Where It All Began
Our Story
It Started With One Very Wet Night in Scotland
Relive Campers didn’t begin with a business plan. It began on a very wet, very windy night on Scotland’s North Coast 500.
We were camping, the weather had turned, and everything was cold, wet and uncomfortable. Then we spotted a VW campervan nearby. While we were battling the elements, they were inside — warm, dry and able to enjoy the trip whatever the weather was doing outside.
That was the moment.
We realised there had to be a better way to travel, explore and spend time away.
So We Built Our Own
Not long after, we bought a van and decided to convert it ourselves.
We learned by doing it — researching products, figuring out what worked, finding out what didn’t and building a camper that suited the way we actually wanted to use it.
There was no grand plan to create Relive Campers at that point. We simply wanted to build a van we could get away in and enjoy.
But one van led to another.
Friends and family started asking us to help with their vans. More people began getting in touch. The projects became bigger, the knowledge grew, and what started as something we did for ourselves gradually turned into something much more.
From One Van to Relive Campers
Today, Relive Campers operates from our workshop in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, helping customers create and improve vans of their own.
We carry out complete conversions, pop-top installations and individual upgrades, while also supplying parts, accessories and specialist equipment for customers building their own vans.
We’ve also grown into a specialist parts supplier, with a strong focus on VW products alongside equipment from established brands across the camper and conversion industry.
But the way we approach things hasn’t really changed.
We still look at products and conversions from the same perspective we had when we built that first van: would we be happy fitting it, using it and relying on it ourselves?
That first-hand experience matters.
We don’t just sell products from a catalogue. We fit them, work with them and understand how they come together as part of a complete conversion.
And because we started by doing it ourselves, we understand the DIY side too — the questions, the decisions and the occasional headache that comes with building your own van.
Built Around What You Want
There isn’t one correct way to build a camper.
Some customers come to us for a complete conversion. Some want us to handle the specialist work and finish the rest themselves. Others simply need the right part and some straightforward advice.
That’s exactly how we think it should be.
Your Van. Your Plans. Our Experience.
Relive Campers — built from doing it ourselves.
