To buy a caravan on a whim?!

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On a total whim today I have now got wildly carried away with this idea and am THIS close to bidding on one... AIBU??

We're a small family. We like countryside type holidays, although I do like having mod cons (yes I mean a shower). Very small car but there are caravans out there that I think we could just about get away with in terms of weight.

Pros/ cons/ horror stories/ tales of joy and delight in caravans?

i am writing this in our caravan. It is pouring down but we are warm and dry, The wine and food are in the fridge.
Tomorrow we will have s hot shower in our caravan, we started using our own shower when my wife started chemotherapy as it reduced infection risks.
We bought ours on a whim, we went to look and bought this wonderful second hand caravan.
Caravanning is freedom.

We have a folding camper rather than a caravan as there are five of us and we didn't want to change to a huge car to tow A big caravan. Our camper is so easy to tow and barely affects the fuel economy. When folded out it has two permanent double beds as well as a large seating area, I love not having to make up befs every evening.

Caravan rallys are also very cheap. Last summer we stayed at one in August in Stow on the Wolds rugby club. £9 a night. Often they have entertainment on for the kids such as sports days and things. I think it's a love it or hate it thing myself. If you love it then a whole new world opens up to you. It's especially good for children as they get more freedom to explore than you get at home.

I think it is expensive if you have 4 weeks a year in the school holidays to play with and struggle to get weekends away.
If you can get away many weekends in the year/have more holiday, they can be cheap.