When to travel by motorhome

When to travel by motorhome? 

If you are wondering when you can travel by motorhome and you are wondering between midwinter and heat waves ...

The answer is clear: all year! and also very comfortably.

These vehicles are perfect for going skiing and sleeping on the ski slopes or for traveling to the beach in the summer.

In summer, ideally you'd have a Viesa, O'Neill, or air conditioner to avoid feeling overwhelmed by the heat; but just like at home. And in winter, a stationary heater. Choosing the right one to avoid overheating is a personal matter and depends on your needs.

We use a Viesa cooler because our travel style is mostly road trips, with few campsites or motorhome areas with electricity. Therefore, we needed a device for the summer that would be independent. In this case, the Viesa is a humidifier cooler, which doesn't depend on being plugged into the mains and offers great autonomy since it uses very little water or battery power. We can leave it on 24 hours a day without any problem, and it helps lower the temperature by an average of 5 to 10 degrees.

I assure you that it shows a lot. So much so that it allows us to sleep with all the windows closed in the middle of summer, eat at noon with everything closed and the sun is shining, or even leave our dog inside without any problem (on the contrary, then he does not want to leave the motorhome).

It's not an air conditioner , so if you're looking for that refrigerator-like cold, you won't get it with the Viesa. You'll get that with a good air conditioner, a very good option if you prefer camping.

Motorhome cooler or air conditioning?

Although honestly the ideal would surely be to carry both. The air conditioning has a range of about two hours well, so it would surely help also to cool off in addition. You can also mount auxiliary batteries and have an air conditioning with greater autonomy. But of course, here we have to talk about money and prices.

A Viesa cooler with included mounting costs about € 1.500, an air conditioner, the same about € 1.500. Now if you want to mount an air conditioning with auxiliary batteries that will multiply for a higher cost, and it will not give you full autonomy either.

As you can see, deciding when to travel in a motorhome isn't a problem at all. On the contrary, it's a great advantage, thanks to all the comforts of modern motorhomes.

What usually worries new motorhome owners most about traveling in a motorhome is driving and spending the night in snowy areas . In this case, we've written a post with everything you need to know to go to the snow in a motorhome and enjoy skiing and snow sports in your motorhome.

For short or long trips?

For weekends or also for long holidays.

There are people like AC as a family, Sergio Sánchez or the Ligrones who live traveling as a family for years in a motorhome and they do not have a bad time! 

Therefore, it is not only for weekend getaways. Do it when you want, as long as you want and where you want!

Of course, if perhaps you only take it for holidays, you can consider renting more than buying one.