Static Caravan Transport to Spain: Full 2026 Cost Breakdown
The short answer: £18,995 + VAT, then import VAT on top
In short
Moving a UK static caravan to Spain costs from £18,995 + VAT for a turnkey, door to pitch relocation of a 38ft x 12ft home, according to caravansinthesun.com (November 2026). Spanish import VAT sits on top of that price, and so does an annual park site fee from about €2,000. Haulage only quotes of around £5,000 circulate on forums, but they are anecdotal and cover far less.
The forum £5,000 figure buys a lorry. The turnkey figure buys a lorry, a ship, the customs paperwork and a crew to connect the home on your pitch. Neither includes the import VAT Spain charges on a UK static that stays there, which has applied since the UK left the EU VAT area on 1 January 2021. If you already know the scope you want, post your job and see who responds.
How much does it cost to transport a static caravan to Spain?
There are two price models for static caravan transport abroad, and you need to know which one you are being quoted. A haulage only move is far cheaper, but nobody publishes a firm figure for it. A turnkey relocation has a published price, and larger homes cost more than the baseline.
Haulage only
A transporter moves the unit from A to B. The only figure we found is an “indicative price GBP 5000” in a Facebook group post. That is anecdotal and unsourced, and we found no named operator publishing a haulage only price for Spain. Do not treat it as typical.
Turnkey relocation
caravansinthesun.com quotes from £18,995 + VAT to Spain for a 38ft x 12ft home collected from a UK campsite car park, £17,995 + VAT to France and £21,995 + VAT to the Greek Islands, as of November 2026. The Spain price covers collection, transport to a UK port and shipping, road transport, licensing paperwork, tolls, pilot cars where required, port customs clearance, gate entrance fees, and installation and connection on your plot. It excludes import VAT at local rates. The operator says the move usually takes two to three weeks from collection.
The gap between the two models is scope. A haulage quote may include none of the shipping, customs or installation work. Treat any quote below turnkey level as incomplete until the firm confirms in writing what it leaves out.
Can you tow it yourself? No. A static is not a touring caravan. It moves on a specialist low loader, often with a crane at each end.
The full cost of moving a static caravan to Spain, line by line
Moving a static caravan to Spain has up to nine cost lines, and a turnkey quote from caravansinthesun.com (November 2026) covers most of them. Two never appear in the headline price: Spanish import VAT and the annual park site fee, which starts from about €2,000. Customs duty and Spanish planning permission are the two lines you must ask about directly.
| Cost item | What it covers | Figure and source | In a turnkey quote? |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK collection and lift | Disconnection, crane or lift, loading | Included in turnkey. For reference only, UK moves “start from around £1,000” (Ripe Insurance, UK only, not a Spain figure). See what a UK static caravan move costs | Yes |
| Transport to port and shipping | UK road leg, ferry or sea freight | Included in turnkey. Haulage only: varies, ask in your quote | Yes |
| Permits, tolls, pilot cars | Wide load paperwork and escorts where required | Included in turnkey (caravansinthesun.com) | Yes |
| Port customs clearance | Filing the import at the border | Included in turnkey (caravansinthesun.com) | Yes |
| EU customs duty | Duty on a third country import | Depends on classification and value. Ask your quote to state it | Ask |
| Spanish import VAT | VAT settled by customs at import | £2,100 on a £10,000 valuation (caravansinthesun.com example). The base includes freight to the first EU point, so a real bill is likely higher (Agencia Tributaria) | No |
| Installation and connection | Siting on the plot, services connected | Included in turnkey (caravansinthesun.com) | Yes |
| Annual park site fee | Your pitch on a Spanish park | “Start from approximately 2,000EUR” (caravansinthesun.com) | No |
| Spanish planning permit | Permission to place the unit | Varies by plot. See the move or buy section below | Ask |
Read the table from the right. Every “No” and “Ask” is money that sits outside the price you were quoted, and import VAT is the one most likely to surprise you.
Sources: caravansinthesun.com/relocation (fetched 9 November 2026); Agencia Tributaria guidance on imports from the UK after Brexit; ripeinsurance.co.uk guide to moving a static caravan (UK moves only). Figures as of November 2026.
Worked example: a 38x12ft static valued at £10,000
A 38ft x 12ft static caravan valued at £10,000 costs around £21,095 to move to a Spanish park before VAT on the service, using caravansinthesun.com’s November 2026 turnkey price and its own import VAT example. The real import VAT is likely to be higher, and the first year’s site fee comes on top. On this example, the move costs more than double the value of the caravan.
- Turnkey relocation: £18,995 + VAT. The source says “+ VAT” without confirming how that VAT applies, so we have not calculated it. The real figure is higher.
- Spanish import VAT: £2,100, the operator’s own example for a £10,000 valuation.
- First year site fee: from about €2,000, depending on the park.
- Before service VAT: £21,095, plus about €2,000 for the first year on the park (caravansinthesun.com).
Treat the £2,100 as a starting point. Spain’s tax agency, the Agencia Tributaria, charges import VAT on the customs value plus transport and insurance up to the first EU destination. On a turnkey move, much of what you pay for is exactly that freight, so the VAT bill is likely to come out above the operator’s example. Before you book, ask the operator or a Spanish gestor to calculate it on your unit’s real customs value.
Import VAT and customs duty on a UK static caravan after Brexit
A UK static caravan that stays in Spain is an import, because the UK has been outside the EU VAT area since 1 January 2021. According to the Agencia Tributaria, import VAT is settled by customs at importation, on the customs value plus duties and incidental costs such as transport and insurance to the first EU destination.
Because freight sits inside the taxable amount, a VAT bill worked out as a percentage of the caravan’s price alone will understate what you pay on a turnkey move.
caravansinthesun.com states plainly that its “Price excludes Import VAT at local rates”, and it also shows “+ VAT” on the service price itself. These are two separate lines: VAT on the relocation service, and Spanish import VAT on the caravan. Ask the operator to show both.
Customs duty: the honest gap
We could not confirm how EU customs classify a static caravan. It could fall under a caravan trailer heading or a prefabricated building heading, and the duty rate depends on that classification and on the customs value. We will not guess a percentage, and you should not accept a quote that guesses either.
Green Village Mobile Homes says homes from British suppliers carry no import duty. That may hold for its own stock, but it is the seller’s statement and does not settle how customs will treat your unit. If you are relocating to Spain yourself and think a personal belongings relief might apply, ask a gestor before you ship.
Put one question to every firm: is import VAT and duty in this price, and who files the customs entry?
Why quotes to move a static caravan to Spain vary so much
Quotes to move a static caravan to Spain vary mainly because of scope, then size. Escort needs, the shipping route, access at the destination park and the time of year all move the price as well.
- What is in scope. Customs clearance, permits and installation can each be in or out of a quote, and that decides most of the gap between two prices.
- Unit size. caravansinthesun.com prices a 38ft x 12ft home as its baseline and charges more for larger units (November 2026).
- Wide loads may need escort or pilot vehicles on parts of the route, so ask each firm whether its price includes them.
- Port and shipping route. The Canaries and Balearics need sea freight. Green Village Mobile Homes notes that the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla sit outside Spanish VAT, so the tax picture there is different too.
- Ask the destination park how a low loader and crane reach your pitch, and give that answer to every firm quoting.
- Ask the park whether it restricts deliveries in high season before you fix a date.
A cheap quote is usually a narrow quote. If you want to understand the physical job itself, the crane, the site preparation and the reconnection, read our guide on how to move a static caravan.
Is it worth moving your static caravan to Spain, or should you buy there?
For a static caravan worth around £10,000, moving it to Spain is hard to justify on money alone. You would spend about £21,095 before service VAT and site fees to move it, on caravansinthesun.com’s published price. The alternative is to sell it in the UK and buy a home already sited in Spain.
Green Village Mobile Homes lists used homes in its own stock from €12,300 delivered, with a median used price of €36,300 (November 2026). The cheapest unit on its books is unlikely to match a 38x12ft static, so the median is the fairer comparison. If your caravan sells for close to its valuation, that money plus what you did not spend on the move goes a long way towards a used home in Spain.
Green Village’s figures come from its own stock, so treat them as one seller’s reference point:
- Used homes from €12,300, delivered
- Median used home: €36,300
- Median used UK origin home: €38,536
- Median static caravan: €42,174
- New homes from €34,100
Our position: moving your own static makes sense when the unit is newer and better than what that budget buys in Spain, or when you already hold a plot you cannot easily replace. Bear in mind that import VAT is charged on value, so a pricier unit also costs more to bring in. For an older, lower value caravan, you are paying more than twice its value to move something you could replace locally.
Check the Spanish end before you ship
Green Village cites ruling STS 1917/2024 from Spain’s Supreme Court, which treats a mobile home like a prefab for planning purposes. A campsite activity licence does not cover it, so placing your unit may need its own permit. Coastal plots also face a 100m protection easement. Confirm both with the park and a gestor before you book anything.
How to get comparable quotes to move a static caravan to Spain
Few UK firms say they cover Europe. Of 534 firms tagged as static caravan transporters in the TransportQuoteCompare database (counted 9 November 2026), only around 8 to 10 state European coverage, fewer than 2%. The count is self-declared, so it is no market census, but the message is clear: expect few quotes, so ask more firms.
Two quotes only line up if they price the same job, so give every firm the same scope and ask each one to confirm it.
Ask every firm to state
- Haulage only or door to pitch
- Customs clearance and duty: in or out
- VAT shown on the service
- Installation and connection: in or out
- Who files the customs entry
- Collection and arrival dates
Only moving it within the UK? Our guide to UK static caravan move costs covers that leg.
Post your static caravan job
Use our quote form and transporters can see your job and choose whether to quote. Have these ready so the quotes come back like for like:
- Choose Caravan and add the unit size
- UK collection postcode
- Spanish park name and location
- The scope you want, in the notes
Free to post. You choose who to hire.
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