Repatriation. Moving. Delivering etc

[Yorick]

I've thought about this for a while, so thought I'd ask for input.
There must be many situations where a camper needs repatriation due to sickness.
Or maybe folk want their van to be driven to a far away place.
Or visa versa, just want to fly home quickly and get someone else to do the donkey work?

Well, I've got plenty of time on my hands and wondering if my services might ever be required?

I'd do the job for free. Just pay my flights and expenses. No personal charge.

Maybe allow me a couple of extra days to enjoy the journey?

Does this seem tempting to anyone?

I've met many Funsters here at my home, Lanzarote who could vouch for me.

Waddya think?

 

[Gellyneck]

I've thought about this for a while, so thought I'd ask for input.
There must be many situations where a camper needs repatriation due to sickness.
Or maybe folk want their van to be driven to a far away place.
Or visa versa, just want to fly home quickly and get someone else to do the donkey work?

Well, I've got plenty of time on my hands and wondering if my services might ever be required?

I'd do the job for free. Just pay my flights and expenses. No personal charge.

Maybe allow me a couple of extra days to enjoy the journey?

Does this seem tempting to anyone?

I've met many Funsters here at my home, Lanzarote who could vouch for me.

Waddya think?

This thread currently on the go. Whilst not specific to your question might be interesting reading.

Repatriation of motor home

This is a hypothetical question, has anyone any knowledge of repatriating a m/h from an european country if the sole driver takes ill?

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

 

[Yorick]

This thread currently on the go. Whilst not specific to your question might be interesting reading.

Repatriation of motor home

This is a hypothetical question, has anyone any knowledge of repatriating a m/h from an european country if the sole driver takes ill?

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

That's what prompted me to finally ask. Sat at airport, very bored

 

[zac]

How far are you willing to travel, as most i am sure will be either France/Spain/Portugal, but there are huge distances between each of these just to name a few?
I am the only driver of our Motorhome and if i became ill and could not drive it back i would much prefer to pay someone to collect it and deliver it back to the UK but It's going to be a long drive as we are normally in southern Spain or Portugal - Algarve.
I wouldn't want to trust my pride and joy with some half wit from the insurance companies breakdown group (we've come across a few whilst abroad)
Then of course there is insurance, but again i expect all these can be overcome

 

[Yorick]

How far are you willing to travel, as most i am sure will be either France/Spain/Portugal, but there are huge distances between each of these just to name a few?
I am the only driver of our Motorhome and if i became ill and could not drive it back i would much prefer to pay someone to collect it and deliver it back to the UK but It's going to be a long drive as we are normally in southern Spain or Portugal - Algarve.
I wouldn't want to trust my pride and joy with some half wit from the insurance companies breakdown group (we've come across a few whilst abroad)
Then of course there is insurance, but again i expect all these can be overcome

I'd expect it to be as far south as Cadiz.

I can get flights to/from Spain for about 40€ as Canarian resident.
Flights to/from UK will be a bit more.

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[zac]

I'd expect it to be as far south as Cadiz.

I can get flights to/from Spain for about 40€ as Canarian resident.
Flights to/from UK will be a bit more.

Useful to know for sure

 

[Yorick]

Oh bollox. I've just been reminded that we cannot drive a foreign vehicle in Spain with a Spanish driving license. This why I had to sell my UK registered van

I may have to pull this thread, but I'll do some investigation first

Bugger

 

[zac]

What a shame if this is true

 

[Wildbill]

I've thought about this for a while, so thought I'd ask for input.
There must be many situations where a camper needs repatriation due to sickness.
Or maybe folk want their van to be driven to a far away place.
Or visa versa, just want to fly home quickly and get someone else to do the donkey work?

Well, I've got plenty of time on my hands and wondering if my services might ever be required?

I'd do the job for free. Just pay my flights and expenses. No personal charge.

Maybe allow me a couple of extra days to enjoy the journey?

Does this seem tempting to anyone?

I've met many Funsters here at my home, Lanzarote who could vouch for me.

Waddya think?

It something I have though about but ther would be legal issues I am sure
WB

 

[Riverbankannie]

Presumably breakdown drivers drive foreign registered vehicles, insurance different as they will have business insurance.

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[Yorick]

Presumably breakdown drivers drive foreign registered vehicles, insurance different as they will have business insurance.

I think they'd put them on back of a truck (grua)

 

[Wildbill]

Presumably breakdown drivers drive foreign registered vehicles, insurance different as they will have business insurance.

Most of the foreign vehicles I have done recovery on and broken down and the ones that have needed repatriation owing to illness usually are transported back
With fridge full and switch off
I seen many arived at our compound frome Spain with toilets full and fridges with maggots crawling out of them
Could be months in some cases before they get back to uk
When ever possible I would help the client empty toilets
At our yard mostly pvc I would recover
But most companies don’t bother
WB

 

[L' Hobo]

When I lived in Australia and worked for Avis-Truck Rental near Sydney Airport, on my days off, having full Australian HGV licences, I used to volunteer to fly all over Australia and return the One-Way rental trucks from various drop - off points, where the client had left them, back to the vehicles depots in Sydney
. This was mainly within 2-3 days drive along Eastern Australia.

Yes, I did get paid extra for it but to me, like most of my travel ventures in life, it was MAINLY a way of seeing more of the world at someone else's expense.

Since I've retired, what you have suggested has passed through my mind more than once when I read about someone stranded like chaser a few weeks back.

The only thing that has stopped me suggesting it, is insurance on the vehicle.
I, perhaps wrongly, think that, to pay for comprehensive cover for someone over 70, however fit and capable, might outweigh the cost of the vehicle being repatriated by other means.

I have mentioned a Funster breakdown service before, IF only I was younger!

 

[Run to the Sun]

You would of thought there are specialised insruance companies in the UK or Europe who can put a package together, even with you having a Spanish driving license. The other way around it is too have a Spanish truck transporter that can take up to 6T/10T MH and capable of carrying up to 10/15 metres in length, store the truck in Spain when not being used. If you had a UK license or dual (I still use my SA license and my UK license) is it not possible to get the owner of the MH to put you on their insurance for 30 days. You could very easily build a website, do the content with some nice pictures and that would more than likely get shared around. Plus a bit of SEO work on the content for your keywords and you will start to rank in Google, all easy stuff to do and with little cost.

Give these guys a ring, tell them what you want to do and see if they can help or point you in the right direction. https://www.keithmichaels.co.uk/motorhome-insurance/

 

[Wildbill]

One problem I can see is you give someone the keys and you never see it again
Or the van
WB

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[Yorick]

One problem I can see is you give someone the keys and you never see it again
Or the van
WB

Shush. I'll cut you in on the deal

 

[L' Hobo]

One problem I can see is you give someone the keys and you never see it again
Or the van
WB

My idea is, you don't give your keys to 'someone', you give them to a Funster and get a signed receipt document.

 

[chesterfield hooligan]

We do recovery and salvage our fully comprehensive traders insurance is £15,000 pa with a vehicle limit of £50,000 which wouldn't cover most motorhomes although we are covered for the EU but with having uk licences we are not allowed to drive EU registered vehicles.

 

[Wildbill]

My idea is, you don't give your keys to 'someone', you give them to a Funster and get a signed receipt document.

Maybe should have put a smile after it
WB

 

[L' Hobo]

Maybe should have put a smile after it
WB

That wouldn't have been appropriate when I was miserable being old.

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[L' Hobo]

We do recovery and salvage our fully comprehensive traders insurance is £15,000 pa with a vehicle limit of £50,000 which wouldn't cover most motorhomes although we are covered for the EU but with having uk licences we are not allowed to drive EU registered vehicles.

Yes, it would have to be similar to trader's insurance and, I would have thought most of the Funsters vehicles would be UK registered?

 

[The Boofles]

I don’t know about Spain or other eu countries but here in Portugal, it’s the vehicle that’s insured - not the driver.
So anyone, with the driver’s permission can drive the vehicle.
I’m still driving on a uk license here so I don’t know what the implications would be if I was on a Portuguese license.

I think your idea is great and I hope you can find a way around the Spanish license issue

 

[MisterB]

It's something i've also thought about, and if available, i would be happy to help someone recover their pride and joy if illness struck etc.

though there are, i assume, some massive obstacles to overcome, BUT im sure they can be overcome ....

 

[stevewagner]

I don’t think there are massive hurdles to overcome if your helping a Funster out, just have them add your name to their insurance.

 

[Boldly]

We do recovery and salvage our fully comprehensive traders insurance is £15,000 pa with a vehicle limit of £50,000 which wouldn't cover most motorhomes although we are covered for the EU but with having uk licences we are not allowed to drive EU registered vehicles.

Is that not allowed to drive eu registered vehicles in the UK or completely?
We own an old Spanish registered Berlingo in Spain and drive it on our UK licence when there.

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[chesterfield hooligan]

In Spain with a uk driving licence you are not supposed to drive a Spanish reg car except a hire vehicle.

 

[Boldly]

In Spain with a uk driving licence you are not supposed to drive a Spanish reg car except a hire vehicle.

Is that definite?
We have owned and used this vehicle for more than ten years. It is insured with a Spanish insurance company who specialise in non resident insurance. We spend 10 weeks or so twice a year in our house in Spain.

 

[chesterfield hooligan]

I personally would check it out I wouldn't Google it check with someone officially.

 

[Boldly]

EuroTrotters do you have a Spanish registered vehicle?

 

[L' Hobo]

Is that definite?
We have owned and used this vehicle for more than ten years. It is insured with a Spanish insurance company who specialise in non resident insurance. We spend 10 weeks or so twice a year in our house in Spain.

I must admit, my first thoughts were, that sounds like a very restrictive practice, which I didn't think was allowed in the EU but I'm prepared to be proven wrong?

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