REALLY cheap hol wanted HELP!

missk_ensington

Hi All,

I'm looking for a really cheap holiday for 3-4 nights for two adults and a 3 year old in peak season.

I've looked on Butlins/Haven but even they're coming out at £380 for 4 nights :eek:

I wasn't planning on spending more than £100-150 for actual accomodation, my main holiday is a Caribbean cruise at the end of the year whic is costing me a Kings ransom and I'm also planning a few few city breaks, so there isn;t much cash left and I begrudge spending a lot as I've got to pay for my au pair as well.

I wouldn't be adverse to camping, although I haven't got a clue how to put up a tent I'm sure I'd work it out, probably to the amusement of fellow campers. I want a beach nearby, otherwise I'm not too fussed as long as its cheaps and not rat-infested!

Thanks

budgetflyer

http://www.touringholidays.co.uk/ is the camping side of Haven. Its around £180 for a pitch for 4 days starting Aug 1 in West country. Youll need to get hold of your own tent- Argos or Asda do cheap ones. Or maybe borrow or hire one?
Otherwise its Travellodge.
Your budget isnt realistic for much more, peak season.Haven charge £800+ pw for a mobile home in July/aug

Spew

Google Britannia Hotel in Birmingham, online I got a triple room for £39 a night, two of us in one bed (me and the girl) and two other friends on the other beds.

Plenty to see and do, or just stay in the bedroom. £117 for three nights is pretty good, check-in after 3pm, check-out just before 12pm on the last day.

mirrorimage0

hiya i put here earlier about a caravan site i go to, bunn leisure it might be worht havina look i get half price caravans 271 for week with passes included but they do a tent site as well might be worth a ring.. 01243 606080

missk_ensington

Thanks, I've searched some camp sites on the South Coast and a pitch is as little as £10 a night!! Even if it costs me £100 for a tent I'm still only spending under £150 for a few days.

Thanks everyone!! x

wolfwanderer

Hold on a minute ....

Miss Kensington?
Carib' cruise?
Au Pair?

And the only hol' the little un gets is camping at Haven!!!

:rotfl: :rotfl:

missk_ensington

I took him to Malta last summer......not an experience I wish to repeat in a hurry!

wolfwanderer

Seriously though, what about a french gite?

50 quid for the return ferry trip
250 quid for a lovely little cottage in rural France

Stick to Normandy and you don't hit the tolls nor pile up the fuel bill.

You pay more for a place near the sea and a lot more for one with a pool but inland there are lots of fantastic (and free) lakes for swimming etc.

http://www.gites-de-france.com/gites/uk/rural_gites
http://www.speedferries.com/

Here's one place as a guide...

http://www.itea1.com/GDFv3/fiche_gite.php?numero_gite=1142&dpt=76&base=G&id_famille=1&PHPSESSID=9828eef33f36ab0037e3ea985cf2e885

missk_ensington

Yeah that might be a consideration, although I'm very much liking £10 a night camping for 3 nights! :rotfl: And even that I'm fully anticipating to be a stressful, non-enjoyable encounter.

I'm going to take him to Disneyland and Lapland when he's 4-5 but at the moment a trip to the duck pond is an ordeal! I'm not a baby/toddler person at all, a couple of hours with babies leaves me with a migraine and high blood pressure. I much prefer being at work; it's just unfortunate they don't pop out with a school uniform on cos that's be the answer!

wolfwanderer

missk_ensington wrote:

...at the moment a trip to the duck pond is an ordeal! ... it's just unfortunate they don't pop out with a school uniform on cos that's be the answer!

That made my day!
:T

Rachie_B

If you are going to be jetting off on all these holidays later in the yr why not just have a few daytrips in the summer ???

look for the £15 a night Travel Lodge rooms and then have a day out nearby

Rather than cause yourself the stress of camping !!!!!! esp as you havent got all the equipment ?! it will cost you a fair bit unless you beg / borrow / steal it