Motorhomes Ireland

There are several perfectly good maps available and most good bookshops will have a selection including Michelin and Philips both of which do folding books which have fairly large scale page maps. These are good for detail but a smaller scale single page map makes for a handier route planner for those of us who wish to actually tour, as distinct from going to one place and staying put. We bought an excellent route planner in a French motorway shop last September and at €3.50 it would have been great value if only I could find it again now! (Our most recent purchase in France was a Michelin Atlas Routier 1: 200 000 scale which cost about €15 but shows a necessary level of detail for accurate map reading.) This brings us to Satellite Navigation systems, which are becoming very widely used within the motorhome fraternity. So long as you understand they have certain shortcomings such as telling you to do a u-turn in the middle of a motorway, or showing you travelling in the middle of fields when you're actually on an immaculate new road which hasn't yet got into the mapping memory, you'll find one tremendously helpful. Most owners of Garmin or Tom Tom models seem happiest with their choice although there are one or two new makes arriving now with programming specially for larger vehicles that avoid height and width restrictions. The best advice is to go face to face with someone who really knows how to use the model you're interested in and learn what it will do, what it won't do, and most importantly how to use it. Many of the guides are now including GPS co-ordinates and several Sat Navs now come with, or have a download available, that includes campsites. Documentation for Travel