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We are thinking about changing from a tent/trailer combo to a caravan. My FIL is giving us his Rover 75 diesel estate as he's buying a new car, and he's towed a van with it for a good few years so at last we will have a powerful enough car to tow a caravan! Our budget will be about £3000 and for that we'll need the van, awning, and any bits and bobs specific to caravanning -we already have oodles of camping kit. We need a four berth, although five would be nice. (Three kids, but the boys will sleep in the awning on long trips and they can all squidge up for short ones, they're not too big yet!)

So, will our budget get us anything halfway decent and what's the best way to go about finding it? Ebay? Dealers? Private ads? Anything else we need to consider?

Thanks.

We got our second 'van off autotrader.  They do have a caravan's for sale section.  I also googled the makes of 'van i liked to see where else they were for sale.  Preloved is another place to try.

I think you'd be better off getting a 5 or even 6 berth caravan.  It can get cold in the awning whatever time of year it is.  Our son came and got in bed with us in July because he'd got cold in the awning.  It's best to have enough beds in the 'van for everyone.