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hi

its so hard deciding where to go camping even for a 4 night break i cant think. Ive trawled through loads on here & still cant decide. even if you narrow it down to, play area, beach etc its still so hard aas theirs so many nice places. .. how do you choose ??

 We spend a lot of time thinking about it but always end up going to the SW coast, I love to be by the coast, but this year we a spending a few days in Tewkesbury, then moving on to Chipenham for 4 days, both sites look lovely. We are then going to Weymouth for a week, Dorset is my favourite place.Last year we went to Devon and Cornwall, so we do like to make the most of our two weeks, we don't like to stay for more than 4 days usually..but we always make an exception for Dorset as there are so many lovely places to go. I hope you find somewhere nice and you are happy with it,,I hate it when the site does'nt live up to your expectations, Happy browsing..it took us about a month to sort ours lol 

    Rosie

I haven't given this year's main holiday a thought yet, just  hoping that we can get away.
All being well we are going away for three nights next week, and even that is a dilema - although I am almost sure that it will be Clitheroe C&C club site.   Nice site, if necessary next to Clitheroe baths, and as I know the area, I can take the kids to places like Pendle Hill.
The part of me wants to go to Wales - possible to an all singing all dancing site.   Or then again possible Derbyshire.

I think that the final decision will be made next Tuesday when I frantically try and find a site that has spaces for the next four nights.

Last year I had narrowed it down to about three sites, when Richard decided that he wanted to go to one which he'd been to as a child.   It was great, because it had an indoor pool, which we used a couple of times, and the play area was close to our pitch, which meant that I didn't have to go with the kids, as I could see them from where I was sitting outside the tent.

I think that in the end I just make a snap decision and stick to it.

We're quite random when we choose somewhere to stay but other peoples reviews always help if im spoilt for choice.

 People always give an honest opinion, good or bad in the review section so a couple of real good compliments about a site usually swing it for me  

new years day, with a hang over, glass of 'hair of the dog', searching through UKCS

plan all our trips for the year then

I choose by looking for :-

Dog friendly site with a dog walk where they can go off their lead.

Dog friendly pub in walking distance, even better if there's a small village.

A site with a good, clean toilet block preferably with a bath.

Price that doesn't break the bank.

That normally narrows it down considerably

My first consideration is who's coming, because it can work out very expensive. 

If all the gang are going (6 of us) it is cheaper to book with sites who charge a pitch fee for up to 6 or even 8 people.  Haven sites do this and although me and OH are no big fans of Haven, at certain times of the year, their 'up to 6/ 8' price including entertainment passes can be hard to beat.  At the May Day weekend, we paid £60.00 for four nights for 6 people. This worked out at £2.00 per night per person. The dog was most expensive coming in at £3.00 a night, but it was still very cheap considering what you get, very good value for money.  I can't consider sites which charge extra when more than 2 people are camping, as it just works out too expensive.  Some sites charge an extra £5.00 per person per night and then another £5.00 per night for an extra car.  It just gets too expensive. 

If it's only me and him, I prefer countryside with nice walks, he prefers beaches, so we take it in turns where to visit.