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LetsRetreat


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My name is Barbara and I am busy at the moment packing up our house and awaiting the arrival date of our new van - a Retreat Mabel, hence the name I have chosen for my posts.

I retired from work one month ago and my husband will soon retire and we plan to begin our new adventure of life on the road for an indefinite period.

Yesterday I scouted around, by way of phone, obtaining quotes for caravan and car Insurance whilst on the road for an indefinite period taking into account that we have sold our house and therefore do not have a residential address.  I had success with all but one of the Insurance companies I rang and at this time am still awaiting on a return call from them.  After a day of talking with different consultants from varying Insurance companies I found this to be a very worthwhile experience as I can now make an educated judgement on which company I will choose, and I have found out that it is not necessarily the cheapest I will go for, as looking after our investment, being car and van, will be my major priority.

We take delivery of our van in early November, hope all the colours and add ons we have chosen are OK, excitement is building.

Looking forward to chatting again.

 

 



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Firstly a big welcome Barbara,,, hope you enjoy this forum and the new like,, it's great.

Will be interested to see who you choosea s insurer as this is often a hot topic here,,, lol.

Agree the cheapest is often not the best, especially when you come to claim.

Cheers Baz



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Thanks Baz,

Will keep you posted on who we choose, still awaiting that one quote.............whenever if ever it arrives.

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enjoy the journey



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Thanks, what do they say enjoy the journey not just the destination, it is all a learning experience lets laugh a lot and have fun

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G'day Barbara. Firstly let me say you're the one who's out there and I'm the one who's in here. It's a technical thingy. Good experience shopping around for insurance and the residential address issue. Been there and the advice around the forum is to use a friend/relly's address as your residential and mailing address for all insurance, rego, license and other purposes. If the question ever arises "what are you doing 500kms from home?" you simply say you're travelling indefinitely. However, there are many GNs here who have been on the road for years who can probably explain it better than I.

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Gday...

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You will find much advice and many opinions on this forum. A good mob

Cheers - John



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Thanks Gary for your advice re address sounds like a good option to follow.

smile



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Welcome to the forum Barbara and all the very best with your new adventure.

And yes, half the fun is actually getting therebiggrin



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Welcome from me too Barbara, enjoy here and out in the playground.

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Welcome from us too LetsRetreat . This is a great forum so we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. And enjoy that wide open road when you get there.

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Welcome to the playground too LetsRetreat. Great information available here as well as laughs.

Peter

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LetsRetreat wrote:

Thanks, what do they say enjoy the journey not just the destination, it is all a learning experience lets laugh a lot and have fun

 Definitely.  Even the journey that in part is packing and planning.  Enjoy our playground. Welcome to the forum



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Welcome to the forum from us as well LetsRetreat. Great info and good people.

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