Depreciation of campervans

Hi Gibbsie,

Most vans hold their value real well, provided you look after the van. Condition is more important than brand IMHO.

I would take a look at the Windsor Rapid, but I am biased as I have one! I started out looking at the Jayco Swan/Flamingo and ended up with the Rapid for various reasons after seeing the differences. Click on my rig pig below for a few shots of it.

Cheers

Captain

If concerned about depreciation why not buy something secondhand in as new condition?

Leroy

Often depreciation is linked to the time you wait for them to deliver a new one.
If they are a popular van that take 6 months to deliver, it stands to reason that customers will pay more for a second hand unit if they can't wait. Also if the price of the van goes up slightly each year the second hand value will increase also. A camper whose new price stays the same for 3 years would have a worse resale.
Cheers Craig.....

Its a sellers market at the moment.
I would suggest looking at good 2nd hand jobs.
However if you do want a new one then the brands you mentioned are popular and will all hold their value.

Why not look at hiring as an option. This way you don't have to worry about purchasing, depreciation, selling or storgae once you're back home.

Myself and my partner are continuously looking at different camper trailer, and then tossing in the Jayco Hawk/similar optionsince we'll be having kids shortly.

It's much cheaper for us to hire one first, try it out and then try another one and compare the pluses and minuses; then when we eventually make the decision to buy one, we've at least tried a couple of different options.

Hope this helps.