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I heard they have a 98% occupancy rate so I think it unlikely you will find a discount voucher. We have been quite a few times over the last 5 years or so, but its seems to be getting more and more expensive, even going in 'low' season i.e jan and feb.
I don't think we will be going again for a while at least, just too expensive!
I don't think we will be going again for a while at least, just too expensive!
Beware the weeks just before the school summer hols. We went with a University Student and a 'just finished GSCE teenager" and the place was Full of groups of 'young adults'. I'm guessing that because university breaks up 3 weeks before the schools and the price is a lot less, that they cram the chalets to reduce the cost per person to an acceptable level.
Butlins @ Bognor, seriously. We have been a couple of times now. Stay in one of the hotels (Wave is new this year). Kids (1 & 6) love it, loads to keep them entertained. Can be a bit 'chavy' but over all it is an easy, relaxing, break. We get the inclusive dining package and then use the vouchers to eat in the sit down restaurants, the buffet is ok, but not great. The pub and Turners are actually pretty good!
Put it this way, we won't be going back to center parcs, but will be going back to Butlins...
Put it this way, we won't be going back to center parcs, but will be going back to Butlins...
Thumbs up for the Belgian and Dutch ones. Not hard to get there, cheaper and somehow seems more of a holiday because it's a foreign country.
A couple of them have on-site farms with animals wandering all over the site, ideal for the younger kids. One of them, possibly De Kampervanen (?) has an indoor ski centre.
A couple of them have on-site farms with animals wandering all over the site, ideal for the younger kids. One of them, possibly De Kampervanen (?) has an indoor ski centre.
We went to the one this side of Paris in nov le lac d'Ailette, very nice and supposedly got one of the best water parks. It took just over an hr from Calais and the area is slap bang in a ww1 site so lots of things to see but not many old towns. You could travel to euro disney from there roughly just over an hr.
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