Win a weekend in your van at a Haven Holiday Site for all of July for anyone who places an order this month or has taken delivery of a van in July 2022.
Vans are the perfect machines for taking a home away from home

• Over 37 sites across the UK
• Prize worth up to £350 in total
• Upgrade at your own cost to a lodge or a weeks holiday
• Just tell your Account manager that you want to enter the Haven Holiday Draw

Everyone loves free stuff, and at Swiss, we want to share the joy. That’s why we’re starting a monthly prize draw for everyone who bought a van from us and writes us a review. 

£100 Amazon Vouchers to WIN every month!

After you leave a review for us on either Google or Trustpilot, you’ll be entered into our monthly draw to win a £100 Amazon voucher and some great Swiss Vans accessories. If you leave us a review on Google and a review on Trustpilot, you’ll be entered twice!

We’re also very excited to announce that, in addition to the monthly giveaway, we’re also entering everyone who is kind enough to write us a review on Google or Trustpilot into our yearly prize draw. Again, you get two entries if you review on both, so why not get writing! If you’re chosen in this yearly draw, you’ll win …

A voucher for a Caribbean holiday for two people!!

Tell the world about your Swiss Vans experience, and you might just get the chance to dream about your van from the luxury of a tropical beach.

All our 5 star reviews on Trust Pilot and Google Place have the chance to win an iPad. We automatically select the reviews from these websites
and will be in touch if you win. If you leave your review on google places and Trust pilot you will double your chance.
Just ask for a link to leave your 5 star review if it hasn’t been sent automatically.

Review us on

• Trust Pilot
• Google Places
• Also a product review on Swissvans.com

At Swiss Vans, we have some great customers and they drive some pretty amazing vans. There’s nothing that we love more than seeing our customers show off their vans – whether that’s on the coast, in the countryside or on the job.

We want to try and help our customers out a bit with a £250 advertising boost for your business up for grabs.

Over the next few months, we will be choosing a Business of the Month. Just send your salesperson the best pictures of your van you’ve bought from us and a link to the Facebook page of your business.

• You must have purchased your van with us within the last 12 months.
• Leave us a review to tell us how happy you are with your van
• The business will receive £250 in the form of boosted posts that should drive a flood of business back to them as a thank you for being Business Of The Month

What are we looking for

1. A great image of your van with YOU or someone who works for you in front of the van
2. The date of when you left a review
3. A story behind your business and why you choose Swiss Vans
4. In return the Business selected will get a great advertising boost
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Pioneer have launched a great new unit that reduces glare and fits in with the trend of over sized screens. Most manufacturer units these days don’t have Satnav as standard as so many people have smartphones which actually work even better via Google Maps or Apple Maps

The unit is £699 + VAT fitted to most of our vehicles. It makes perfect sense for the Mercedes Vito Sport and is equally at home in a VW Transporter Kombi Van.
Add a reversing camera for good measure say another £199 when we are fitting a head unit.
The unit can be split into two meaning it can be mounted in some “odd vehicles” by placing the “guts” and head unit apart

Thanks to its modular structure, the 8-inch SPH-EVO82DAB-UNI can be fitted to cars where this was previously impossible. The new receiver feature DAB+ Digital Radio, both Android Auto™ and Apple CarPlay®, as well as entertainment features such as Spotify®, Bluetooth® streaming, WebLink®, FLAC file playback and more. It’s a great unit for the Citroen Relay Luton Van

 

 

The New Ford Transit Custom Double Cab generally has Sync 3 and Carply anyway so you might not need this product, The Mercedes Vito Lease is so cheap on the other hand you are mad not to go for this product.

One of the most important business decisions a plumber will have to make is which van they will choose to drive. We take a look at vans for plumbers to see which are best for their trade.

A plumber’s job isn’t always in the same place so it’s vital you can get yourself and your key equipment to and from work sites or customer’s homes. To do this, you will want a vehicle that is reliable and has enough space for long pipes. But, you want to do this without breaking the bank.

What we are looking for when looking at vans for plumbers?

• Size – The van for a plumber needs to be able to transport all the tools and equipment which can often include long pipes.
• Efficiency – Plumbers don’t want to be racking up hefty fuel bills for all their travel so we are looking for a van which has great fuel economy.
• Affordability – Value for money is very important in any business so investing in a van will also be important to plumbers. The van needs to be affordable and hopefully hold onto its value when it comes to selling it on.

With all these things in mind, we have identified 3 medium panel vans that could make a plumber’s work life easier.

Ford Transit Custom

Every time you venture out on the roads of the UK, you are almost definitely going to come across a Ford Transit Custom. This is because it is the best-selling van in the country. It is the dream for tradespeople being both practical, affordable and cheap to run.

With the load-through bulkhead, you can fit pipes as long as three metres in the load area – even with the short wheelbase. It is efficient to run, too, with a combined cycle of up to 46mpg so you shouldn’t have to fork out too much on your fuel bill.

Unlike more of the premium vans, you don’t need to pay a wedge to get it while you still get the reliability associated with the Ford Transit name.

Read more about the Transit Custom Transit Custom Limited .

Mercedes Vito

For a bit of prestige about your business for a little bit extra, the Mercedes Vito is one of the best vans for plumbers. The three-pointed star will provide you with a professional image.

But, most importantly, the Vito can provide plenty of space for long pipes with the extra long wheelbase allowing a load length of 2,908mm.

One of the most economical panel vans around, there is a fuel economy of up to 49.6mpg with the Vito that makes it the most affordable to run. If you do a lot of driving in your plumbing work, paying the extra for the Mercedes Vito could be worth it.

Find out more about the Mercedes Vito Mercedes Vito .  

VW Transporter

Arguably the most sought-after van in the market due to its cult status, the VW Transporter can be a valuable asset to your plumbing business. You will have to dig deeper in your pockets for this one though but their popularity means they do hold their value better than their competitors.

Another reliable van with the best German engineering, the T6 model benefits from BlueMotion technology which allows for a return of 47.9mpg. There is plenty of room for tools and pipes with the long wheelbase being just shy of 3m.

The VW Transporter is also easy to rack compared to the others so if you’re prepared to pay the price, this could be an ideal van for your plumbing business.

If you spread the price out into the monthly payments of a lease deal for this premium van, the Transporter can actually be more affordable than you think.

For more information on the VW Transporter, click here.

Vans for plumbers: How to get one?

You need to make a living through your plumbing and you need a van in order to do this. It may not seem easy when you don’t have the whack of money needed to get your van.

But, through finance lease or hire purchase, you can get the van you need to operate without having the whole sum for the vehicle. Through these payment options, you can spread the cost out into affordable monthly payments.

So, you get the van you need to make your plumbing job simple. And, you know exactly what is leaving your bank account every month.

Get your questions answered on finance lease here.

One of Ashleighs favorite vans to sell is the VW Caravelle