Well done folks. That looks exhausting and emotional work. Thanks for the video Dan.

brilliant video, I think its the memories that you make with the van that give the emotions when it comes to parting from it.

Love your videos, Always learn something from them! Thanks Helen & Dave.

That brings back some pleasant memories of our handovers. I must admit I thought arriving at 3pm was a bit late for the handover and swapping everything over, we were able to empty our old vans out at home before heading to the dealer saving a lot of faffage.

Hi Dan I’ve waited a long time to see the exciting pick up of the new van, sad saying good bye to the old one. I cried when our Monza went up the road all the memories of holidays with the children, great thing was our friend bought it and the Monza holidayed with us until he upgraded. Think I spotted an excellent “tip” during the video, you secured oven and grill doors with a bungee cord ( I’ve not had the grill pan on the floor ) sure it will help someone. Thank you for all the effort. Cheered me up a bit should have been going away today but with storm Gareth and very high winds safety says save trip for another weekend.

Ten years ago we had a very rushed handover on a then brand new Sprite Alpine 4. Couple that with a fault on the new towbar electrics which we discovered the first trip away and it wasn't a very auspicious start to caravanning. This time, we've gone to a well established towbar fitting company. Tick. And from the reviews we've read we're hoping for much better handover when we pick up our new Freedom next month 🤗 Tick.

Were collecting our Bailey Olympus 534 this Saturday, it’s my first caravan, but not for the missus, this is her fourth and we’re very excited 😊

Aaaaw 06:45 was quite emotional! Lenny the Lunar got your into caravanning and perhaps shaped your future, I felt the same when Elvis drove off down the road to his new life in Wales. Silly really how we get so emotionally invested in lumps of metal and plywood! x

great video makes me want to get a new van!!

Great videos, thank you so much. Very informative and fun. Just picked up our first caravan from the dealer and we are so excited for our first caravan holiday here in Iceland. Had to have help picking up the caravan cause we are still waiting for our car to be fitted with a tow-hook. So for now the caravan(a german Weinsberg) sits in front of our house while I watch your videos and prepare for the first ride. Cheers.

Hi Dan, another great vid

Great video Dan. I was sad handing out S2 Valencia in as well! Not just me then...... we emptied ours at home and repacked there. You have a lot of stuff!!!!!

Hope your new van is going well for you. Steve

Well done guys, a subject not covered before I think? We went through this process but with the added complication of unexpected damp arrrghh!

I found collection day more stressful than enjoyable. Just wanted to get the hell out of the dealership and get set up somewhere 👍🏻 Graham

Yes, we were surprised how long it took to move stuff from one 'van to another.

If we traded in a caravan again (we did ours in January for a new Elddis) I'd get the dealership to inspect the caravan well before any sale price is agreed. Our dealer knocked £1K off the trade in price after their inspection - spongy floor and damp (on a 10 year old regularly serviced at a Bailey Dealer). Left a bit of a sour taste in our mouths to be honest. We still would've bought the new van, but the surprise of them finding the faults shaped our strategy should ever we do the same thing again. Perhaps if we'd have got another Bailey from the same Bailey dealer that serviced (and sold) the van to us, they'd have swallowed the "damage" which in all honesty have come out at regular annual service time - it never did

Nice one Dan...makes me think how attached you get to these white boxes. We will find out next yr

nice video as always, have not read the comments but thinking nose weight was lighter due to no front locker

I have my collection day coming up on Saturday, strangely at 3pm ,fingers 🤞

I went the opposite way. Changed from a cadiz to a lunar saros sb. The bailey was great to start but then i noticed you could barely move in the shower. Not enough shelf space in the bathroom, beds too high and you crashed into the blinds, the side lockers stretched my arms 6" trying to reach in and get out what i couldnt see! The gas locker door lock was a Houdini qualification getting it to lock after being opened! They then brought out the series 3 and they decided to add a bathroom mirror and put a shelf above it. Then you had to bend down to look in the mirror! I think they need to get designers to use prototypes before they market, but like computers they put it out and the customer sorts the problems for them.

Nice video

Dan. I bought a 2019 Bailey Grande Rimini (love the van), but I am struggling to get above 70kg nose weight. With all the stuff needed for a trip loaded into the front of the van and clothes in the boot of the car, the nose weight is 70kg max (with porch awning only 68kg). Should I worry? The caravan does not tow very well (nodding donkey) and makes us seasick, is this due to the nose weight or because I am using a Transit Custom with leaf springs as a tow vehicle? Sorry for the double question.... Love all the video’s so many thanks from a caravan novice for all your advice.

We packed our old Bailey up to do what yous had done line the caravans side by side jus to transfer our stuff straight over they said yes it will be ok so off home to get the new van and took it back up to the caravan site and the lad who pulls the caravans out on to the pitch only pulled the caravan off and took it to a space in front of the office we wernt happy so had to empty caravan and load the car up could of cryed took us ages

Did enjoy that Dan, just shows best to take your time, is the Ridgeway a variant of the Phoenix?

Congratulations! That's a very nice caravan. Also, I'm curious what camera you're using, the graphics are beautiful. Hope you have fun using the caravan.

Very good Dan glad you got the Bailey. Now when are you going to fit the Truma inet box.

So did the new 'van come with fitted shocks or did they swap them over for you?

Another good vid Dan Surprised that given the amount of money you were spending and the PR you’ve given the dealer, no one could stay on to let you swap stuff over and save a second journey.

Happy and sad occasion. Was a lot to take in when we picked up ours never mind filming at same time. Think it was 2 days before l picked up the camera to do a Vlog. Way too knackered.😀 Phil

Thanks for another nice-to-watch video. Good relaxation. As an European mainlander, I'm curious about you Brits' oddities: what's up with the obsession of three front windows on your caravans? It looks... -Not as nice as one window. 🤐 And the two opposing straight sofas with a chest in the middle? Hot tip: C and G formed seating. It's better👍 And cabinet space is better than occupying it with a micro you likely never use? That's all of my questions for now 😉

Nice one Dan! We can’t wait to pick ours up in 2 weeks today! Oh and then a free weekend away to Wareham Forest! Quick question, how do you find your Hoo Too Trip Mate Titan? We fancy one for the new van! Cheers Oliver

Hi Dan love all your videos, we brought a new Bailey Valencia last September from a dealership over 200 miles away in Dorset , had two free nights at Wareham Forest Site, one in the old van and one in the new, the next day we traveled to Cornwall for the rest of our hols. We found about 6 faults with the van nothing serious, all have been logged with the dealer and hopefully they will all be put right soon. Dan what are your thoughts on the fridge vents meshing, I think the mesh isn’t fine enough and it’s not fastened down around the edges and only attached to the plastic lugs

Hi dan very useful video glad u happy with your new van .is your new van a 8ft wide or a standard 2.25 metre wide van cheers .kev

What is your electric corner steady thing? Is it just a piece you attach to a drill?

sry for maybe a silly question but what is the max load on your towball. I have a mondeo mk4 08 titanium x 2ltr diesel and I'm not exactly sure what weight I can put on that. Thank you so much for all your videos I have learned a huge amount from you and your team. I'm renevation an old elddis lightstream and it's our first caravan. maybe I could sent you some before and after stuff if your interested....anyway thank for all the great help and please continue the good work...cya. P'S shout out to the Morleys. ...love their vids too.

So, how are you getting on with the nose weight now that you've had the van a while and do you find lack of front locker impacts this ? Great vid.

I often wonder as a Dane why you have hardstanding pitches. What are your thoughts on that? By the way great videos you do.

WoW That is a massive caravan for a single axle I certainly wouldn't like to tow that in poor conditions I have been towing caravans and car trailers since 1976 and in my opinion that is too big for 2 wheels Good Luck Safe Journeys

Hi Dan. When we picked up our new van, we had a list as long as your arm of problems. Have you found any issues at all? Would make a good vid if you have.

Hi Dan reminded us of the day we picked up our new caravan December 2017 same things putting everything away in a logic manner so we could find it (that didn't work) We were new to touring and it was a mega leaning curve the first week we traveled home from the dealers to park on our drive way thank heavens for the motor mover then we began to explore all the inside/outside bits and pieces made a list how to do this and that and we needed more information so to the Internet we went the conversation between us went from hows the weather to caravan Jargon we became caravan geeks who had no knowledge never ever pitched a touring before (we had previously owned a static) with zero knowledge and only basics and having the ability to spell CARAVAN we found your youtube channel and then we become nerds in caravan jargon And we took the new caravan for a quick weekend break in January 2018 ten miles from home to test everything (i had already tried all of it at home on the drive way) We both enjoy the times away both of us retired January 2018 and we have a caravan and a dog and tortoise that travel in the UK Thanks for all you effort and time you put into the you tube channel it was good for other ideas best wishes to Angela and Tom and Chloe

Good informative video Dan and hope you're enjoying the new van. However as far as I'm concerned, a big thumbs down to the dealer for booking you in at 3pm, knowing full well they close at 5.30pm. That is far too much of a rushed handover, which meant you having to return the following day.

A good video if you are going to buy a new caravan .

Cheers for the info good video. When on site do you have your jockey wheel up or down Dan

04:02 Wow. Dealer service charges. Thank goodness for approved mobile mechanics. A full service on our twin cost £180 - and that's without me having to take time off work and tow it to/from a dealer as well.

how do you know what your nose weight should be

What? No problem with damp? He’s using a tool that can be interpreted in many ways by one of the many crooked caravan dealers. (Clearly the fact that you are making a KZfaq video has not influenced them in any way 😂) . I was told by a local (large) dealership that one side of my van was riddled with damp and they had to lower their original quote by £1,000 due to the fact that the whole side of the caravan HAD to be replaced. Strange that the person that bought my old one happened to store it on the same site as me and when we checked inside, surprise surprise, the same wall NOT A NEW ONE and the customer was never told it was riddled with damp. ( of course it never was )

Why trade in a perfectly good caravan? I will keep mine until I'm too old to tow it. Much cheaper that way.