Do you have a 7 seater and do you camp?

[BramblyHedge]

So going camping on Saturday - five of us with bell tent. And our car might be out of action as gear box gone. Looking at hiring a car (would not take it off road) but obviously won't be able to use our roof box. If you have a seven seater like a galaxy and also camp...can you fit all your stuff in it?

Yes. And we don’t have a bell tent but we do have inflatable canoes. You should be fine.

Not what you want to hear I am afraid.. Sorry! We have a Touran and we don't fit everything in without the roof box. However two of our kids are very young and in thrones, umm car seats, as well as all the paraphernalia that goes with very young kids. So depending on your situation you may just about for your stuff.

Thanks! We have older kids who take up more space but don't have lots of stuff.

We don’t camp anymore but we used to have a Ford Smax, trailer and roof box for all of our camping gear. We did have a fairly large 8 Man tent though.

Ok thanks - not looking good. We have an Toyota estate but I've never had a seven seater so not sure how they compare.

An excuse to get back to basics maybe...

Yes, we have a discovery 3, no roof box and can fit full camping regalia + us 5 into it!

Yes we do with 5 of us. An no it doesn't all fit. We use a large roof box and even taken a trailer down. But as with many things if life if you con minimal with no body boards and no camp chairs etc you could do it. So really depends on what extra ykj take beyond tent, clothes, towels, cooking stuffs, sleeping bags, camp mattresses, torches, privacy screens entertainment likes balls and buckets and body boards etc. Then there things like a cooler and food if you pre pack, laundry stuff, any beach stuff like beach tent. It can get crammed! Good luck it is possible but hard calls might need to be made also depends on how many people.

Six of us in a 7-seater. We have camped many times. Now that the children are older (and I can't pack things under their feet) we have a roof box as well. I usually take out one of the back seats.

Thanks for all the replies. May end up having to buy a new car instead quite quickly so all useful info.