To not go on holiday because it's raining all week?

Also - Lappa Valley is good for changeable weather. Little trains/ parks etc but also massive soft play for when the rain comes in!

I would go! I just got back yesterday from Scotland with 2.5yr and crawling 6mo. Was quite apprehensive but it ended up being the best holiday as a family - we checked the weather and went out exploring when it looked driest. Only got caught out once. Then on the one day it was truly torrential I stayed back with baby and husband took toddler to an aquarium (our one splurge)
we indulged in a bit of screen time (films on tv) in early evening. But honestly worked really well.
also - there is a brilliant soft play in Newquay - it’s massive - and we once went there 3 times in a week with toddler during a wet week away.
maybe have the caveat that if it’s awful you come home after a day! But you never know! Good luck!

A five hour drive in the rain with small children??? My idea of hell for absolutely all of you from the start.

We did caravan holidays when we were kids, with large dog too. They could be fun - but being cooped up in a tiny box when it rained especially as we got older and bigger ...

Honestly, if it's going to be that bad, I'd say let it go.

Do the staycation and find out all the things you can do locally (especially free) or within easy reach. Art, stories, exercise, looking at wildlife, exploring your area, and doing the things at home that might be preying on your mind when you're five hours away sound SO much better.

Have fun.

I’d go and probably come home a day or 2 early if you’re not having fun and there are projects to do at home.
3-4 days will be plenty then you get the best of both worlds. I’d travel 7pm-midnight.

I would go and see how you get on. You don't have to stay if it is torrential rain and you've exhausted all the inside stuff.

Honestly just go if you can be bothered baby will be fine in the pram if you are out and about, if it gets too much just go home.

I’d go. It never rains 24/7.

I would go and give it a blast. Take wellys.

I think you should go!
Your 3 year old will love the fun of it and won't care about the weather.
For you, it'll be nice to get away. Just a break from the routine of every day life is so good for you. Just being somewhere different, in a different environment, and being away with your family all together is a real boost.
I've been on plenty of UK holidays where the forecast is rain every day, but we've gone despite the forecast, and I have to be honest with you - it never actually is rain all day every day. Ends up being rain in the morning then brightens up in the afternoon, or vice versa, or doesn't even rain at all. I have been on so many lovely days out with my children on UK holidays over so many years where I'm thinking "The forecast said it would rain all day today but it's not and we're out having a lovely time!" that I now rarely believe forecasts to be accurate!
Take wellies & rainjackets, along with your other clothes, and I promise that you'll end up having a mix of using the pool on site and going out and about.
Plus your children are so little that your days are short because they go to bed so early. So you only need a few hours out each day and that's enough for them.
One of my happiest memories is when my DC were very little on a summer caravan holiday in Devon. I'd zipped them up in really warm thick hoodies, put crocs on them, me & DH put warm jackets on, and we went rock pooling with bright neon little kids fishing nets and buckets, and spent the happiest afternoon with them, hunting for crabs and tiny fish to put in buckets of water. The sky was filled with billows of low down huge dark blue/grey clouds - the forecast had been for torrential rain all afternoon but it was dry and didn't rain at all - the sky actually looked beautiful, and afterwards we took them for a hot chocolate at a beach cafe. They had the best time ever and they still remember the fun of that day now they're older!
So go! But take lots of warm clothes.
Give your 3 year old a fun time.
DIY can wait!
I'd love to know where in the country you're going and which dates?

If its paid and it was cheap enough id probably go maybe cut the week short if it gets too much, holidays are never up.to much with babies but go swimming let your 3 year old go to soft play the kids entertainment, let him run about in the rain i am sure it will be fine.

I would pass up a caravan holiday because I think it sounds like he’ll so firstly a huge no with tiny kids. And then to be cooped up in a tiny space without space to run around or their familiar toys - yes would pass that up in a flash.

stay home, do days out and order in food. Sounds much, much more appealing

Don’t go.

I would research and plan what to do if it's genuinely pissing with rain non stop.

it won't, but it would give me a better idea if it's worth going or not

there is free swimming and soft play at the caravan site.
if they are decent, that's already a good holiday for a 3 year old! Plus the adventure, and being with parents.

I probably would go - or I would honestly not have booked it in the first place.

i personally love a caravan holiday even in the rain and as others have said, the forecast might change while you’re there. if you think you’d get more as a family doing some day trips and you can afford it, you should do it - but make sure you stick to a plan, otherwise you might end up not doing anything at all! And I agree with the poster who says a rainy caravan holiday could be character building 😃

I would go and see how it goes for a couple of days. If you don’t like it, you could always come back.

The forecasts often default to the worse chance of rain too.

Our worst weather was week 2 of a fortnight in Britany when the DCs were 2 & 4. We were grateful for the big tent and were fine.

UK coastal areas can often get mire mixed breaks than inland too.

Where are you going? Cornwall shows showers and sunshine and is windy next week. Same for some of Welsh coast. East coast looks sunnier.
If you're looking at the BBC forecast, each hour shows a predicted temperature and % chance of rain, so maybe for 3 hours there is 30% chance of rain, probably means a short shower. Or the rain clouds may entirely miss where you are, it's just a projection in advance. If there is a large band of rain coming in over the whole country then it's more likely to be accurate in predicting rain.

I’m not sure but mainly because of their ages.
with older kids, 5/7 I would, they’re easier in some ways, bundle up and just make the most of it.
at 3 and a baby I’d not relish the prospect at all!

Where are you going to? In my area (south Devon) it can say rain but in reality it’s a very mixed bag of sun, cloud and some rain. And it’s rare the rain is so bad you can’t go out with a coat etc. it’s something to do with the weather systems and landscapes in my area.

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Go and make the most of it.

Recent weather patterns are unsettled/ showery rather than constant washout, so there should be opportunities each day to go out and not get drenched. Getting damp isn't a deal breaker unlike repeatedly drenched and struggling to dry gear (launderette tumble dryers can be a godsend in worst case scenario)

If it was camping, that would be different as it's cooler and you'd also have the gear to manage after. We have come back early from a few camping trips while the weather allowed for a dry pack saving hours of work drying out at home. When DS1 was 8m, we did a last minute caravan instead of camping as the forecast was unpleasantly wet and windy for a baby in a tent. It was fine for being in the caravan, and we did have some pleasant weather mixed in.

For a caravan, you can take things like DVDs/ player to make it easier in grotty weather too.