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chopper

Hi

i had a new tribute Sept 04 and i adore her, and we take a dog away. as for taking the kitchen sink away mine came with one(!) we came down from a big 4 berth caravan and landrover, and believe me when we re packed the tribute anything that hadnt been used for 12 months in the caravan didnt go in, 18 months on not missed anything. Just come back from a 16 day tour of scotland. I take me mum with me and we get on fine in the tribute, plenty of space, done cl's with no loos showers etc and there has never been an embarrasing moment so to speak.

so get a tribute and live

regards

keith

machra

We have just downsized from an AS Talisman to a Symbol, 55reg model. If you take lots away then forget the symbol as there will not be enough storage. We have just learnt to take less away with us. I had stuff in the Talisman that I had not used in 5 years of camping so I got rid of these items first.

We chose the Symbol because of the resale value over the Tribute (better built as well). Symbol is also built on the MWB van where nearly all the other panel van Ducatos use the LWB van (We can get the Symbol in a normal car park slot). However had funds allowed we would have bought a Timberland as they have miles more storage. We did like the look of the Nuventures at Peterborough motorhome show. They build a model similar to the Tribute with more storage than the Symbol. I think they are around £35000 though.

If you need any more advice or a chat send me your phone number and I will get in touch.

MaxandPaddy

I think the key to this is "chuck out your chinz"!
We need to downsize the amount of non-essentials and as you say Keith "learn to live"!
We like the larger vans because of the storage aspect but the more compact Tribute and Symbol give us the option of storing it on the drive without upsetting the neighbours.
I think generally we should adapt the mantra of "less is more" and take what is neccesary and not try and cram in things we do not really need.
Thanks for the offer of advice Machra on the Symbol,will get back to you when we finally get around to making our long over due investment of a motorhome.
Happy motorhoming,hope you all enjoy this season and the sun finally shines on you all!
Cheers,
Val
ps,When we go camping we take a five man tent,a freelander with a roof box and every available space is filled!Thats just for two people and the hound so our problem is quite obvious,need to get used to packing less,I am sure we would have just as much fun if we did not take so much!

relay

Hi Max&Paddy

Can't help with the dog aspect I'm afraid, but re storage, you really DO get used to managing with what you can take. Our first van was a panel conversion and at that time we didn't have a lot *to* take and we'd never camped/caravanned before so didn't have any expectations of what we "should" be able to take and we had great fun!

Next was another panel conversion (someone's home conversion) - a Citroen Relay so basically same size as a Trigano - it swallowed up everything we could think of with space to spare Smile

Great sense of freedom in being able to take things along "just in case". Now we've got a mini-coachbuilt. Storage is (IMHO, & certainly compared to the Relay) poor but it has other advantages for us so we compromise. Can't say not having something has ever spoiled a holiday and we can happily spend two or three weeks away in it at a time Smile

You just learn to have "dual-purpose" items rather than separate ones Rolling Eyes

Re the Tracker, some friends we holiday with have an end kitchen one and the amount of stuff they take has to be seen to be believed Wink

(not sure if they're members here yet - hello B if so Laughing

) so I don't think you'd have any worries with one of those - they do take up a bit more room on the drive though - if house buying is all about location, location, location then M/H buying is all about compromise, compromise, compromise. Just don't spend so long looking that you miss out on time to enjoy it!! good luck
-H