The KOMBI Sleepover 2016 Guest List

It's GillianC Abs! 

Excellent, another addition to the guest list. Welcome Gillianc, I'm sure you'll have a great time.

Now, who's next to edge us towards 30?

Welcome aboard GillianC
25 and counting

Let's get the momentum going again guys - who will be number 26?

We have been to every kombi sleepover and they have got better and better year on year and have made some lifetime frends . This is a must do show if you own or want a Brazilian bay

For those of you have not been before it's a great chance to put names to faces chat about our favourite subject....brazibays. It really is a great weekend . Guaranteed fun

Come on members - there'll be no other opportunity this year to get together with so many fellow Brazilian owners. If you've not been to a Sleepover before you'll be amazed at the variety in our vans - you're bound to see something and think, "I can do that, buy that, try that".

Alison and I went to our first Sleepover in 2012 and she genuinely thought the members of the Forum would be a bunch of techy, weirdos. Since then we have loads of opportunites to get together with people we definitely call our friends. I'm not normally a "people person" outside of work but this is such a frendly group that we can honestly say that our lives would be less rich without them.

£75 is a small price to pay for all the entertainment and fun on offer. How else would you rather spend a Bank Holiday weekend? When did you last get a chance to camp at a site that no one else has ever used?

Sign up now and let's get to 30 before the end of the weekend.

Lovely pics and great memories there Abs!

Come on guys and girls the sleepover is under 7 Weeks away and only 25 Kombi's have booked in to date.

Tim and the admin team have been working flat out to put the event on so if you can please sign up and show your support.

If you've been before come again and if your contemplating attending for a first time then stop thinking about it and just do it... We're a friendly bunch honest.

For those of you have not been before, you may be feeling a little unsure about getting involved. You can do as little or as much as yo like . As pointed out in several posts we are a friendly bunch and you will be made to feel welcome. So come on take the plunge and sign up!

The admin team are really interested in knowing if there's any reason why some people have been reluctant to book, for what has traditionally been a very well attended event.

Is it the fact that it's a BH weekend, the cost, the lack of hook ups (which have always been very limited at Sleepovers), because it's not in a traditional site or some other reason? Let us know, we want to help! Send me a pm if you'd prefer your reasons to be less public.

I'm sure those who attend will have a brilliant time as we always do at Sleepovers - if you're planning to come but don't want to book just yet, maybe you could let us know, so we can plan future numbers.

PS: thanks @absinthekombi for 'borrowing' the words from your FB post, I was about to compose something very similar so you saved me some time!

Happy to help.

It would be great to hear everyone's views.

Just a few comments from us, if it helps.

We are from the older age group on the Forum but have been to every Sleepover so far and have enjoyed the company of forum members and 'the trade' who have attended. Looking around other BraziBays for ideas for changes and chatting with their owners has been great. We have liked the daytime activities - sports, auction, workshops, stalls etc.
However we usually use our camper for camping and do not attend VDub Shows. So for us we have attended usually for only part of the Sleepover - concentrating on the elements of 'BraziBay get together' rather than the music, drinking, dancing (perhaps a bit unsociable, but that is just us).

Initially this year the deal was for a four day commitment - granted good value for the price and the entertainment provided.
Now though we have the opportunity to come along for one or two nights only. So less time commitment and a chance to take in just the day-time activities. This gives a better balance between 'BraziBay meet-up' and full 'Show' for those with one preference from these.

Hope to see you all there.
osg

Thanks for your input osg.  Look forward to seeing you there. 

osg wrote:

Just a few comments from us, if it helps.

We are from the older age group on the Forum but have been to every Sleepover so far and have enjoyed the company of forum members and 'the trade' who have attended. Looking around other BraziBays for ideas for changes and chatting with their owners has been great. We have liked the daytime activities - sports, auction, workshops, stalls etc.
However we usually use our camper for camping and do not attend VDub Shows. So for us we have attended usually for only part of the Sleepover - concentrating on the elements of 'BraziBay get together' rather than the music, drinking, dancing (perhaps a bit unsociable, but that is just us).

Initially this year the deal was for a four day commitment - granted good value for the price and the entertainment provided.
Now though we have the opportunity to come along for one or two nights only. So less time commitment and a chance to take in just the day-time activities. This gives a better balance between 'BraziBay meet-up' and full 'Show' for those with one preference from these.

Hope to see you all there.
osg

For those who haven't been to the Sleepover before, I can confirm that it is very informal, and everyone is free to join in as much or as little as they want. We too are part of the older age group and therefore we also don't really join in the music, drinking and dancing (cough)

We've held off booking as our new van isn't due to be delivered until mid June but we're hopeful it might come sooner.

Look people, I know I'm not going this year ( my son is getting married this weekend), and I can appreciate you will all miss me, but as has been said already, everyone is welcome!
This show really is unlike any other get together, it is very laid back, you can 'dip in and out' of any events that are going on, it's less of a show and more of a family party, which is why the term sleepover fits it perfectly.
In the past couple of years we have managed to get almost fifty vans booked in, so come on, come along and see what a great event this is, you will not be sorry.

Sorry we can't make it this year... but we have a longstanding booking on this Bank Holiday weekend in Sussex... but we went to the Sleepover last year for the first time and really enjoyed it. The charity auction was great fun. Don't be put off by the photo lineups..... we were only that close for the photos... the gaps between us were much bigger for the actual camping!
We got lots of tips from other owners and generally had a fun time, joining in with some activities and just chillin on our own at other times.
If you are undecided because of anything specific just ask questions on here and someone will come along to help.
M

Absolute 80's the Radio station of choice at work this morning , just had a blast of The Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)... Gotta love the 80's !

There is a new ABC single out on 27th May 2016  

There's something else 80's happening on that day

One of their best - doo you remember . . .

26 BraziBays now ....... 

27 now and climbing!! 

Wheatypete takes us to 28!!

The Caravan Club rang on Friday to ask us to go to their National Rally at the end of May to regroup with the COTY competitors

Thank goodness the Sleepover is on, so we could politely decline.

Must have been a tough decision though . . .

29!!!!