Caravan, motorhome and campervan guides

Each guide answers one question about selling, buying or owning a caravan, motorhome or campervan. Each lists the sources it was written from and the date they were read.

Three calculators work from figures you enter: Caravan towing calculator, Motorhome payload calculator and Caravan noseweight calculator.

• Part-exchange or sell privately?

  Whether to part-exchange a caravan, motorhome or campervan at a dealer or sell it privately, how to compare the two figures, and what changes in the paperwork.

• Are 'we buy any' caravan and motorhome companies worth it?

  What caravan and motorhome buying companies say about valuations, inspections, collection, finance and payment, and what to check before you accept an offer.

• How to sell a caravan or motorhome without being scammed

  Scams aimed at people selling caravans, motorhomes and campervans: fake payment screenshots, fake banking apps, overpayments and fake escrow. How to get paid.

• What paperwork do you need to sell a motorhome or caravan?

  The documents for selling a motorhome, campervan or touring caravan: the V5C and DVLA steps, the CRiS keeper change, and service and habitation records.

• Selling a late parent's caravan or motorhome

  Selling a caravan or motorhome after a parent dies: probate, writing to DVLA, a missing log book, private plates, CRiS, and pitch and storage agreements.

• Can I drive a motorhome on a car licence?

  A car licence (category B) covers a motorhome up to 3,500kg. What GOV.UK says about C1, licences from before 1997 and renewing at 70.

• Which MOT class is a motorhome or campervan?

  Motor caravans are MOT class 4 in GOV.UK's fees table, first tested at 3 years old. Where class 7 comes in, and what it says about trailers.

• What is a habitation check and what does it cover?

  A habitation check inspects the living area of a caravan or motorhome: gas, electrics, water, heating, damp and alarms. It is not a legal requirement.

• Damp readings in a caravan or motorhome: what the percentages mean

  What the percentages on a caravan or motorhome damp report mean, band by band, from the Approved Workshop Scheme's own guidance notes.

• Re-registering a converted van as a motor caravan with DVLA

  What DVLA asks for before it changes a converted van's V5C body type to motor caravan, and what the body type does and does not change.

• The 85% towing guideline for caravans

  The 85% rule is club guidance, not law: a caravan no heavier than 85% of the car's kerbweight. The law sets the car's towing limits and your licence.