But George Mismirigo cannot stay where he wants.
Mr Mismirigo, 78, has been suspended from the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association for a year, a suspension he feels is unjust and unfair.
However, the association is standing firm and says the process set up for complaints has been worked through and the suspension will stand. It also said there was always another side to the story.
A former Swiss national, Mr Mismirigo has a postal address in Paraparaumu but has been on the road for more than 20 years, and a member of the association since 2007.
He had spent a significant amount of time in the South in his ute and 8m-long caravan.
He had enjoyed staying at the association camps over the years, but that had been soured by events over the past 18 months.
In January last year he was on a fishing trip and wanted to stay at the Manapouri camp.
"As I entered the camp, I was flagged down by the custodian who told me that I was not welcome there and to move on and never come back," he said.
Mr Mismirigo said he was accused by the custodian of an assault at the camp the previous month and also of not paying fees.
"I told him he had the wrong person. By this point I left the camp to avoid not getting further stressed out."
A few days later he called for an ambulance due to the stress from the incident and said the incident could have resulted in the "gravest of consequences".
He laid a complaint with the association but nothing was done.
Then at Christmas time last year, he entered the association’s Te Anau Camp.
He set up camp but started to feel unwell, going to the doctor who told him he needed to stay put for more than two weeks.
But the association’s limit was a maximum of 10 nights staying at any one camp.
Thinking the limit could be ignored given he was unwell, he found no favour with the camp custodian and he was urged to move on. He went and got two more doctor’s notes, saying he could not travel far but still made no progress with the camp.
After 23 nights at the Te Anau camp he left, having been told he had outstayed his welcome and a year’s suspension from the association was being sought.
It duly came through, and he could not stay in any association camp throughout the country.
He appealed, confident they would see his side of the story. But the association would not budge and the suspension stood.
"I can’t stop thinking about it. I feel it is petty and unfair.
"I can’t believe the association has been so heavy-handed to one of its senior members."
Association chief executive Bruce Lochore said he was conscious of not breaching Mr Mismirigo’s privacy rights, so could not talk about the details of his suspension.
A complaints officer assesses the complaint and takes it to a committee, if it decides it needs to be referred. The committee makes a decision which can be appealed.
"When people are telling one side of a story, there is usually another side to it," Mr Lochore said.
