Family caravan or smaller van and Tents for the boys

Submitted: Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 at 14:34
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Situations change....a lot it seems.

I'm currently driving a 2002 BA ford falcon wagon with dickie seats in the back. I'm about to put my house on the market and move in with my man and his boy which will leave us with 4 boys soon to be 7, 9, 11 & 11. All boys are in joeys/cubs and two oldest about to move to scouts. One has no experience of camping as yet (new to cubs) whilst the other three are used to it. They do all have stretchers and decent sleeping bags though.

Anyway the fact that I'm selling up the house leaves us with the option of making my long time dream of buying a caravan come true. The question is with the boys getting older do we opt for a smaller van and some quick set up tents for the boys or do we get the big van with 2 sets of bunks so we have beds for all.

We are mostly looking at short weekends away and maybe longer trips in school holidays - just a cheap family holiday and mostly staying in van parks - possibly with 4 kids might be cheaper to get 2 sites side by side than pay for one with the extra 4 - which leaves plenty of room for the tents option so to speak.

Will the ford do ok towing or should we also look at upgrading it, which we will have to do eventually when youngest outgrows the dickie seat but at 18kg now we could keep him there for a few years yet.

Tempted to go the smaller van given that kids all spend time with their 'other parent' on the same weekend (usually) which means the man and I may occassionally run away for the weekend just the two of us. Either way its a big investment so I want to get it right. Obviously go looking at a caravan show will be on the cards when we get to that stage but first we need to answer the big van or small van + tents option

Jude
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