LIST OF CAMPSITES THAT ARE USUALLY IN NEWSPAPERS

gumbo_3

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND A LIST OF THE CARAVAN SITES THAT ARE USUALLY IN THOSE £9PP/WEEKEND OFFERS IN THE PAPERS. LOOKING TO BOOK AS MANY WEEKENDS AWAY AS POSSIBLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WITHOUT IT COSTING THE EARTH...ALSO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OF SITES THAT ARE OK.

DON'T PLAN ON USING THE SITE FOR ANYTHING APART FROM SLEEPING THOUGH

tiff

I dont have what you're looking for, but how about going on rallies. I am a member of a camping forum, they go on rallies all over the country, all at different prices but some of them I have seen E3.75 per night (without ehu), another one I plan to go to is £4.75 per night without ehu.

You can find the board here http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/ scroll down to the Rallies/meets forum.

penny_pinch

Gumbo
I think you are talking about the £9.50 holiday promotions that the Sun newspaper runs about twice a year.This usually involves collecting tokens and making list of you preferrered parks in your chosen region. :)Having been on these holidays a few times my experience is that they can work out quite expensive.In the majority of cases you have to pay for entertainment passes,linen,heat and sometimes other charges.these little extras add up .Not nearly as much of a bargain as it sounds!

penny pinch
(very newbie moneysaver)

chalky_bertie

No list but theyre are quite a few in Yorkshire Coast but in reply to above post when we use them we say NO entertainment passes and no linen - we'll bring our own so it nearly ends up at £9.50 but when there is only 2 of you it doubles to make it £19 each. (£9.50 is for 4)

frizz_head

I'm with penny pinch on this one. Did one earlier in the year and what seemed like a bargain to begin with ended up costing more that we would have hoped. You have to include enternatinment passes (per person per night) linen hire (per person per night) heating (per person per night) - you get the picture. You are better off making a note of all the companys that The Sun uses, Haven/British Holidays etc, and keep checking their websites for late availability. We worked out that we could have saved over £100 if we'd booked our break as late availability, simply due to the fact that you pay the one price with no hidden extras.

jellyhead

if you don't want the entertainment passes you don't have to have them. you can't get into the pubs/caberet/discos/arcades/bowling/swimming pool etc. without them but you can still use the onsite shop if you need to, if you say you'd only be using the place for sleeping then you can easily say no to the entertainment passes, you just call them or cross it off the invoice when you send them you payment for electricity.

electricity costs vary from site to site, we usually pay around £4 per night. you can't say no to it.

linen charges are extremely high. you could take your own sheets, duvet covers and pillowcases. i think the duvet and pillow is in the van and it's just the covers you pay for. we are usually offered linen for around £9 per break (it's either a 3 or 4 night stay) but it's just not worth it. maybe if you're travelling by train etc. and can't carry your own linen in your suitcase you'd like to hire it but we never do.

the £9.50 each figure is based on 4 people sharing a van. you have to pay £36 minimum if there are less than 4 people in the van. most vans are standard 2 bedroomed vans even if you have 6 people staying, the sofa will fold out to sleep 2. there will be a double bed in one room. if there are 5 or 6 of you there needs to be at least 2 people who can share a double bed

the breaks are either friday night to monday morning or monday night to friday morning. you can't get in until 4pm unless you pay extra for a van upgrade and you have to be checked out by 10am on the last morning. you will be offered upgrades to vans with extra rooms and vans of a higher standard. these all cost per person per night. if any of you are asthmatic and need a van that has not had any dogs in it you'll have to pay the extra for a higher standard van, pets are welcomed in the economy vans. they also don't usually have heating apart from a gas fire in the living room, if you're going in summer this may not matter. silver or gold standard vans will have radiators in the bedrooms.

you'll also be offered extensions to your stay, to make it into 7 nights if you pay double. they will charge you double for the linen but you won't be able to change it during your stay.

we've been on lots of these holidays but once you factor in the extras it does work out better to get a late deal. late deals aren't always available on the date you want them though or they are on the more expensive vans rather than the cheap ones. we always try to get a coupon holiday for the dates when the kids are off school and more than half the time we're successful.

anyway, the list will appear when they run their next promotion. they do it in the sun and also in the mirror. both papers use mostly haven or british holidays caravan sites but do include smaller ones too. we once stayed in a small block of flats in wales that had a pub and a covered swimming pool.

you have to list a choice of 4 caravan sites in order of choice and also 4 dates in order of choice. if you put less than 4 dates i think it says they will be processed last. there's also option to say you'll accept anything, or anything in a certain part of the country. you have to send your £36 (or more if there's more than 4 of you) cheque along with your coupon and they cash it when they allot you your holiday. you can't get your money back if you don't want the allotted holiday date or location so don't put anything you wouldn't like to be offered!

when are you planning on going? could you take a tent instead? lol!