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DawnyC

11/5/2017 at 11:12pm
Location: Sutton Coldfield
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Hi all, how do I search for a campsite that allows vans. The van isn't to sleep in or converted or anything. It's just our form of transport to be able to fit everything in.
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Jim1977

12/5/2017 at 6:50am
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only method I can think of is to find some sites you'd like to visit and then give them a call. That would be the only definite way to know unless their website says anything. Some could be fussy and say yes to a van but no to one with company logos on etc

Johnnie Boy

12/5/2017 at 7:23am
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Mixed views some sites let you on some won't, as already mentioned I always called them first and sent them a picture.
Helps if it looks more like a camper van (side windows bit of bling) and not a bob the builder van.
Caravan and Motorhome club allow them but not all sites have camping pitches.

miss baritone

12/5/2017 at 7:49am
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When you call ask for confirmation in writing that you can take the van. I travelled 5 hours with my 3 year old nephew to my friends wedding in the middle of Wales last October. I booked the site in advance and told them I had a van. Got there just as twilight was setting in only to be told they didn't accept vans. I was disgusted that they were going to turn a single woman with a young child away at that time of day. It was an area we didn't know and we didn't have enough money for a b&b even if we could find one. No other sites in the area either. If I hadn't checked I could perhaps see where they were coming from but I had deliberately checked when booking. Eventually after some arguing and tears from the 3 year old they let me stay as long as I was off site all day and was only staying 2 nights. Trouble was by that time it was pitch black so I had to pitch in the dark. Other campers on the site were lovely though and all pitched in to help me set up

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