{"id":1859,"date":"2011-08-18T07:57:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T07:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/?page_id=1859"},"modified":"2012-06-16T18:22:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-16T18:22:17","slug":"trip-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/?page_id=1859","title":{"rendered":"Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years we have needed to find places where we could buy parts, check up on campsites or simply browse through accessories &#8211; even drool at new camper vans so it makes sense to place all these web sites in a common place. \u00a0We will add to these as we go along.<\/p>\n<p>Links to Web Sites that may be useful to folks with Camper Vans:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motor Home General \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are places where you can get information on a whole range of things with advice on \u00a0trip planning, regulations in European countries, LPG locations etc. \u00a0There are usually forums where you can discuss virtually anything you like<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorhomefacts.com\" target=\"_blank\">Motorhomefacts<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The largest motorhome site in Europe and a good source of information<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorhomefun.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Motorhomefun <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Another good source of information and a good cross reference<\/p>\n<p><strong>Places to Stay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are web sites that have been compiled by members giving directions to locations, prices, facilities and many include photographs etc. and where appropriate warnings where there are low bridges\/weight or length restrictions. \u00a0Position information is usually in the form of GPS Latitude and Longitude<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.campingcar-infos.com\/index1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Camping Car Infos<\/a>\u00a0 This is a French language site but users of Google can get the pages translated. \u00a0Includes sites from all over Europe and not just France<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildcamping.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Wild Camping<\/a>\u00a0 A small up and coming site that specialises in wild camping<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i-campingcar.fr\/aires\/accueil.htm\" target=\"_blank\">i Camping Car<\/a> \u00a0Another French site with more Aires and wild camping places<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.campercontact.nl\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Camper Contact<\/a> \u00a0A Dutch site with English translations offering Aires\/Stellplatz and Sostas to stay throughout Europe<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Needing Parts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of suppliers that I have used over the years and have thought them reasonable and fair.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outdoorbits.com\" target=\"_blank\">Out Door Bits<\/a>\u00a0 Part of the Motorhome Facts site and while the range is limited they are competitive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aireandsun.co.uk\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Air and Sun \u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Suppliers of solar panels and regulators etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanbitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Van Bitz<\/a> \u00a0&#8211; Similar to Out door bits and specialising in Alarms and other electrical parts &#8211; their battery master for charging engine batteries when stationary is very good<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmgoods.co.uk\/acatalog\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">JM Goods<\/a> &#8211; Good suppliers for electrical bits, particularly all types of LED replacement bulbs at keen prices. \u00a0No quibble warranty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elecsolbatteries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elecsol<\/a> &#8211; Suppliers of Carbon Fibre Batteries that have a 5 yr warranty, 20% less weight (good for payload) and 1000 cycle deep charge rate &#8211; better than most other batteries &#8211; make sure you complete your warranty card<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years we have needed to find places where we could buy parts, check up on campsites or simply browse through accessories &#8211; even drool at new camper vans so it makes sense to place all these web sites &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/?page_id=1859\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1859","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1859"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3389,"href":"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1859\/revisions\/3389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vennwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}