Discover the most practical and useful tips for traveling in a motorhome with children . We'll tell you as a family who has traveled thousands of kilometers through many countries in a motorhome, and before that, a campervan, caravan, and tent. Traveling as a family and traveling with your kids is awesome!
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Why travel with a motorhome with children?
Because traveling in a campervan is the most attractive form of itinerant tourism because it gives you total freedom, and that is essential with children.
If you choose to travel in a campervan or motorhome, you decide the schedule and route, just what your little ones need. Going at their own pace and on their own timetable.
Furthermore, it will allow you and your family to enjoy beautiful places away from the usual tourist routes. Children's genuine curiosity will be quickly sparked.
This way of traveling brings you closer to the customs of the different regions you visit and to the people. It's a more human kind of tourism. We stop being just tourist families and become traveling families.
And if you get closer to people, imagine how much closer you get to your family , your children, and yourself ! In a small, barrier-free space, so much can happen! It's a space to be a beta tester of your family. In a motorhome, you'll discover things you might not even know about your own family or yourself—I guarantee it.
For us, the best thing about traveling in a motorhome as a family is that it strengthens our family bonds every day ; it definitely brings us closer together. That, or it breaks them completely, hehehe.
More advantages
Quality time with your children is another benefit of living in a motorhome. There's less cleaning, less cooking, less tidying up … and that gives us more time for our kids ! Time spent in a small space, which ultimately means more space for your children and your family. For us, traveling in a motorhome with children is undoubtedly the most practical and best way to travel with little ones.
Another great advantage of traveling by motorhome with children is that it allows you to respect their individual rhythms , without interruptions or external pressures. They can eat whenever they need to, sleep when they need to, or go to the bathroom whenever necessary. In terms of schedules, it's undoubtedly the best option for family travel.
Furthermore, they will carry their toys, their favorite stuffed animal, their sheets, their pillow... In short, they carry their home with them; nothing is strange to them, quite the opposite.
Everything is familiar, it's like home . That relaxes them and makes them enjoy the trip more. They can focus on discovering the place, and let that spark of genuine curiosity for learning bite them wherever they go.
Since I was born 36 years ago, I have known the camper world. I was born in a hippy caravan, as the daughter of a good showman. From the caravan I went to a van, from the van to a T4 camper and from this to a motorhome which is the one we have today.
I'm a bit of a novice, as you can see. And the best, I have been a girl in this world, and I can say that without a doubt my best childhood memories are in the camper world.
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How to start traveling with a motorhome or camper with your little ones?
See how much it costs to travel by motorhome and whether it's worth it for you . You'll see the prices in each of our travel posts: 10 days in Brittany, France for the four of us, cost 900 Euros with everything included (if you rent, add an average of 120 Euros per day), or 38 days in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland cost us close to 4000 Euros.
Once decided, choose a motorhome or camper
To start traveling in a motorhome or campervan, you have three options: rent, buy, or convert . And all of these come with different types of vehicles, from small California-style vans to converted buses and trucks. See the manual below to discover all the types of motorhomes available.
If it is your first time, it is best to rent, it is what we would always recommend before buying. Do not forget that you must assume a rental cost between 100 to 150 euros the day for this.
If you are inclined to buy a new motorhome, you should know that its price ranges between 40.000 and more than 200.000 euros.
In case you have thought about buying a second-hand motorhome, the figure can drop to around 15.000 euros.
Finally, handymen can camper their own van or vehicle.
Escoger among many types of motorhomes and vans
Also choosing a motorhome for a family is a bit difficult at times. It depends on how many of you are in the family, there are motorhomes with 2 to 9 seats, but watching are sometimes places to sleep but they are not the same for traveling.
Besides considering travel and sleeping spaces, we recommend making a list of your needs and priorities to help you decide on the layout. For example, if your priority is taking a nap, it might be best to have a layout where at least one bed is always available.
And when you have your motorhome, start planning your motorhome trip.
Tips for traveling in a motorhome with children before leaving
Traveling with a motorhome with children has its tricks, and in this super manual that we have written below there are many that can help you during the trip and before.
Check the manual for safety tips with children in the motorhome. Tips such as remembering to lower the dining table when traveling, properly securing approved child safety seats (rear-facing is always best), making sure drawers are closed, not leaving anything loose in the motorhome, and not speeding.
What to bring in the motorhome with children
Then plan the suitcases and accessories to take in the motorhome that can help you distract and entertain your children in the motorhome during the trip or on rainy days.
Bring board games and cards, notebooks to paint, a blackboard, bikes, a good gps locator watch to avoid losing your child, some walky talkies always practical with the kids, a glass with a lid so that you do not throw your colacao and other things that we give you as ideas in our manual below.
Finally, always wear sunscreen, swimsuits (even if it's winter), hats, anti-mosquito bracelets, aloe vera gel (for bites, nettles, burns etc ... you don't know the headaches that have taken me and some campers away with children), a good first-aid kit with a thermometer and lots of catapun, raincoats, warm clothes, spare shoes, crabs for the rivers, nets, stick and bucket, a kite, spare bedding for unexpected vomiting ... With children! they always go well!
And finally he decides one of the great campervan trips with children in Europe. Where to travel in a motorhome with children?
To give you an example, I think we'll never forget traveling in a motorhome with children in Europe, like the Nordkapp trip when we went to see Santa Claus in a motorhome , or to Disneyland in a motorhome , or to Legoland in Denmark, or when we saw the hobbit houses in Brittany , etc…!!!
Nor will we forget traveling by motorhome with children through Spain to places like La Garrotxa, where its rather lunar landscape of volcanoes and its gorges have made us enjoy, the spectacular Aragonese Pyrenees in its Tena Valley or Zuritza Valley already in Navarre, or through the Basque Country or through Cordoba, Zuheros and Almodobar del Río, contemplating one of the most beautiful Game of Thrones castles.
These are just a few ideas for routes with children that you'll find on our blog, among many others! Check out the manual for direct links to everything you need to know.
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COMPLETE MANUAL FOR TRAVELING IN A MOTORHOME WITH CHILDREN
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Discover the most practical tips for traveling in a motorhome or campervan with this user guide. This manual is designed to help you travel with children, travel with dogs, and inspire you to try motorhome travel in Spain or Europe, however and with whomever you choose.
But if after exploring the guide we provide, you still have doubts and would like us to advise you or lend a hand in buying a new or used motorhome or simply try out this world of caravanning, you can contact us through our advice services.
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