CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

Buying a recreational vehicle, whether that’s a camper trailer, a pop-top, a caravan or a luxury motorhome, is a thrilling experience. Soon you’ll be living your best life out on the road, exploring new places and having adventure after adventure.

But it can also be a confusing process. With so many Australian and overseas manufacturers vying for your attention — and your hard-earned cash — it’s easy to be seduced by a unit that may look slick, but also be completely impractical for the type of travel you want to do.

Wayne Park is a relationship manager with finance broker Credit One and works with customers every day who are considering buying their first RV, or trading up to a different model. His job is to give owners the confidence around the decision they have made and the product they are purchasing. Confidence that the unit will suit their needs, and then from there to work out how they can afford to buy it and ensure it fits within their lifestyle means.

Here, Park shares his top tips for choosing an RV, whether it be new or secondhand, and ensuring it will