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The big names in caravan holiday parks are currently in a January ‘booking war’, with all the big players offering good discounts for holidays booked before the end of January. Who is giving the best offer depends on where you want to go, and whether or not you’ll be taking »
Dorset has some of the best weather in the UK, and a lot of the area is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Need we go on? We will. Anyone who has visited the county will know that it really is special. Because of the clement climate much »
We’ve been noting over the past year that the ‘staycation’ is on the rise, and this information has not been anecdotal, obviously we do see reports from the odd independent caravan park, but the figures coming through from the big national operators has to date confirmed the rise. There has »
Surfing is getting more popular year on year, and not to miss out on the act Haven Holidays are offering surfing lessons at two of their holiday parks in Cornwall. Lessons? What? Don’t you just paddle out and surf back? Good surfers make it look so easy, but, if you »
If you haven’t booked a holiday park for 2015 you may be running out of time if you want to grab a big reduction on your break. There will be other opportunities to grab a bargain, but bearing in mind the recent year on year surge in bookings we’re guessing »
It’s the 9th of January, and, I’m guessing that there have been a lot of new year’s resolutions made, and severely broken already. January is financially a long month, Xmas debts have to be paid, and the pubs tend to be emptier, so at least there’s a bit of incentive »
Being as staycations are on the rise, we thought we’d take a look to see where they and holiday camps all began, in a brief ‘potted history’. We tend to take holidays for granted, our two weeks in the summer is for those who can afford it an annual ‘given’, »
For those of you who like to leave things last minute when it comes to booking holidays the past year or so has become even more difficult. With a recent huge increase in staycations things are getting even tighter when it comes to getting the dates you want for your »
Hoburne Naish, one of several Hoburne holiday parks added to our website recently has received the the Hoseasons Diamond Award for 2014. That’s enough on it’s own, but this is actually the second year in a row that the park has won the award. The award which is run by »
Butlins have joined the Cut Tourism VAT campaign to have VAT reduced on tourism in the UK. Citing a move to cut VAT as a no brainer, Dermot King M.D. of Butlins is calling for a reduction of the current VAT rate on tourism from 20% to 5%. Supporters claim »