Dordogne motorhome scandal: Julien Courbet investigates €3 million fraud

In three regions of France, illegal encampments of travellers have been reported. Near Dijon, 140 caravans occupied a lakeside area; in Perthes, over 200 on farmland; in Toulouse, about 30 on a green zone. Negotiations or court proceedings are underway in all cases.

On May 15, 2026, a 25-year-old cyclist from Limoges died after colliding with a motorhome in Carcans, Gironde. Preliminary reports indicate he failed to yield at an intersection.

About 40 caravans of travelers illegally occupied a sports field in Roche-lez-Beaupré; the mayor demands eviction. In Saint-Grégoire, the food truck La Dérive opened in a vintage caravan.

On May 11, a head-on collision between a motorhome and a van on the RD6580 in Pujaut (Gard) left three people injured. Two victims — a 73-year-old female passenger and a 63-year-old male driver — are in serious condition. Traffic was blocked for three hours.

After almost 70 years, Bürstner has stopped making caravans — and nobody was particularly surprised once sales had fallen by a third. Sweden registered 62% more motorhomes and is preparing to let them drive faster. Chet Hanks moved into a retirees' trailer park in Nashville — for the country music career, not the savings. Plus a Korean workation site for 100 motorhomes, an unmanned trailer hotel on Hokkaido, and a gyrocopter pilot who landed on a highway and clipped an oncoming motorhome — all in this issue.

After the 2026 MotoGP in Le Mans, several campervans were stuck on the Beauséjour car park due to heavy rain. In the Vosges, Nathalie Fournier has been working as a mobile seamstress from a converted campervan since 2017.