Motorhome Hire

Go to Skye, go to Durness, both inspirational and beautiful.

Did it for the first time earlier this year, but went round south east coast. Best British holiday I have ever done. Great fun, a real adventure and massive novelty value. Couldn't recommend it highly enough.

Didn't use that company though. Be aware they may limit you to 100 miles a day average (so 800 miles for a week's hire) and charge you extra for every mile you do over that. If you can collect from different locations, drive to the one furthest north and collect from there, rather than collect the van locally and drive it all the way up.

Something I would like to do, so any tips would be very welcome.

I hired a motorhome from Hire a Hymer 3 years ago when they were starting the business and its obviously been a success.  The two brothers that run it are very helpful and I would have no problem recommending them.

I have to concur with johnn,  west coast and over to Skye and even the Outer Hebrides, get a one week ferry pass and hop the islands, you'll find one week really isn't long enough and you'll be going back.

Is it fairly easy to find somewhere to stop overnight?

Advise to book or just turn up. I'm thinking the first week in June so will not be peak season.

Thanks for the replies so far.

Plenty of places to stay, it will depend whether you want an electric hookup or not, have stayed at the site at Durness a few times in a campervan, right on the edge of a beautiful coastline and there's a bar!

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http://sangosands.com/

What sort of age are you ?

is this a holiday for two ? both drivers ?

A would just head north and see what the weather is doing ,go where its best and sort from there ,keep your plans fluid and just exlplore/get lost  and see where is takes you ,do your own thing.

Would think twice about going to the far north if you only have a week .

plenty to see and do ,Islands are a great holiday but you need longer than a week imo .

If you want a whistle stop tour ,take the car and BB it or camp ,agree you dont want to drive from the south in a Motorhome ,there are smaller vehicles with awnings and pop up roofs but depends how much muneee you want to spend .
On the issue of where to stop,again its all about size of motor and how well you know the game.

A good drive is go north of inverness to dornoch and then go to ullapool and down the west coast but far north is a great place  but a week is a bit tight and too much driving imo .

Islands are diff gravy and well worth a visit bit again 7 days is hardly worth the expense imo .

Some of the transit/VW transporter size day vans are exellent and offer decent fuel economy and better for stopping and chilling hassle free than driving a big  motorhome .

Useful information on places to stay on this website.
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http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk

http://www.britstops.com

Places you can stay for free just buy something

At what time of year are the midges a problem in Scotland?

Big problems in areas with trees and if damp even worse , all summer they fkcers excist

Only at night may i add , so during the day is all good

Dirk Hofman Motorhomes (nap)

Steve,

We stayed at a different campsite every night but booked everything in advance. Partly because we didn't want to rock up somewhere late and find out there was no room, and partly because the planning was part of the fun for me as I like getting in holiday mode early and looking at where I might go. In fact it was a good idea as some caravan parks don't have many electric hook ups for motorhomes.

An electric hook up isn't massively essential - we thought we needed one for the heating (we went at the end of Feb/start of March!)but actually the heating came from the diesel in the van. The electric hook up did the tv, any other appliances like mobile chargers, etc. Fridge comes off battery but as soon as you are hooked up you are advised to switch it to work off the electrics.

We had a shower in the van but always stayed at decent parks so we could use their shower blocks.

This is a great site for plotting your route and finding possible campsites - it looks utterly shyte but is actually amazingly useful:
www.ukcampsite.co.uk/

I'd already posted that

Leave the TV behind and you can manage fine most of the time without electric hook up. Strangely you only want to watch the TV if it's there. If you don't take it you'll rarely think about it and enjoy your holiday more. If you are touring the leisure battery charges up from the engine and will last about 3 days with sensible use.
We go off to France for 3 weeks most years with a couple of bikes on the back and only decide where we are going when we get there. It does take a bit of time pouring over maps and site books but that is part of the fun. Plenty of free places to stay here and abroad.
VicariousBooks.co.uk are useful and also worth joining ACSI if you intend to do it often.
In all highly recommended.

You mean there are still people who don't? animals I tell ya

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Was wondering where my post had got too

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