In Ystads Allehanda you can read that Ystad wants to invest in motorhome tourists. They have calculated that during the high season they are visited by about 40 motorhomes per night and Marie Holmström, tourism strategist in Ystad, has been given the task of seeing how they can attract even more. She believes that this is a high-spending target group that they don't want to miss out on.
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As part of efforts to reduce CO2 emissions from commercial transport in Europe, the EU wants to fit all new vans with equipment that limits the speed of the vehicles. This would mean a speed limit for motorhomes as well.
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We have now parked the motorhome for the winter. We got a question about it: "Do you really park motorhomes in the winter? Don't you use them all year round?" The answer is that you do what you want. Of course you can use your motorhome all year round. Some makes and models are better suited to winter use than others, but usually it's fine.
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When you buy a new car, do you buy new or second-hand? Or maybe you lease a car from the company where you work? We know many people who always spend a lot of money on new cars. Perhaps it can be financially correct if you constantly change, but it can also be financially very wrong.
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Where can motorhomes be parked? The debate about where motorhomes can be parked has been heated this summer. The fact that motorhome owners are spending the night in car parks is causing campsite owners to see red and now the "motorhome war is escalating".
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I was listening to a programme on Swedish Radio about electrical safety in mobile homes. There was an electrician who was upset about how electricity and water are mixed in motorhomes, and who reported this to the Swedish Electrical Safety Authority. He argued that the manufacturers are so keen to keep prices down (only curtains and visible things are allowed to cost) that important things such as electrical safety are being neglected.
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Are you aware that there are now new weight rules for motorhomes under a new EU regulation? The new regulation includes a number of new concepts. Here are explanations of the terms, based on an article on CampingSverige.se.
Read moreWhen we drove out of the Lysingsbadet campsite in Västervik, we found at last a car wash that can accommodate our motorhome. Most car washes are only 2.8 or 3.0 metres high and our motorhome is 3.1 metres high. We never know where to wash it. So we were happy when we saw Stanley's Powerwash in Västervik.
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Today, when we were sitting outside the motorhome here at the campsite in Borgholm, a man came up and showed us mudguards to put behind the front tyres of the motorhome. The idea, of course, is to prevent dirt from splashing up on the car from the tyres.
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It's not often you get a flat tyre on a car, but when it happens, it's no fun. When we see a car standing still on a major road with a warning triangle behind it and a person staggering back and forth, we always think "oh no, poor thing".
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