Some Motorhoming tips
Fuel is cheaper than in UK ( Summer 2009)
If you intend to use the motorways then you buy an e-vignette. These are available at the border or from garages that show a red motorway sign in the door and you buy them for a fixed period - days weeks or months. They work by number plate recognition so you do not have a sticker to put in your windscreen. We started in the east of the country where there are not so many motorways so did not bother buying a vignette until we were approaching Budapest.
There are lots of campsites and they are generally very good and many have thermal spas nearby. We found them in the ACSI book , Camping Cheque Book and the Caravan Club book. Some of the sanitary blocks have privacy issues - there is little or none. Some campsites did not have a chemical disposal point - we used the toilets instead. as did everyone else.
The campsite at Eger has recently been enlarged and has spotless facilities. The extra pitches were pretty muddy when we visited in 09 but staff indicated that this problem would be resolved by 2010 - I took this to mean hard standing of some sort would be put down.
Apart from the campsite at Hortobagy the charges were very reasonable and some had discounts for seniors.
Many campsites had restaurants on site.I don't think we ever came across an English translation of a menu so take your German or Hungarian dictionary when you go out to dinner or take pot luck.
As with other countries on this trip, English was not widely spoken although younger adults can speak English
If you intend to use the motorways then you buy an e-vignette. These are available at the border or from garages that show a red motorway sign in the door and you buy them for a fixed period - days weeks or months. They work by number plate recognition so you do not have a sticker to put in your windscreen. We started in the east of the country where there are not so many motorways so did not bother buying a vignette until we were approaching Budapest.
There are lots of campsites and they are generally very good and many have thermal spas nearby. We found them in the ACSI book , Camping Cheque Book and the Caravan Club book. Some of the sanitary blocks have privacy issues - there is little or none. Some campsites did not have a chemical disposal point - we used the toilets instead. as did everyone else.
The campsite at Eger has recently been enlarged and has spotless facilities. The extra pitches were pretty muddy when we visited in 09 but staff indicated that this problem would be resolved by 2010 - I took this to mean hard standing of some sort would be put down.
Apart from the campsite at Hortobagy the charges were very reasonable and some had discounts for seniors.
Many campsites had restaurants on site.I don't think we ever came across an English translation of a menu so take your German or Hungarian dictionary when you go out to dinner or take pot luck.
As with other countries on this trip, English was not widely spoken although younger adults can speak English
