thanks markas! i've not seen water tanks on a bongo close up, but that makes sense! with two kids in the back some kind of bin is going to be needed to keep a minimum of order! but agree a bin bag would be better for camping regarding cables, I've rented vans in europe before, so the question of pol...

Apart from Go Outdoors as Bob says, try https://www.camperlands.co.uk/ who are by the M56/M60 link-road to the south of the city centre and they have everything you need. Are you sure it's wise going off on a major European trip in the winter without having ironed out the inevitable niggles with th...

james in mac was brilliant! he does sell vans, but didn't have anything in that was ready he had one in that he was starting to convert that would have been ok for us, so he offered to put the seats back in and then convert it when we got back (it was completely stripped down with the new floor goin...

cheers!
I've just got back to mcr now... going to have a beer and look at photos of my van!

Hi there, just got our first bongo... picking it up on wednesday and heading off to Italy pretty much straight away.. we're not really full-on camping on this trip but will pitch up a couple of nights to break up the trip. I need to get some basic camping bits and pieces to get started: - most urgen...

argh! the deed is done! after 5 hours (should be 3) on the M6 to get to wales we finally reached "bongo camper van sales"... we have now officially entered the bongo world and bought a side conversion 1999 2.5 petrol (with gpl system) freda van! had a good poke about, crawled under it with...

I did try them both (not least because they are much closer!), but they don't have anything ready and we're kind of committed to the italy trip...my wife is italian and we need to see all the relatives (her folks haven't been too well and they're all expecting us now!) we've been looking for a van f...

thank you everyone!
lots of good advice
Ive called off the meeting with bring me a bongo and i'm off to wales and gloucester tomorrow to see a couple of vans that look promising... I'll let you know how it works out.

really happy to be on the group here- seems like a great crowd!

all the best!
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it's the cheap insurance on a camper van that appeals, as well as the fun of having a moving house! I lived in italy for 20 years before moving back to manchester, and uk insurance companies don't recognize my no claims! I'm paying a fortune for car insurance, so the plan is to get the van and a rea...

thanks for the warning .... I had seen the negative comments about the company, and there are a couple of things that are making me suspicious.... big discount on price and pushy salesman... might give it a miss.... the plan is to get a van to drive down to italy at christmas... but we've been looki...

hi there! we're looking for our first bongo and are considering a converted van from bringmeabongo in warrington they do a kind of rear conversion with two units on opposite sides of the van at the back then a row of original seats, facing forward in the middle of the van. I've seen posts here about...