Hi, I don't know if anyone can help. I'm currently looking to go camping (tent) in the summer to the Netherlands and have found a site which look promising called TerSpegelt but am struggling to find any reviews - has anyone been or could you recommend sites in the region?
Thanks
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TerSpegelt is an ACSI Card site, where the card is acceptable between the following dates: 22/03 to 25/04 and 21/05 to 27/06 then between 17/08 and 26/10, and accepts three children under 6 in the ACSI card rate, so if you can go after the 17th August you could have a very cheap holiday. See here for details.
On the ACSI Card site the review score (from 66 reviews) is 8.5 out of 10, which is pretty good, and the scores for individual facilities are:
Thanks so much for that - I've emailed the site as we are looking to go from 23rd August so looks good but struggled to find out exactly what the cost would be with two kids 13 and 11.
The scores look promising but I am slightly concerned booking our first abroad camping trip without understanding the reviews!!!!!
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You'll pay 16 euros for the pitch, two adults, car and caravan (or tent/whatever), awning, and including electricity. On top of that you pay the standard rate for an extra person, which is not easy to find from their website, as they quote a different rate for several different blocks of pitches. Mention that you wish to use an ACSI card and ask how much you'll have to pay on top of the ACSI Card rate.
You'll probably still find it's worth the saving, and if so, buy your ACSI card on a subscription from the Dutch website (www.campingcard.co.uk) as it's only 9.95 euros including postage.
You can always use Google translate to read the reviews: copy the review, paste it into google translate, and it gives you a rough translation but with such even scores for each facility and an aggregated score of 8.5 I wouldn't worry too much. If there were reviews which gave the site very low scores on some, such as the sanitary facilities, then I would be more concerned.
I thought you might start at the beginning, so here are a few from 2009:
1) Westayed a weekat this campsitecampingwith threechildren aged12,13 and14 years.Itissuper clean,beautifulfieldswithageclassificationforthe children anda great pool.Theplaygroundsare niceforchildren underthe age of12 butat the lakearealsoniceappliances forolderchildren.Youareverywelcomeat the reception andalsothe park orinthe hospitality orretail, everyoneveryfriendly andworking hardtomakeeveryone happy.The only downsideis that forchildrenaged 12 andlittleorganized.There isall dayentertainmentforyounger childrenbut for teenagersthere is onlya fewdays aweekactivity.
2) Wefindthis yourselfthe bestcampingwith kids Wecome hereevery yearwiththe grandchildrenthereisplenty to dofor all agespedalos, kidsplaygroundsdivindoorplaygroundoutdoorswimmingtoo numerous tomentionfor us athick 9
3) *2010 The campground is verychild-friendly,family service,everything youneed: adequateplay areas forthe children,quiet area, goodshopping on site, and so on.The bathrooms arewell maintained andproperlyclean.Especially theplacesaround therowing lakeare recommended.Animationfor adults and childrenis available.Fast foodandrestaurantwith ample choice.Wehavebeen herefor the second timeand will be back!
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