Buying A Motorhome In Europe

For buying a vehicle IMO the best site in Germany is They list both new and used vehicles, as well as campervans, motorhomes and vans. Dealers and private individuals use the site all over the country, so it has an enormous selection. I suggest you start your search there.

buying a motorhome in europe

When we started doing our research, we found the amount of information on how to buy a motorhome in Europe as a non-resident somewhat lacking. The difficulty of purchasing a motorhome/camper is not in the actual purchase but the registration, you need to be a European resident with an address to be able to own a vehicle. As a UK Citizen I could have easily purchased one in the UK but we chose to purchase our vehicle in Europe for reasons I will explain further on.

Probably the first thing you should ask yourself is how long do you intend to travel for and would renting be better than buying. If you are travelling only for a short period like a month or even a couple of months then renting is likely to be a better option and certainly less hassle. If you intend to travel for months or even a year then buying is definitely going to be the cheaper option.

When we started researching buying a motorhome we found the price of vehicles varied considerably in different countries. UK was more expensive compared to its European neighbours (Germany and the Netherlands), you would pay in pounds for vehicles what you pay in Euros across the pond. Also in the UK the insurance is more costly and especially when you extend it to cover Europe, UK insurers are also known to put caveats on the amount of time you can spend in Europe at anyone time.

In saying that though, you can probably pick up some bargains on Gumtree and eBay if you prefer a right-hand drive, but they are likely to be older vehicles and getting them through the UK MOT might be painful. The advantage of buying in the UK is there is no language barrier although we never had issues with this in the Netherlands!

We found the cheapest countries to purchase a motorhome/campervan is the Netherlands and Germany. In the end we purchased our motorhome from the Netherlands from a small family run business called Camperfun who specialises in renting and selling vehicles to non-EU residents and have the option of buyback. Since the time of writing, the owner of Camperfun has since retired and has now become Europe-Roadtrip. which is owned and run by the son.

Before buying our van, we contacted three different businesses that specialise in sell and buyback to non-EU residents, all three were based in the Netherlands. I searched Germany as well but found nothing.

Would I buy again through Camperfun or Europe-Roadtrip? I have to be honest and I would probably check other options first to see what other players there are in the market. We also considered next time maybe buying one in the UK. Our experience was based on buying though Camperfun not Europe-Roadtrip, even though we had no major problems I feel that if anything had gone wrong we would not have received good service, we were lucky. However feedback from a good friend of ours who did go through Europe-Roadtrip said he would likely send people their way.

You are assured of selling the van and it simplifies the process at the end of your trip. It is a good compromise between renting and buying privately. We opted for this option and we very happy with our decision.

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Each year, the bulk of the vehicles we sell are our own ex-rental fleet but we also sell new vehicles from two manufacturers and are now selling vehicles that are returning from long European trips too. We sell our hire fleet vehicles at the end of our main busy season (November) each year so have sold most of our used vehicle stock already this year but we do have a handful of vehicles left if you are still thinking of buying this spring or summer. Here is our current stock list.

With eight years of experience in helping English speaking clients to explore Europe in motorhomes and campervans, we are happy to offer advice on whether you should hire or buy so get in touch and let us help you arrive at the best solution for your trip.

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