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Keep your caravan or motorhome in top working condition with our full AWS Approved Habitation Service and health check. Our workshop team follow the AWS regulations and your manufacturer recommendations for your habitation service. It takes on average around 3 hours to thoroughly check the living area of your vehicle and includes the following: The gas, water and electrical systems tested Gas certification Damp test Fire safety and security checks All locks inspected, tested and lubricated Blinds, windows, roof lights opened, checked and adjusted where necessary Under body and chassis mountings checked This gives you peace of mind that your caravan or motorhome is safe to use for the next season and helps with the future resell value as full-service history is always beneficial and retains any manufacturers warranties. Contact our team today and get your caravan or motorhome booked right now.

If you’re looking to sell your motorhome or campervan there’s a multitude of ways to sell. Whether you choose to simply stick a for sale sign in the window, sell to a dealer, part exchange or create your own ad, you’ll be looking to get the best cash return for your motorhome with the least hassle. Motorhome and camper brokerage is a way of making this a possibility, all while taking the hassle out of selling it yourself. With the brokerage scheme from Continental, we’ll sell your motorhome or campervan on your behalf, on our forecourt, guaranteeing you an exceptional cash sale price.

Buy before the 1st of September if you want to avoid a 705% rise in your vehicle road tax. European Parliament has introduced new regulations to the leisure industry – ‘The Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) which is set to be introduced Europe wide on the 1st September 2019. This in turn has resulted in new vehicle emission tests being based on ‘real driving data’ which better matches’ on-the-road performance. From the 1st of September 2019 all road vehicles including motorhomes will have to show a published Co2 output figure on the type approval certificate. HM Treasury has now included motorhomes for the purposes of applying VED within the passenger car taxation banding. Any motorhome manufacturers who are building on a Euro 6D/2 base vehicle chassis much specify the WLTP Co2 values on the type approval certificate to allow to tax accordingly. Motorhomes with the new Euro 6D/2 specification engine will already pay at least £2,000 over and above a Euro 6B/1 spec motorhome. In addition, all Euro 6D/2 based motorhomes will have a Co2 level that exceed the higher taxation band for the first registration. The new VED is likely to be £2,125, plus if the motorhome is worth over £40,000 there an additional tax of £320. Facts sourced from NCC official documentation and information supplied by manufacturers. View Tax Info Document here

Continental Leisure Vehicles are an independent, family owned and run dealership based on the same site in Cross Hands, South Wales since 1985. We have an AWS Approved Workshop for all makes of caravan and motorhome Servicing, Warranty, Accessory Fitting, Damp Repairs, Towbar Fitting, Alarms, Etc. All Caravan and Motorhome Servicing work is carried out by our on-site workshop located in Carmarthenshire by our factory trained workshop team. Continental Leisure Vehicles are proud members of The Approved Workshop Scheme; which is a joint enterprise between the NCC (National Caravan Council), & The Caravan and Motorhome Club, which sets the industry benchmark for caravan and motorhome servicing. We are also a member of the Preferred Dealer Scheme with the Camping & Caravanning Club, and are an AWS Approved Dealer, so you book your motorhome or caravan in safe in the knowledge that it will be well cared for by our workshop team. In order for us to be an Approved Workshop we have to pass an annual inspection by a team of independent assessors and comply with the scheme’s rigorous standards for our quality of work and facilities that we offer. For your additional peace of mind, you can rest assured that any of our technicians working on your caravan or motorhome are qualified to the required standards and that any work we carry out on your vehicle is guaranteed. We are also the dealers for Auto-Trail Motorhomes, Bailey Motorhomes; Roller Team Motorhomes so can look after you for your annual servicing needs for any of these vehicles. As a dedicated caravan and motorhome servicing centre we can also undertake servicing work for other manufacturers including Swift, Lunar, Elddis, etc.

Here at Continental Leisure we understand that your motorhome or touring caravan is your second home from home, and we pride ourselves on our motorhome and caravan service work and our AWS Approved team will take the utmost care and attention of your caravan or motorhome to ensure you are happy with the habitation service or any other work we’ve carried out for you. Our South Wales workshop is a proud member of the Approved Workshop Scheme which is the benchmark for motorhome and touring caravan servicing and repairs. In order for us to be an Approved Workshop we have to pass an annual inspection by a team of independent assessors and comply with the AWS scheme’s rigorous standards. So you can rest assured that any of our technicians who working on your motorhome or caravan are qualified to the required standards and that any work we do is guaranteed. Continental Leisure Vehicles are also members of the National Caravan Council as an Approved Dealership plus we are a member of the Preferred Dealer Scheme with The Camping and Caravanning Club, and we are dealers for Bailey motorhomes, Auto-Trail motorhomes, Roller Team motorhomes, in South Wales plus we can carry out motorhome and caravan servicing and warranty work for the majority of the main manufacturers in the UK. So if you’re looking for a caravan or motorhome service in South Wales why not choose a company with over 30 years of customer service and back-up and do take time to read testimonials/reviews not just of us but of other local motorhome and caravan servicing companies in South Wales to give yourself complete peace of mind before booking your caravan/motorhome service. We are easy to find we are based right at the end of the M4 motorway in South Wales and are based in Cross Hands so whatever direction your coming from we are easy to get  to. So if you now want to book your motorhome or caravan in for a service give us a call on 01269 831359.

Article Copied from Practical Motorhome Website This impressive two-berth coachbuilt grabbed both our Best Motorhome for Couples award and our Overall Winner trophy. Practical Motorhome is delighted to announce the overall winner of our Motorhome of the Year 2019 awards as the Bailey Advance 66-2. The two-berth, rear-washroom coachbuilt shrugged off tough competition from across the industry to take the prize, awarded last night at our annual ceremony held at beautiful Hampton Manor near Solihull. Why the Advance 66-2 is our top ‘van “The judging process was particularly hard this year, with many great contenders from across the motorhome world,” said Practical Motorhome’s editor, Sarah Wakely. “Eventually, however, a clear winner began to emerge from our deliberations. “The Advance 66-2 offers great all-round comfort and plenty of style, while also featuring a practical floorplan and a large payload. It looks great, and a tempting price tag makes it all the more attractive. “It is with great pleasure that we can name the Advance 66-2 as Practical Motorhome’s Motorhome of the Year 2019.”

We are a fully AWS Approved Workshop and we cater for all makes and models of caravans and motorhomes so why not call us when your ready to have your caravan/motorhome serviced. Why use an Approved Workshop? Approved Workshops are run by fully qualified caravan and motorhome servicing professionals. Using an Approved Workshop gives you peace of mind that the technician working on your tourer or motorhome is qualified to the required standards. They will normally guarantee all repairs for a minimum of six months and take all reasonable steps to protect the validity of any unexpired warranties. Along with the requirements for our technicians, our workshop must also meet high standards of competency (the formal qualifications of the technician) and comply with an industry Code of Practice. This means that our Approved Workshops will: Display a detailed list of prices and labour rates. Provide an estimate for any additional servicing or repair work over £150. Give a realistic estimated time for completion and collection. Use genuine spare parts where available. Ensure all work is carried out using skill, care and professional judgement Always provide you with a check list of work done. Not start work without your express authority. Contact you for authority to continue if additional work is identified. Notify you in writing of faults which are not rectified, with an honest assessment of the urgency of the repairs required. Top tip: Get your caravan/motorhome booked in with us early, so you are ready for the touring season! Phone our workshop now on 01269 831359 and get your caravan/motorhome booked now – We take bookings up to six months in advance and it is operated on a first come service, so we recommend getting in as early as possible. (some savvy customers book their next year service when picking up from the current one)

Buying a pre-owned motorhome can be a daunting task, whether you’re buying you’re first or tenth motorhome – motorhomes come in all shapes, layouts, sizes and with wildly varying price ranges. You want to make sure you get the best motorhome for your needs. At Continental we’ve been helping people buy since 1985 and we think we offer some of the best used motorhomes, not only in Wales, but in the UK. The testament to this is the amount of used motorhomes we sell every year and the distance people travel to buy a used motorhome from us. Our family run business doesn’t do any high-pressure sales tactics or silly promotions, we just offer great motorhomes at great prices. Our trained sales staff know all about the used motorhomes we’re selling and are on hand to offer any help or advice as required by you to make sure you get the right used motorhome at the right price for you. Maybe you need help choosing the right layout, or some finance quotations, or are just wanting general advice regarding a specific detail about any of our used motorhomes, then our friendly team are there to help you. All our used motorhomes are inspected and checked by our NCC Approved Workshop before collection, meaning that you don’t have to worry about any mechanical issues, water leaks, gas or electrics. In addition, all our used motorhomes are HPI checked which gives you peace of mind with regards to making sure the used motorhome your thinking of buying has no outstanding finance on it, or that it hasn’t been involved in any kind of accident in the past. We put new MOT’s on our used motorhomes and offer 12 months warranty supplied by MB&G, who are one of the leading providers of motorhome warranties and this can be extended up to the lifetime of your ownership of the motorhome. Plus, all our customers get a full handover and demonstration on collection day about how the motorhome operates, and we follow this up with a free overnight stay at a local campsite to give you the chance to familiarise yourself with your new purchase. We try to take all the worry out of buying a used motorhome.