Savings all round - the Bailey Orion Evo-4 caravan.

Small stuff is about to be big news in the capital. Yes, there’s what promises to be a major show kicking off in London this week. Tomorrow, in fact. Running from February 14 all the way through to the 19th is the Motorhome, Caravan and Camping Show at the trendy ExCeL complex in London’s Docklands.

It’s well worth a visit. If you want to catch up with the very latest caravans and motorhomes, not forgetting a fair few tents, or even just to get a feel for what the “travel lifestyle” is all about, what better place to start?

I’ve already told you about the Bailey Retreats (see previous caravan blog), but plenty of other manufacturers are taking the wraps off exciting new leisure vehicles.

The multi-functional caravan from the USA.

OK, folks. You read it here first, but there are some interesting new caravan ideas coming to the UK at the start of next year. And there’s a clue in the current relative weakness of the US dollar versus the good old pound sterling.

First off, check out the name Eterniti, it’s on a range of all-new caravans with slide-out sections. They’re from America but built on chassis from BPW in Germany, using a GRP shell constructed in the US, and promising full UK specifications and reasonable weights. They’re expected to retail around the £20,000-£25,000 mark. Definitely one to keep an eye out for.

Next up is a concept so new it doesn’t actually have a brand name yet. It’s being made under the working title of the “multi-functional caravan”, using a special box-construction chassis and frame, again from the USA.