Norbert Becker turns camping hobby into motorhome rental business

ADAC is holding an additional driving safety training for motorhome owners on April 10, 2026, in Breisach-Hochstetten. Participants with a BZ-Card receive a 20 euro discount, reducing the cost to 174 euros. The training covers driving techniques, load securing, and handling in critical situations for vehicles up to 3.5 tons.

Following the end of its partnership with Mercedes-Benz, Westfalia offers the Jules Verne camper based on the Vito van. The model features a full wet bathroom with toilet and shower, absent in the Marco Polo, and employs a split-room layout. Its base price is €74,180, undercutting the Marco Polo.

Ford has introduced the Camper Assist program for owners of motorhomes built on its chassis. If the base vehicle has a breakdown, customers can wait for repairs in a four-star hotel for up to five nights, receive a replacement vehicle, or arrange transport to an authorized service center. The program is included in the two-year new vehicle warranty.

The German company Karmann Mobil has presented the Duncan 550 camper van, built on the 5.45-meter Ford Tourneo Custom. The interior includes a kitchen with a gas stove and refrigerator, a bathroom with a toilet and shower, and sleeping accommodations for four people. The starting price for the model in Europe is 57,800 euros.

In Munich residential districts like Sendling-Westpark, the number of motorhomes and caravans occupying parking spaces for weeks or months increases during the colder seasons. According to German traffic regulations, parking such vehicles is permitted wherever passenger cars are allowed, provided they are roadworthy, although trailers must be moved every two weeks. City authorities state they lack the power to generally prohibit this parking unless it poses a proven danger.

50-year-old Cathrin Friedrich lived for three years in a 25-square-meter Tiny House and wants to return to it. The main obstacle is finding a suitable placement location, as building codes classify such houses as regular dwellings. Her wheeled house with full solid wood finish cost around 80,000 euros.