NEC October 2021 show cancelled

This October’s Motorhome and Caravan Show has been called off, due to ongoing concerns about the pandemic and lockdown.

In a statement released on Wednesday, organiser NCC Events says it plans to increase the scope of the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show in February next year to compensate.

The organiser acknowledged that there has been a huge increase in demand for caravans and motorhomes this summer, but said that there are still issues in the supply chain that would make the timing of the show, and the increased demand it would likely generate “untenable for some”.

It added that a February show would give people who have been shielding more confidence about returning to a public show.

NCC Events says it has already secured all “the major brands” for the February show.

Anyone who has already bought a ticket for this October’s show will be able to transfer it to the February show, to the October 2022 show, or get a refund.

PeterBaber

Peter Baber is Reviews Editor of both Practical Motorhome and Practical Caravan. He has been reviewing motorhomes for the best part of a decade now. His first caravan reviews date back to the early 1990s when he first worked on Practical Caravan, before he embarked on a 20-year career in business journalism which saw him edit a wide variety of magazines, and launch a few too, including one that won an award. Although he enjoyed that, he always knew he wanted to come back. Peter reports on all the new models that make it to dealer forecourts each season, giving his judgement online and in magazine reviews. He has twice been shortlisted for a Caravan Writers Guild award. When he is not working, apart from going on motorhome trips himself (mostly local to where he lives in West Yorkshire, but also last year right across France) he likes trying to write novels, cooking, throwing the odd pot, and has just taken up tennis.