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Prioritise the countries and sights you want to see and adjust your Europe itinerary as you go.Buy or rent?

The kids have a mobile device and headphones each because it was the cheapest way for them to have access to music and audio books. Nothing got rid of the smell. We cannot stress the importance of this enough: get to know your new home before you go too far from where you rent or buy it.It is also really important to know the height, length and width of your van!Navigating into campsites and getting out of carparks is often tricky and we saw a few other drivers hitting light posts and fence posts in their attempts to reverse their RVs!Our van didn’t have parking sensors or a reversing camera and it was impossible to see what was behind you.We suggest that if you are traveling with other people, one of you always get out and direct the driver into or out of the spot. If not, you may need to think twice in a large van.We also occasionally used an app (or website) called Also ensure you research different country rules in relation to things such as driving laws, low emission zones, how tolls are charged and child restraint requirements.The rules differ a lot between countries. There was never one tool that met all of our needs.For high-level planning, our first point of call was our Our son also loved highlighting our Europe road trip in the atlas to track our journey and is a great memento of the trip.There are many different types of GPS but make sure you get European road maps included.

Before purchasing a van we strongly recommend you have it checked out by a mechanically minded person.As a non-European it is a little more complicated to purchase and insure a van.

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We researched costs a lot before starting our trip. !We had the most beautiful van called Greta. All rights reserved     | with our cheap long term-rental deals! Thankfully we were never broken into during our trip but it is worth taking measures to have peace of mind that your stuff is going to stay with you.Our van was pretty old so we figured it was unlikely to be stolen (there were much better ones around! However, our van had a great heater and we were always warm when inside the van. The kids would listen to audiobooks on their phones as we were driving and we could download ebooks to the tablet.The only limitation with the Borrowbox app is that often new releases were not available, and popular books were constantly on loan.A podcast app is another way to download content for both kids an adults.

We saw plenty of people with electric bikes in Europe – they are popular, so worth considering. We also recommend you purchase bicycles when touring Europe in a campervan.

The sites and ratings are all user-generated. This collects all the used water – from the kitchen and bathroom sinks. Look for smaller, locally run campsites, or look for free campsites.One of the best ways to save money when touring in Europe by campervan is to stay at Aires which are simple sites set up specifically for people travelling Europe in a motorhome. Our average cost per day was $250 AUD. Motorhoming is SO much fun!!! In your own time, on your own schedule, in your own home on wheels. They come with varying length validity. We recommend you do your research on the cost of toll roads in each country, how much time they will save you on the journey and how they have to be paid.

We travel with a laptop, a tablet, 2 kindles and 4 mobile phones. Another variation is the vignette. ), and even though that isn’t Europe, I think the pointers you’ve shared here are relevant!

The best solution was to have an empty grey water tank whilst driving.If your van has a toilet we suggest you use toilet chemicals. I know if sounds boring, but it is not much fun if you plan to travel for 6 months and run out of cash in 3.Costs can easily get out of hand, especially if you are doing a lot of activities, staying at camp sites and eating out. These countries are also significantly cheaper to travel in.The beauty of traveling Europe in a motorhome is that you aren’t constrained by train or bus lines or hotels. The ease of travel between countries and the cultural and natural diversity of Europe make it the perfect road trip destination. Then your card is automatically charged when you pass a toll point. To reduce frustration levels with WiFi we recommend you purchase local prepaid data plans. Let me know if you find one – we would love to do an RV trip across Canada! It is a good compromise between renting and buying privately.

We decided every couple of days where we would go next.This approach gives you so much freedom to be flexible, to stay longer at places you like, to take up recommendations you receive along the way, or choose a place based on how everyone is feeling at the time.We found that if we arrived at a campground by mid-afternoon we always found a site.However, the summer school holiday periods do require a little planning.

There was no option to filter out roads not suitable for oversized campervans.So we would also use the Google Maps app on our phone to see what route it suggested because it tended to be better at avoiding small roads.We strongly recommend when you have WiFi you download Google Maps for use in offline mode to avoid being reliant on mobile data.The other great thing we used Google Maps for (if you have an internet connection) is to use satellite view or street view to check just how wide a road is.