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Sun Communities sells UK chain Park Holidays for $1bn. Plus: 4 ADAC routes through Hesse, barriers in Alghero, Singapore family heads to Turkey.
Volkswagen brought the ID. Buzz back to the United States — complete with a mattress and curtains. A wildfire in Arizona burned down a dozen motorhomes, and Lake Tekir in Turkey flooded just as many. While Ibiza fines illegal campers up to €30,000, a retired couple from Mallorca has been living in 10 m² for five years and saving €1,400 a month. Plus: the largest campsite in the US at 607 pitches, a closed naturist beach on the North Sea, and Dolby Atmos in a trailer — all in this edition.
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.
Bürstner has halted caravan production as demand fell 13%. Poland is proposing to scrap road tolls for campervans, while Liguria counts the cost of 8,000 motorhomes descending on the region. Tom Hanks' son has swapped Hollywood for a trailer in pursuit of a music career, and a French couple has driven 100,000 km from the North Cape to Senegal — and that's not even the whole story. All this in this issue.
Greece has cancelled its own camper van ban — a year and a half on, as if it got cold feet. In Tenerife, 500 motorhomes blocked a motorway demanding the same — pitches and dump stations. In Miami, 200 families are being evicted from a motorhome park by September, while Córdoba is only just applying for permission for a new overnight area. Plus 21 kg of cocaine in a motorhome in Lanzarote, a fake eight-wheeled Mercedes-AMG G63 and a Starbucks coffee trailer in Seoul — in this issue.
Almería is putting up physical barriers to keep motorhomers off its former fairground — while Turkey simply evicts them from the beach. Lightship is quadrupling its electric-caravan factory in Colorado, even as 50% of Italian motorhome renters turn out to be under 35. Plus 800 kg of hashish in a motorhome at the Spanish border, Anker's 800 W charger running off the alternator, and Carstay as the mobile HQ of a Tokyo festival — all in this issue.
The municipality of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip has started a project to build a permanent shelter center for owners of destroyed homes. The project includes 100 housing units on an 8-dunam plot near Beit Hanoun hospital. The first phase, costing about $156,000, involves installing water and sewage networks, electrification, and road construction. The second phase, manufacturing the caravans, costs about $815,000. An additional 200 units are planned for later stages.
Spain introduced new road sign S-128 and banned camper vans from parking near beaches. Germany responded with a 3.82-metre electric camper van — fits anywhere, furniture not included. JAL now rents out motorhomes from Narita with miles earned per rental. Storm Ali blowing a traveller's caravan off an Irish cliff, and the Outbound demo for PS5 — all in this issue.
Jordan has launched a project to produce and install prefabricated housing modules in the Gaza Strip. The modules house thousands of displaced people who lost their homes due to the war and are produced locally to speed up logistics.
A fire broke out in a caravan in the town of Khuzaa east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning. The blaze was caused by an explosion of a gas cylinder inside the dwelling, which housed displaced persons. Civil defense crews extinguished the fire, with no reports of casualties.
ARI Motors released a camper van the size of a regular van — and it's now Germany's smallest production electric camper at €30,000. JAL decided its passengers hadn't traveled enough and offered a sequel: a motorhome pickup straight from Narita. The lawsuit against Stellantis over "cheat" diesel software, a yellow DHL van in the hands of a retiree, and 413 million campsite overnight stays across Europe — all in this issue.
Spain set a motorhome registration record — and immediately tightened the rules. On Mallorca, 150 caravans took over a sports complex car park because renting a flat costs more. Solar Butterfly returned from a solar-powered trip around the world, and Bryansk promises a camper for 3.9 million roubles — in this issue.
Israeli settlers placed a mobile home (caravan) and livestock facilities in the Wadi Tayasir area northeast of Tubas. According to the local council head, the structures were erected on a mountain near Palestinian homes. The incident occurred on Thursday morning, following an attack by settlers that injured four Palestinians in the same area the previous night.
Spain tightened inspections for camper vans — meanwhile in Torrox, 50 motorhomes occupied a riverbed. Italians 3D-printed a motorhome from plastic in four days, Hyundai unveiled an 800-volt electric camper, and 34 million Americans are hitting the road. Demolitions in Turkey, bans in Scotland, and a woman who drove along the Baltic in an electric Smart — all in this issue.
Warendorf introduced paid motorhome parking — and lost its tourists. Japan quietly reached 607 RV parks while Nagoya showed a camper on a rocket launcher chassis. The Turkish coastal ban, a Polish trailer with a side shower, and Korean rentals straight from the train — in this issue.
The Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization, in cooperation with the army, is dispatching a convoy of seven military trucks carrying 40 mobile homes to the Gaza Strip. The caravans will be delivered through the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza to the Palestinian Ministry of Public Works and Housing for distribution to affected families.
A charity in the Gaza Strip has prepared about 100 mobile homes (caravans) to temporarily house families whose homes were destroyed in the town of Khuzā‘ah. Each locally manufactured unit is designed for 6 people, features two rooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom, with the project costing approximately $600,000. Local authorities state the actual housing need is five times greater than the number provided and emphasize the temporary nature of this solution.
A social media discussion in Russia explores the feasibility of living full-time in a campervan, citing climate, heating costs, and legal hurdles. Meanwhile, a separate account shares two years of van life with a cat, covering 7 countries.
Comprehensive review of all RV and camper toilet types: cassette, portable, gravity, vacuum, macerating, dry flush, sealing, incinerating, composting and separating. Comparison of models, consumables, installation and annual costs.
Complete guide to the best apps for finding motorhome parking spots and campsites in 2026. Free and paid options for Russia, Europe, and worldwide.
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