from £250 to £600 a year for storage,
