Christmas is coming and it’s the time of year when we all struggle a little with what to buy our family and friends. With that in mind, we thought we’d do a little feature designed to help make your Christmas shop a little easier when shopping for the caravanner in your life. Here are our top 5 suggestions for this festive season:

2020 Armcher Motorhome & Caravan Calendar – £9.49 each

Full of antics to enjoy every day! Well worth a read, a real conversational point.

Christmas Mug Set – £12.99

Perfect with a partner – this Christmas mug set will grace any table, especially one that’s exploring over the Christmas period.

Floe Truma Ultra Flow Kit – £48.99

Maybe not the non-caravanner’s first thought, but this is one of our best sellers. The Floe system makes it easy to drain the motorhome or caravan’s water system, flushing pressurised air down the pipes, through the tank, and any pumps or mixer taps. It helps to prevent stagnant water, frozen pipes, bacteria growth, and keeps the system clean and fresh without hours of work. An essential for any caravanner.

Bamboo Bread Bin (Green Clover or Linear with Black Stripe) – £14.99

Made from Bamboo fibre, dishwasher safe with a wooden top that doubles as a bread board to save space, this is an important consideration when caravanning.

Lightweight – 13cm deep x 36cm long x 20cm wide.

Kampa Diddy Heater – £19.59

For extra heat as, when, and where it’s needed. Ideal for caravanning, camping, conservatories, garages, sheds, workshops, porches, and around the home.

With a bulging stocking, you are now well and truly ready for the festive season ahead, and so is the caravaner in your life. Just two things left to say really…

Firstly, if the caravanner in your life decides to buy a new or pre-owned caravan in the new year, please point them in our direction. We promise we’ll look after them. Secondly, Merry Christmas from Ropers!

1919 saw the first car-towed caravan enter commercial production here in the UK. The date marks the rise of caravanning for leisure and the start of the growth of the camping and caravanning industry.

It all began shortly before the start of the internal combustion engine era when a Scottish medic, Dr William Stables commissioned his ‘Wanderer’ caravan, which was hauled by two horses.

Following the horrors of the First World War, and with the growth in the number of personal motor cars, Britons were looking for new ways to spend their leisure time. Bill Eccles Snr of Eccles Motor Transport Ltd spotted a potential new and lucrative market, and created the world’s first prototype of a caravan, specifically designed to be towed behind a car.

In 1919, he sold the first prototype to the Dowager Countess Rhonda and soon had 50 more orders on his books. During the 1920s, he continued finessing his designs with th company becoming a world leader. The caravan was shown at the 1922 Motor Show in White City, which increased demand even further.

Today it is estimated that around one million Britons own a caravan or motorhome, and that the industry is worth about £6 billion to the economy each year. According to the National Caravan Club, 130,000 people are employed in the industry and Britons spend approximately £2 billion and stay 50 million nights in caravans each year. That’s an awful lot of nights!

In a lot of ways, Ropers Caravan World is the same today as it’s always been – delivering the same family values, exceptional personal service and value for money – and that’s not about to change. Our aim remains to share our vast caravanning experience and to serve the needs of our customers in a way that is hard for our competitors to match, with a personal service second to none. We take great pride in maintaining and improving every aspect of the shopping experience so, as we approach our 40th birthday, you may begin to notice some changes to the way we look and communicate to our customer base.

You know we supply touring caravans and motorhomes together with just about every accessory or part you could want or need, making us your one stop shop for all your caravanning needs. However, there are still some people our there (believe it or not) that don’t take advantage of the experience of our team, our products/deals, or our exceptional parts department. Going forward, we will be focusing on communicating our key messages to:

• All caravaners, especially those thinking about buying their first caravan
• Our competitors’ customers so they, too, can benefit from the extended warranties we offer with many of our carefully prepared pre-owned caravans
• People who prefer a thorough demonstration of their new caravan’s workings via our personalised handover, etc.

Ropers Caravan World – A world of caravans, a world of choice, a world of service, and a world of adventures. Visit us again soon!