Volcanoes Are Not An Issue For Caravan Lovers

Written By: Timothy Simons Grimshaw on May 31, 2010 No Comment

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.

What a great feeling it was, pulling my caravan home beneath planeless skies not even having to think about whether my insurance covered far-off eruptions. As a breed, it feels like caravan lovers all over the UK have been vindicated. Next time someone comments that caravan pulling cars are slow and getting in the way, remind them that during the Easter 2010 debacle, we could get from almost anywhere in Europe, to almost anywhere else in Europe faster than the average plane.

Also, the “cramped and claustrophobic” conditions that so many people associate caravans with seemed like the most luxurious and spacious of interiors compared to a hotel lobby or a space on an airport floor.

Between those who love the freedom offered by caravan holidays, this is all, of course irrelevant. We like our thing, and you like yours. How tedious the world would be if we all liked the same thing. The reason for the gloat is that the uninitiated often see fit to poke fun at our choice, while we rarely do the opposite.

So… given that we didn’t have quite the same concerns this Easter that many other holiday makers had, what were we thinking about? I’d like to hear some good stories. I wasn’t thinking about whether my insurance covered me for all those untold additional costs that the plane brigade were worried about, but I did have some additional costs to think about. And they were costs that I couldn’t insure against too.

I took the latest edition of Caravan Magazine with me on my travels because we are thinking of buying a new caravan soon and we had planned to read all about the cost of our next purchase, but ended up reading their insurance survey. It seems after reading this survey that because I couldn’t be bothered to buy my insurance through a broker, I overpaid for it by quite a lot. If you are looking to get cheap caravan insurance it would be well worth shopping around because there were loads of comparisons in Caravan Magazine and I was quite surprised by some of the results.

If you are looking to take out caravan insurance, but want to make sure you get the best deal, you should arrange it through Coversure. They are an insurance broker with excellent relationships with providers and can always secure a great deal on touring caravan insurance or static caravan insurance.