is it because you like the thought of getting "FREE" holidays?

Let us look at how much you can expect to pay for these "FREE" holidays.

To start with you have to buy the caravan, this can cost from £25,000 upwards, so to make the purchase price as low as possible you will be offered a deal that involves a guaranteed letting scheme. This means that the camp will book out "your caravan" so you won't be able to use "your caravan" for the first season without buying back the time from them. You will also find out that any damage done while it is being let by the camp is your responsibility not the camps.

So at the end of the first summer your lovely "NEW" caravan will be decidedly second-hand and possibly in need of repair.

How much is it worth now?

Once this initial period is over you will be asked to pay, in advance, your ground rent. Rent is due on the 1st December for the following year, but the camp doesn't open until 1st March. The cost of the ground rent varies dependant on the location of your caravan from approx £3,300 upwards, and then there is the Water & Sewerage Rates at approx. £380, the caravan Insurance at approx £250, the metered Electricity charge plus availability charge of £70 and the cost of the bottled Gas. All the time you are paying out these costs you must remember that the value of your caravan is rapidly depreciating at the rate of approx £2000 per year, as a conservative estimate.

All this adds up to a total of £6000+

How many weeks each year would you spend at your caravan?

If you were lucky enough to find the time to spend 6 weeks in your caravan you don't have to be a mathematician to work out that your "FREE" holidays have cost you £1000 per week.

So why buy one when you can hire one for a fraction of the price!!!

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