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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
There is nothing better than a glass of Scrumpy cider after a long day of surfing in Cornwall or Devon but there is nothing as bad as trying to get warm and dry in an already damp tent. This is one of the reasons why I no longer camp on my annual pilgrimage to the beach. This summer many hundreds of surfing amateurs and pros alike will be headed for British and European seas, and more of them than ever are going by caravan.
Caravans are by far the best choice for a surfing holiday; there’s numerous space for wet suits, towels and surfboards. I don’t have mine board but it’s much less expensive to lease one for the seven days in preference to on a daily basis. It is not just less expensive but you have the opportunity to really get the feel of the board. Hiring a board for the seven days is pretty challenging without a caravan; even a short board would be hard to squeeze in a tent. This is one of the reasons why I feel like a pro every year, despite sitting on my board in the green waves and looking for seals for the majority of of the day.
The problem with caravans is the insurance. Many people forget to ascertain if their insurance can give them the cover they require. If travelling to Europe then you have to make certain you have the right European caravan insurance or else you might be left less mellow than the standard surfer when something goes wrong! Don’t let some uninsured driver make you miss the surf this year, get caravan insurance!
Surfing all day means leaving the caravan unattended. Any true surfing lover will realize that the early surf is the better. After all who wants to share the waves with the foam board tourists? That’s why you should make sure that your caravan insurance looks after your contents. Particularly if you’ve any second planks left in it! A great specialist caravan insurance broker will be able to talk you through precisely what your policy includes.
Surfers are meant to be worry free so let someone different do the worrying! Don’t leave anything to chance this summer and get the correct insurance for your caravan. Don’t forget that mileage, overseas travel and what you require to safeguard can all affect your cover so chat to a broker that can find the proper policy for you. Enjoy the surf!
It’s sometimes difficult to get caravan insurance to cover exactly what you want it to. The best way to ensure that you don’t get swindled by your insurers is to get hold of an insurance broker that has good relationships with insurance providers and who know their field inside out. Click on caravan insurance to go to Coversure’s website.
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
It was five years ago, on my annual trip to Leeds Festival that I became a caravan lover. That year I didn’t have an early pass and was eager to find a location to camp before there was no space left when the strap on my main rucksack broke. I balanced it on my tent bag and trudged on through the, now liquid, mud. Subsequently this additional weight then broke the strap on my tent bag, leaving me stranded.
Luckily some friends of mine were nearby in the caravan section and helped me carry my things to their caravan. What luxury! It was only an inexpensive caravan but compared to my one-man tent in which I couldn’t lie down straight, even without my bag, it was brilliant. How jealous I was of their luxury caravan when I opened my bag to find half of my things broken and damaged by the fall in the mud.
The next year I was of course in one of those dry, warm caravans and happily watched the other festivalgoers struggle with their bags. Evidently my luck hadn’t improved and the caravan flooded. Again my new Top Shop inspired festival wardrobe was destroyed together with the majority of the caravan.
Thankfully I’d thought to ensure contents were included on my caravan insurance. We didn’t have to worry about the damage to the caravan and I would even say we enjoyed living in the damp for three days. In the end, it is all part of the festival experience.
Now we have annual caravan holidays abroad, which are ideal for a low cost holiday with friends. I wouldn’t stop my caravan holidays for anything and definitely wouldn’t risk an uninsured driver hitting us and spoiling our tradition. Since the flood incident I always make sure we have the right insurance cover for whatever country we happen to go to, it’s so critical to have the right cover for European travel.
If you have an RV then you have good taste, and really know how to have fun. Enjoy your motor caravan and go on holiday. But don’t forget that holidays are meant to be stress free; with our less than reliable weather this isn’t forever the situation. Get the right cover for your trip and have a good time!
You will want to ensure that when you go to your festival of choice or off on your holiday that you have the correct caravan insurance to cover everything that could go wrong. Coversure are a trusted insurance broker with strong relationships with insurance providers. They will be able to get you the best deal on your caravan insurance.
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Caravan owners everywhere are breathing a somewhat smug sigh of relief as they, unlike plane-hopping holiday makers, are not having to frantically check their insurance documents to see if they are covered for disruption caused by ash from a far away volcano.
It was truly a great feeling, pulling my caravan home whilst air-traffic had ground to a halt and not even having to concern myself with whether or not my insurance covered volcanic eruptions covered happening in a distant country. It suddenly feels as if caravan lovers everywhere have been vindicated. Next time someone says something along the lines of “cars towing caravans are slow and only get in the way” you could remind them that there was a period around Easter 2010 in which a caravan could get from anywhere in Europe to almost anywhere else in Europe faster than the average plane.
In addition, those conditions that some refer to as tight and claustrophobic in caravans were positively opulent by comparison to hotel lobbies, airport floors and cramped coaches.
Of course, between those of us who understand the beauty behind caravan holidays this is all irrelevant. We each like doing our own things in our own leisure time, and how boring would the world be if we all liked the same things? However, the reason for this little gloat is that people who, as a rule, don’t do caravans, tend to make fun of those that do, and we rarely, if ever reciprocate.
So, although I didn’t incur any of the costs and inconveniences that the aeroplane fan-club did this Easter, I did have some additional costs, and not the kind that you can insure against either.
I took the a copy of Caravan Magazine with me on my holiday because we were thinking about buying a new one, and so had intended to browse over potential new purchases, but I ended up becoming engrossed in the insurance survey. It seems that because I never went to a broker to get my caravan insurance, I over paid for it - by a considerable amount. So if you’re in need of cheap caravan insurance it is well worth shopping around because there were lots of price comparisons in Caravan Magazine, some of which were quite surprising and are well worth a look into.
If you are looking for caravan insurance, but want to make sure you get the best deal, you should arrange it through Coversure. They are an insurance broker with long-standing relationships with providers and can always secure a great deal on touring caravan insurance or static caravan insurance.
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
No matter whether you use your caravan for your holidays, your main home or attach it to the back of your car in nice weather you should make sure that you have caravan insurance. It may be something that you have not thought of, especially if it spends most of the time on your front drive, but it is a necessity as we never know what is round the corner.
The type of insurance you will need is mostly dependant on whether your caravan is a static or touring one. You should think of when you will be using it and also how much the belongings you keep in there whether temporarily or permanently are worth. This will mean that should anything happen you will be able to get the items replaced.
If it is a static caravan you wish to insure you need to make sure that if you want to have any items you keep just outside such as a patio or furniture is also under the insurance. This is because not all policies will cover this so you need to check beforehand.
If your caravan was to be stolen then you need to decide whether you want to be covered so that you can get a new caravan for your old one then you may have to pay extra on your policy, however it will be worthwhile if you can afford it. You can also get a policy that will pay out the current value of your make and model of caravan.
You can see that there are many benefits to making sure your caravan is covered by insurance, you will find that you can insure touring caravans if they are involved in any kind of accident while you are on the road. This will also mean that if anyone is injured and you are liable the medical bills and court costs will be covered as well as any property damage that may be caused.
Even if the static caravan is where you live you can still have the coverage you need so that even if you can secure your home as you would a house, you are still able to make sure that any damage or loss can be recovered without extra cost to you.
Caravan insurancecaravan Insurance is one of the most necessary aspects that you can get in your life. There are tons of advantages that you can find when you get this kind of Insurance.
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Caravans and motorhomes have made a significant comeback this year. The insurance brokers have noticed it and there’s no doubt that the caravan parks and travel agents have noticed it as well. It seems that with the economy in the state that it’s in people want to save money and so have decided against expensive holidays abroad and chosen to stay a little closer to home for a fraction of the price.
Figures from the National Caravan Council state that over 1.5 million caravan fans are regularly using a combined total of just over half a million caravans across Britain. As well as this, bookings at the Camping and Caravanning Club have risen by a huge 21% in the last year. So it’s pretty safe to say that caravan manufacturers aren’t complaining about the recession!
All these rises in local holidaying mean that the roads are going to get very busy over the summer and so will take more of a beating, all over the top of the battering they took over the winter. We have all seen the horrid potholes in the road that have appeared since the snow.
There have been times, when out on my bike, I have wondered if I might see a little kangaroo head sticking out from one of those pot holes. I am sure they will be causing damage to cars, caravans and motor caravans. Indeed I wonder whether they will actually cause accidents.
It is not a compulsory thing to have caravan insurance. However while it is optional, it is highly advisable that you take some out, after all, you wouldn’t want to pull any other valuable belonging of yours behind your car or leave it on its own in a park without having insurance for it would you? There are over 30 companies who provide caravan and motorhome insurance and so there is specialist advice out there, it’s just a matter of having the will to look for it. It is advisable to get a broker to help you track down the best deal for your specific needs as it’s good to get advice from a real person and to have your questions answered with no hassle.
If you are after caravan insurance, the best idea is to have a broker secure you the best price possible as many of them have long-standing relationships with the insurance companies and so can get you the caravan insurance for a much cheaper price.
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
If you’re an old insurance man like me, going grey and still carrying a liking for old early 70’s bands like soft machine and caravan, then you probably think that you’ve seen the last of your summer music festivals with nights spent cramped under the canvas of a tent and waking up with aches and cramps in places you didn’t know existed! However, another way to go is to take your motorhome (or somebody else’s) along to the festival and enjoy the music and the atmosphere without the nights spent on the floor under canvas.
What many people have found with the motorhome route that you get the best of both worlds really because you can enjoy the atmosphere of the festival and of course the live music, but you get a cup of tea every morning, there are no queues for toilets and showers and you have a comfortable, dry bed to sleep on every night!
Many motorhome owners who aren’t into music festivals and the like have been known to rent out their motorhomes to people who are so that they get some money from their dormant motorhome, and someone else gets to enjoy a music festival in comfort. However, while this is perfectly legal, most people don’t realise that if something was to happen to their motorhome during the event, it would not be covered under a standard motorhome insurance policy.
One of my more distinct memories from last year’s Glastonbury festival was that of a couple happily leaving their motorhome after having had breakfast under the awning, only to return that night to find that one of Glastonbury’s famous monsoons had put so much weight on the awning that all the poles were bent and broken causing the awning to be ruined. This must’ve been around 1000’s worth of damage which would have been completely uninsured if they had hired the motorhome without letting the insurance company know.
If you think you might like to take your motorhome to Glastonbury or a similar festival, or that you might let someone else take it, it is well worth getting it covered for the trip as you really don’t know what might happen.
So if you’re thinking of letting out your motorhome to family or friends for them to take to a music festival or anywhere really, the best way to go is probably to have them added to an existing insurance policy for the duration of their trip. This will allow you to relax at home safe in the knowledge that your motorhome is being looked after and even if it isn’t, that you have the right insurance to cover it.
If you are looking for motorhome insurance then you should check out Coversure, they are one of the leading providers of vehicle insurance offering everything from standard car insurance to caravan insurance
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Chester Cooke was excited by the prospect of buying a caravan on the banks of the River Avon, not far from Stratford, on a professionally run, well maintained and gorgeous site with lots of amenities. Being a diligent kind of chap, he looked into all of the potential issues, after all you can’t be too careful with the thick end of twenty grand plus annual service charges, which didn’t include insurance for some reason.
So he then called his broker and said that he was looking for some caravan insurance. His broker then told him that that shouldn’t be a problem and he would be more than happy to get him a quote. So Chester gave his broker the details of the caravan and where it would be situated.
It was only a few minutes before the broker called him back and said that he unfortunately could not find him any caravan insurance. The reason was that although the caravan site itself was fine, it was the particular spot that Chester wanted that was the problem. It was next to the river Avon, right at the water’s edge, and last year it had flooded which caused lots of insurance claims, meaning that now, insurers are unwilling to offer any insurance to caravans places right on the water’s edge. If he was going to buy the caravan, it was going to be entirely at his own risk.
This news meant that Chester could not have his caravan exactly where he wanted because it was quite likely that the Avon would flood again at some point in time and he could not afford to have a caravan there without it being insured. He asked his broker about other “normal criteria” for caravan insurance so that might continue pursuing his plans to buy a caravan.
A registered CaSSOA site is ideal for caravan insurance providers. The reason for this is that these sites have security standards. Another thing to look for in a caravan site is a secure boundary like a fence or a tall, thick bush running around the boundaries of the site. If the caravan is to be placed in a less formal location, such as a farm, then the caravan should have its own compound and it own defined perimeter. Some insurance providers insist that a caravan site must have a certain number of caravans placed there before they will insure any, safety in numbers as it were.
Chester hadn’t really though that the insurance would play such an important part in the buying of his caravan. He was just appreciative of his knowledgeable broker who could steer him in the right direction, after all, he just wanted to enjoy his caravan and the insurance was just to take to worry out of owning one.
Caravan insurance is one of the most important factors to take into consideration when thinking about buying a caravan. Coversure are a leading provider of caravan insurance and can offer you advice, or a quote to insure your caravan
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
“For girls who go plump in the night” is the rather strange title of an album by 1970’s rock band Caravan, which is not the kind of thing you would expect an insurance man to know, even if he does actually own one, (a caravan I mean!) An insurance man in a caravan is probably not that unusual but an insurance man in a caravan listening to Caravan? Surely not!
Although I’m not entirely sure why I start thinking about this, I’m pretty sure it’s because I was looking back at some photos of last year’s Glastonbury festival the other day and I noticed just how many caravans were there in one get-up or another. Being an insurance man, I was of course thinking about the cover they had and whether or not the underwriters knew exactly what they were being used for.
If I remember correctly, these caravans were being used for everything from living quarters to tea shops (and I’m still talking about proper caravans, curtains and all, not mobile catering units) they were also used as places for tired musicians to rest and some were even housing paid showers.
All over the camping fields there were caravans being used as shelters for security staff or meeting points for people who were lost, or as temporary accommodation for ageing rock fans who could either no longer handle the discomfort of tent camping, or who were just fellow caravan fans!
Of course, the musicians themselves are among the biggest users of caravans at music festivals, they usually use the huge ones with extra wheels on the front for steering and they use them for changing in, preparing for the show in, and then use them to indulge in general after-show rock-star behaviour which I think is probably best left to the imagination! I’m not sure if Caravan ever used one, I think that would just be too good to be true! Caravan in a caravan listening to their debut album (which was called, as you may have guessed, “Caravan”). Or even better, if they had arranged a convoy with some friends, a caravan of caravans including a caravan with Caravan in it listening to Caravan!
But anyway, before I started ranting about rock-stars in caravan convoys I was thinking about whether or not these caravans had the correct insurance cover and lets be honest, the answer is probably not. If you are considering taking your caravan along to a festival this year then it is well worth thinking about getting proper insurance cover for it. Caravans can be damaged in all kinds of ways, especially at festivals where the fun loving, free-partying atmosphere can sometimes cloud people’s better judgement and out of control festival goers and crowds and the like can do a lot of damage to your caravan, whether it is intentional or not. It could simply slide off on its own if the mud gets too wet, they can flood, catch fire, get blown away, and almost anything you can think of can happen. Fortunately you can insure caravans against more or less anything that could happen to it, even if it gets rammed into by an uninsured caravan being used as a refreshment stand!
Coversure are leading providers of caravan insurance if you are thinking about taking your caravan to a place where it would be even remotely at risk, you should think about taking out some caravan insurance, this will set your mind at rest when you leave it to go and do what you really want to do.
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
I read in Insurance Times recently that the financial Ombudsman had decreed that it would, in certain circumstances, back a policyholder against an insurer excluding claims for leaving keys in or near a car. I can’t help but wonder if the same would apply for a motor home. As an insurance broker, I almost feel that this story is not one to publicise.
On a recent motorhome holiday my family and I had had a late night playing cards and when we eventually turned in, we were all very tired and so we woke up the next day already late for our arranged meeting with our friends and fellow motor-homers the Wilsons. Then of course we had the morning rush and the queue for the shower and by the time we were ready to leave our friends had decided to explore the countryside without us.
I then realised I had no idea where the keys were so I looked for them, and couldn’t find them. My family then joined in the search and in my usual calm and patient manner I accused each family member of stealing them, then moved on to accusations of half-hearted searching before finally accepting my son’s version of events which was that aliens must have come from mars and stolen the keys to our motorhome. So I then went to the cab to get my mobile so I could call my insurance company for help. I was stranded in a field with a grumpy family and to make matters worse, it was about to rain.
There in the middle of the cab, sitting next to my phone, were the keys! I couldn’t believe that I’d left the keys to my beloved motorhome in the cab. Being an insurance man I couldn’t help but wonder if my motorhome would have been insured if it had been stolen under those circumstances. And so my mind drifted back to the Insurance Times article.
If my motorhome had been a car the ombudsman would have considered
Location
Was I in a position to deter a thief
Was I recklessly ignoring the risks
Mitigating factors
Whether I knew about the exclusion in the insurance policy
I would like to think that this form of insurance pragmatism would have applied to me and my motor home. I think that by using an insurance broker there is a lot more chance of getting the right insurance policy for your motor home
For a class leading service in motorhome insurance contact Coversure. They provide motorhome insurance is unmatched by other companies and you’ll leave with the peace of mind that you need when you’re on your holidays.
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Going on holiday in a caravan is great fun for all ages. In order to make sure that you get the most from your caravan you need to have insurance for it. This will protect your caravan against it being stolen or damaged in some way. If this is something you are considering here is some straightforward and simple caravan insurance advice.
Before you take out any insurance it pays to know there are many types. So if you have a touring caravan you will need different cover to someone who has their caravan on the same site constantly. So bear this in mind when you are selecting your insurance.
If you have anything that is particularly expensive in your caravan make sure you include this on your policy. Failure to do this will mean that you will not be able to claim for single, high cost items. So take a look in your caravan and mention any costly items.
If you like to visit new places with your caravan why not opt for insurance that offers members benefits. These can include monthly magazines with caravaning news in it or special offers for various sites. More insurers than you think will offer these types of incentives, so take a look at them.
Getting a lot of quotes from different insurers also makes sense when looking for low cost insurance. You can get as many quotes as you like and you are under no obligation to follow them up. So if you want to make a saving, get quotes.
Following these simple pieces of caravan insurance advice will mean that you get the best premium. Being insured is crucial if you want to enjoy your caravan without worrying. So get a quote today and get the policy that suits you.
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