MMM - The Motorhomers' Magazine

My project

It's been a long-held dream to motorhome across Canada and the USA and, having looked at rentals, it made so much more sense to ship our own. Aside from the high cost of rental, we'd have our own vehicle and all our own stuff, so we set about planning.

Even though there were some large initial outlays, the cost per week of the journey was incredibly favourable! Initially overwhelming at times, on reflection, most of our time was researching so we hope this article helps; the reality is that it's quite straightforward!

Breaking down the whole project, we had to look into shipping the vehicle and ourselves, getting a US visa, investigating North American electrics, exploring relevant travel apps, etc, and shipping our cat who travels with us.

We would be spending our time travelling across Canada (east to west), dropping into the USA to explore, then back up to Canada for a while before heading back.

Starting our trip in May we

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