Why Caravan Insurance Is Important

“For girls who go plump in the night” is the rather strange title of an album by 1970’s rock band Caravan, which is not the kind of thing you would expect an insurance man to know, even if he does actually own one, (a caravan I mean!) An insurance man in a caravan is probably not that unusual but an insurance man in a caravan listening to Caravan? Surely not!

I can’t remember exactly what got me thinking about this, but I think it’s to do with when I was looking over some photos from last year’s Glastonbury festival the other day and I noticed the sheer amount of caravans there in one outfit or another. Of course, being an insurance man, I immediately began thinking about the cover that these caravans may or may not have had and whether or not the underwriters knew exactly what they were being used for.

If I remember correctly, these caravans were being used for everything from living quarters to tea shops (and I’m still talking about proper caravans, curtains and all, not mobile catering units) they were also used as places for tired musicians to rest and some were even housing paid showers.

All over the camping fields there were caravans being used as shelters for security staff or meeting points for people who were lost, or as temporary accommodation for ageing rock fans who could either no longer handle the discomfort of tent camping, or who were just fellow caravan fans!

Of course, another big user of caravans at music festivals are the musicians themselves. They usually have massive ones with an extra wheel at the front for steering and they use them for changing in, for hosting after-show parties in and doing whatever it is that rock-stars do.I dread to think. Saying that, I’m not sure if Caravan ever used one, that’d just be too good to be true wouldn’t it? Caravan in a caravan listening to their first album (which is called, you guessed it, “Caravan”). Or even better, maybe they went along in a convoy with their friends – a caravan of caravans including a caravan with Caravan in it, listening to Caravan!

Anyway as I said, I started thinking about whether or not they had the correct insurance cover and let’s face it, they probably didn’t did they? If you’re thinking about taking your caravan along to a festival this year it’s worth thinking about proper insurance. A caravan can get damaged by careless fellow festival goers, it can slide off of its own accord into the mud, they can get flooded inside, catch fire, get blown away and, well, almost anything can happen. Luckily you can insure your caravan against most things – even collisions with uninsured caravans being used as tea shops!

Coversure are leading providers of caravan insurance if you are thinking about taking your caravan anywhere where it would be even remotely at risk, like at a music festival, you should think about taking out some caravan insurance just to be safe.