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help settle a dsipute detween me and hubby. after we have come back from our 2 week break I have emptyed everything out of the van and cleaned it out and taken all food stuff out even tins and hoverd out the cupboards. now hubby says we only need to do this at the end of the season not after every break. I know were hopfully going away again at the august bank holiday but I didnt like the thout of tea bags and tins left in the caravan.

 so how oftre do you do a compleat clean out after every trip or just for storage

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Basic unopened packets and tins, tea, coffee and sugar stay in the van, the fridge gets emptied and washed out at the end of each trip, along with any half packets of cerials or pickles, jams ect, but we do leave an unopened carton of long life milk in the fridge ready to make a cuppa when we arrive.

We always have enough tinned/dried foods in the cupboard to make our first meal on site on arrival, before we go out to buy a few days shopping from the local shops and supermarket, and we also keep a basic supply of disposables such as kitchen rolls, sandwich bags, foil, loo rolls in the caravan, along with a bottle of washing up liquid and a packet of sanitizing wipes for kitchen and bathroom surfaces.

We do tend to put the van 'to bed' for the winter from November until early March, and that is when we empty it completely, sort out the surplus to requirements gear and accumulated junk out, then pack all the contents into storage boxes and bring them indoors, not to be replaced back into the van until after its annual service and spring clean!

Julia   

We bring everything back. Going out we load the van with inside stuff and outside stuff in the car. Coming home its the reverse and then just leave the outside stuff in the van in storage as we drop it off before we get home. As we pack the crates of inside stuff to put in the car we clean the cupboards.

Phil 

We are away every couple of weeks, throughout the winter too. The caravan is on the drive so it's easy to get at. We leave everything ie tins, spaghetti, rice, tea coffee, sugar etc in the cupboards. I clean/wash, the bedding, fridge, bathroom, kitchen, floors and carpets after every trip. I think I emptied everything out and had a spring clean in ..... spring ! .

we do a major clearout in nov after the last holiday of the year, then in march clean it out top to bottem ready for the new season and go away late march early april, we take beeding out to wash it then when its washed it goes back down, tins never leave until empty along with drinks.

and we hover about every 3 days away and before we go home as the dog hair would take over.

mike