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quoteAll-white caravans and motorhomes could soon be a thing of the past, according to the results of our motorhome and caravan wrapping poll – our most popular yet!
More than a thousand caravanners and motorhome owners voted when we asked if they would wrap their vehicles in designer vinyl and shared some of our own funky designs.
Here’s the results
A huge eighty per cent of caravan and motorhome owners would like their ‘vans to stand out from the crowd by adding some kind of designer vinyl! We had calls for Formula one designs, flowers, exotic birds, Egyptian writing, a Pagan witch and many more colourful designs so their vehicles really do make a statement when on the road or on site.
Forty one per cent of voters would fully wrap the plain white sides of their leisure home, with many loving the idea of jazzing up their caravan or motorhome wheels with a fully personalised wrap.
Thirty nine per cent didn’t want to go for a full vehicle wrap but would consider adding some designer vinyl graphics to their ‘van to personalise their wheels and add a splash of colour.
Just under one fifth of voters were totally against any vinyl being added to their caravan or motorhome – some liking their manufacturer graphics just the way they are. The Bailey Pegasus got a mention as a graphic that is already prominent on their caravans. Bailey also shared a few of their other fully wrapped caravan designs with us and Lunar Caravans were quick to share their bespoke Joules designed caravan.
The reaction to vinyl vehicle wrapping
There was a bit of a “Marmite” reaction with some owners not liking the idea at all and even thinking it would cause a major distraction on the road. But many loved the idea of adding all manner of designs to their ‘vans, with some already taking steps to banish the white bodywork!
Paul Horton has had his new Pilote motorhome wrapped silver with custom graphics and it looks fabulous.
“The cab was already silver, but the rear body was white, which I didn’t like,” said Paul. “I think the whole design looks great and was exactly what I wanted, it certainly draws attention and gets comments everywhere it goes. The total cost was fairly reasonable at £3k, certainly when considered against the price of the new motorhome.”
Kevin Hale also wrapped the front end of his Pilote because it was cheaper than a respray.
Maurice Wilson-Brown had custom writing on both of his previous caravans, which have drawn lots of admirers, both at home and the continent!
“Both my wife and I believe it’s better than looking a big white space on the rear and adds a little humour to those following,” said Maurice.
Roger Scott also has “Scott Free” on the bonnet of his motorhome!
Lizzie Collinson and Phil Wright thought a wrap would be great if the van was ever stolen.
“Would brighten up a boring white caravan and might make a caravan thief think twice about stealing it,” added Phil.
And Martin said something unique would make his motorhome look more singular. Although he did say a flag was cheaper and just as much fun!
Darren thinks it would brighten up a campsite – and “shrug off some of the old fuddy duddy image of caravanning.”
But Dave Hunt did not like our wrapping designs and thought it was an unnecessary expense and both Malcolm and Gerald thought they could be an unwelcome distraction on the road.
Over to you…
What do you make of the results? Has it made you look out for any bespoke designs while touring or camping? Have you seen anything you like the look of whilst on your travels? We’d love to read your comments in the box below.
Great article bears thinking about.
Well I for one would love a Joules wrapped caravan and if they want to wrap my caravan just email me.
It’s lovely isn’t it Anne? There’s still time to enter their competition to win a Lunar Caravan styled by Joules: https://www.joules.com/win
Yes Mr Culley, these things would be a big distraction. Lorries are expected to be sign-written but seeing something like this on the road would be as bad as using a mobile phone while driving. It’s nothing to do with if you really should be driving, I have an advanced driver test and also a HGV license but I would be distracted by some ego tripping thing like this.
I have an Adria altea 4four signature in bright green with calidiscope sidewalls.
It gets lots of attention and most people think it looks great.
Sounds great and I bet you have no trouble finding it on site!
i would love to wrap my van but the cost I think would be huge, is there anyone willing to post some average price’s on full wraps and designs to give an idea of what is available
It’s very difficult to give an estimate as it depends on the size of your van and the detail of the wrapping and the type of vinyl used. Costs can vary so much. We’d suggest you speak to a professional vehicle wrap specialist, who uses materials such as 3M, Avery or Hexis. We found Richard at Staffordshire Signs and Graphics very helpful and one of our readers has left their company details – https://www.athertonmedia.co.uk/
We do a lot of motorhome graphics, and have been mentioned quite a few times, in MMM magazine, if anybody would like a quote for motorhome graphics and mention caravanguard in the subject line in an email to us, we would only be happy to help, we also replicate original graphics that have faded.
Thank you
Alan Foster
http://www.athertonmedia.co.uk
Formerly motorhomegraphics.net
~As we have an elderly Avondale, she is a nice cream colour and stands out on the sites, making her easy to spot! I love the shape of this van too, she’s got nice curvy outlines.
Unwelcome distraction? Oh purleeeeze !
What about all of the signwritten vans and lorries that are part of everyday life. If a wrapped caravan is going to distract you should you REALLY be driving at all??
How do you go about telling the DVL about the change?
By covering the entire vehicle in a coloured adhesive/vinyl wrap, it is DVLA’s view that the colour change should be recorded. To notify a change of colour you should complete section 7 of the registration certificate V5C and return it to the DVLA.
I’d love to have ours done – MotoGp graphics – 46, 93, 58 what more could you want!
Only goes to bike meetings anyway.
We have the whitest van in the world. I’m envious of my sister and her orange Burstner.