The open road, on your terms
A month on the road costs about the same as a balcony cabin — and you get to change your mind every morning. Here's how over-65s are swapping the cruise ship for the slow lane, plus a four-week coastal itinerary for couples who refuse to be hurried.
Every bank holiday, Britain's motorways become a slow-motion parade of caravans, roof boxes and regret. Here's how to time your getaway, dodge the worst chokepoints, and — crucially — make peace with the fact that some queues are simply unavoidable.
You don't need two weeks of annual leave to make a motorhome trip worthwhile. Here are twelve spots — all within about three hours of a major UK city — where you can roll in on a Friday evening and wake up somewhere brilliant by Saturday breakfast.
A growing band of workers — festival crew, locum nurses, film set runners — are using motorhome hire as mid-week accommodation instead of chain hotels. Here's what actually works, where you can legally park near venues and hospitals, and whether the maths beats a month of Travelodges.
Taking a hired motorhome to France for the first time sounds far more daunting than it actually is — but there are a few things worth knowing before you roll down the ramp at Folkestone. Here's everything from Dart Charge tolls to aires, driving on the right, and the small print that matters most once you're abroad.
The collection day demo can feel like a crash course in plumbing, gas and electrics all at once. Here's how to work through those first twenty minutes like a pro — with a checklist you can print off and keep in the glovebox.
Fancy adding the Emerald Isle or a Hebridean island to your motorhome route? Here's what taking a rental van on a ferry actually involves — from booking the right crossing to the paperwork questions nobody thinks to ask until it's too late.
Taking a hired motorhome on a ferry sounds daunting, but it's one of the great joys of British touring — the open road followed by open water. Here's how to book the van on, what it'll cost you, and which crossings suit a first-timer.
Britain's Dark Sky Parks are made for motorhome travel — remote, chilly, and usually hours from the nearest Travelodge. Here's a route linking Kielder, the Elan Valley and Galloway, plus the moon-phase trick that decides when you should book.
Every great motorhome drive deserves a soundtrack, but Britain's radio blackspots have other ideas. Here's how to build a road trip audio queue that survives the A592, sparks a proper family singalong, and doesn't die somewhere in the Cambrian Mountains.
Golf clubs, surfboards and bikes all have one thing in common: they're awkward, precious and the entire reason you booked the trip. Here's how to choose a hire van that copes with your kit, and where to point it.
Every motorhome map looks like a promise and delivers like a punishment. Here's how to plan a route that leaves room for the chippy stop, the wrong turn and the view you didn't know existed.
Pub car parks, community motorhome bays and the murky world of wild camping — here's the honest lowdown on kipping for a night in Britain without a pitch booked. Rules by nation, apps worth downloading, and how not to be the motorhome everyone remembers for the wrong reasons.
First-timers pack for every possible emergency and end up living around a pile of stuff they never touch. Here's our honest, slightly bossy guide to what stays at home — and the few things that genuinely earn their seatbelt.
More Brits than ever are taking the dog on the road trip, but a muddy spaniel in a rental motorhome comes with rules, costs and a fair bit of strategy. Here's the honest guide to pet-friendly motorhome hire, from cleaning fees to the campsites that genuinely roll out the welcome mat.
Every brochure promises 'stunning sea views'. Very few pitches deliver them. We drove from Norfolk to Argyll to find out which ones actually do, and what it costs in pounds, wind and early mornings.
There's a golden hour on every motorhome trip that most people sleep straight through. We make the case for the 6am club — misty lochs, empty car parks, and a brew while the campsite still snores.
We mapped a fortnight-long coastal loop linking some of Britain's most celebrated fish and chip shops, from Whitby to Tynemouth and beyond. Here's the route, the overnight stops, and our honest verdict on which chippies are worth the detour.
Cheap rates, empty beaches and steam rising off your morning brew — winter might be the motorhome's best season. Here's how to do it properly, from heating know-how to a packing list that earns its space.
It's 9pm, the campsite's shut, and the light's going. Here's everything we've learned about finding somewhere legal, sensible and vaguely scenic to park overnight in the UK — from pub stopovers to Scotland's right-to-roam reality.