PACKING & STORAGE GUIDE
‘Modern caravans are packed with brilliant storage options. Using your tow car also allows you to distribute the weight more safely’
ONE OF THE many joys of caravanning is that you can take a lot more of your clothes, belongings and accessories with you on your travels.
Having just got back from a four-stop US road trip – without a caravan – I can vouch for the fact that trying to fit even basic family requirements in suitcases into the boot of a car is an almighty challenge, and inevitably, some essentials had to be left behind at home.
Modern caravans, by contrast, are simply packed with brilliant storage options: there are overhead lockers, external hatches, and underseat and underbed spaces. In addition, if you’re canny with your tow car choice, you can use that to carry extra kit and distribute the weight more safely.
Weighty matters
The starting point is to determine your van’s MTPLM (the maximum weight it can be towed at) and MiRO (its empty weight, which includes a gas bottle and fluid allowance – but, strangely, not the leisure battery). The difference between the two
