Staycations are becoming ever-popular, and with spring around the corner, motorhomes and caravans across the country will soon be out on the roads again. Whilst these home-from-homes continue to gain demand, it will unfortunately lead to a likely rise in stolen vehicles.

In 2022, Global Telemetrics were responsible for the recovery of £38.6m worth of vehicles. Fiat Ducato motorhomes were the 3rd highest recovered vehicle of the year, making up for over £1m of recoveries. Other motorhome and Caravan brands such as Auto-Trail, Bailey and Adria also appeared on the list, accounting for almost £800k of recoveries.

Motorhomes and caravans offer high value targets for thieves across the country. In 2023 alone, we have already recovered £270k worth of motorhomes and caravans, thanks to our SmarTrack devices. At the beginning of February, in one of our record recoveries, an Auto-Sleeper Broadway was recovered within 6 minutes of the theft being reported.

Global Telemetrics work alongside a dedicated Auto-Crime Investigation Repatriations Team, to recover these stolen vehicles. When a customer’s vehicle is stolen, the team will liaise with the police, locating the vehicle and moving it to a secure location until the customer arrives to claim it back. Through this process, Global Telemetrics offers quick and safe responses to theft situations, easing pressure on policing, as well as keeping the customer safe.

A common misconception is that keeping motorhomes and caravans in storage, or supplying them with alarms alone, will be enough to keep them safe. For a number of owners, this may indeed be the case, however each year, Global Telemetrics recovers alarmed vehicles, as well vehicles stolen from storage yards. Oftentimes in these cases, the customer does not even receive notification from the storage facility for a few days! At the end of last year, we released a blog, looking further into this issue. You can read it here

To protect your Motorhome or Caravan we offer a range of Thatcham approved devices to fit your requirements.

SmarTrack S7 Protector Pro Global 

• Battery tamper and low battery level alerts
• Movement alerts
• Monitored 24/7 by our Secure Control Centre.
• Low power consumption tracking device
• Free Android / Apple App for location and battery monitoring

SmarTrack S7 Trident 

• Battery tamper and low battery level alerts
• Movement alerts
• Monitored 24/7 by our Secure Control Centre.
• Low power consumption tracking device
• Free Android / Apple App for location and battery monitoring
• Full online account to view present and historical location and journey information

SmarTrack S5

• • Battery tamper and low battery level alerts
  • Movement alerts
  • Monitored 24/7 by our Secure Control Centre.
  • Low power consumption tracking device
  • Free Android / Apple App for location and battery monitoring
  • Full online account to view present and historical location and journey information
  • PLUS Driver Detection

Upgrade to S5+ which allows for remote immobilisation on police request or for Ultimate Protection, the S5+ Immob, which has immobilisation through our Driver Detection cards. With this product, if your card is not present and switched on in the vehicle, the vehicle will remain immobilised.

For Caravans we have the SmarTrack Caravan S7.

SmarTrack Caravan S7 

• Battery alerts
• Movement alerts
• Monitored 24/7 by our Secure Control Centre.
• Online monitoring information and report creation

All of our devices come with a geofence feature as standard, which allows users to set-up a user controlled area of significance around their vehicle. Users will then receive a notification through our GTE Track app, whenever a vehicle exits and enters the geofence.

All of our devices allow for an aftermarket alarm to be connected to the tracker which will alert our Secure Control Centre when triggered.

To protect your assets, further information on the products we provide can be found on our website https://smartrack.uk.net or by giving us a call on: 0800 279 6401 or via email at: sales@smartrack.uk.net

You can also find all of our social media channels here: https://linktr.ee/globaltelemetrics