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Motorhomes are designed for freedom, but every motorhomer has their own touring style. Some prefer the simplicity of plugging in on site, while others love the flexibility of going off-grid.
We want to know what you prefer. Your answer, and your experiences, will help guide future motorhome tips, gear guides and safety articles here on the Caravan Guard blog.
Vote in our new community poll and tell us if you prefer to hook up on site or go off-grid with your motorhome? And while you’re at it, feel free to leave a comment below and tell us why you’ve made that choice. Do you switch depending on the trip, the season or where you’re touring?
Why hook-up still wins for many motorhomers
Electric hook-up remains popular, particularly for longer stays. Benefits include continuous power for heating, cooking and appliances, less reliance on batteries and gas, and a more “home from home” experience, especially in cooler months.
The freedom of off-grid motorhoming
Off-grid motorhome touring typically means staying on a campsite but without access to mains electricity. It’s certainly growing in popularity thanks to advancements in battery technology, solar panels, and refillable gas systems. Motorhomers who prefer it often enjoy a greater choice of stopovers, more flexibility when touring abroad and potentially lower touring costs. However, off-grid touring does involve some planning to avoid issues with heating, water, or power.
Take part in the poll by selecting one of the options below that best describes your motorhome touring style.
As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts, so please share your experiences in the comments. We’ll be reporting back on the results in February.
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I prefer mainly Electric Hookups, but as previously stated a lot of campsites overestimate how much electricity you’re going to use. A lot fairer method would be to use metered Electric Hookups, where you pay (either by card or by pound coins) for exactly the electricity used. That would be fairer on the more eco friendly motorhomes that have solar panels and large batteries etc
With an older motorhome it is always good to have ehu available to get some heat in the evening. Whilst I agree that having EHU has contributed to rising prices on larger (and all club) sites many smaller sites have metered electric. I am quite happy to pay for the little that I use but NOT for those who abuse the system!!!
Like Nigel Watson, there wasn’t an option for “Mostly hook up”. I prefer to hook up because although I have solar panels I find that they cannot keep pace with the Dometic fridge/freezer even when it is turned down to minimum. My 280ah lithium battery drains down overnight so a hook-up is just less stressful. However, we travel from Spain to England each year and inevitably on occasions there is no convenient site when we want to stop.
We travel to Europe 3 times last year. And whenever we can we stop at Camping Car and Park Aire sites (10-14 euros per 24hrs) with electric included and we find the price quite reasonable. We also stop at Aires which are all over Europe. I find the 2 leisure battery’s cope very well. I have recently purchased an ecoflow delta 2 max power station when it works dose help
Giuseppe
Almost always use hook up I find it clean and convenient I also like to use club sites as they are always clean and tidy with first class amenities and good helpful staff.
I use hook up when it is present and included in the fee. I prefer smaller sites or off-grid where I do not hook up. The problem is that many (most) sites have been forced by some campers to provide power and now force users of the site to use power. Individual payment of on-site hook ups is enabling a change in the balance of usage.
We go mostly on hook up, but I cannot vote for that! Why?
There’s an option to vote for hook up Nigel
A lot depends on the price of the pitch and the price of the hook up there are a lot of sites that are still ripping us off.
hook ups are only available at sites mainly, which means kids running around screaming, playing football, and riding bicycles between vans, whilst their parents generally, are getting half cut drinking.
not for us, no thanks.
Interesting article, but no mention of generators which some motorhome owners use; possibly another option.
Always interesting articles in the newsletter.
Almost never used hook up in fact I don’t know where the lead is.
It is a pity that so many sites invested in the infrastructure when once solar panels and lithium batteries became readily available EHU is really a relic. This has been a significant aspect of increasing site fees.