How much would you pay for a week in a caravan?

[Gardenwalldilema]

We really love caravan breaks, dc love all the onsite facilities etc. I usually book cheapies in term time.
Now eldest dc is of school age I was having a look for a week next August, the prices are eye watering!
Does anyone happily pay 800+ for a week? Does it feel good value or do you end up wishing you'd gone abroad?

Yeah.. I also would need to be paid to spend a week in a caravan!!

.. And I’m just 😲😲😲 at the prices people pay, for a caravan??! That’s insane!!!

Last week in august for a 4 berth sea front static in skipsea sands I am paying £550. He never puts his prices up!

We routinely pay around 1k for a 8 berth in peak summer holidays.

Yes I'd rather be abroad frankly but we pay 6k all inclusive for 6 if us two weeks. So it's about the cash flow.

This August we booked early and I'm still winching a bit that we paid 1k for 7 days but it's by the beach so not sure how or where we could really get three beds for less tbh.

It’s never appealed to me at all. I have no idea of the normal rate, but I’d imagine it’s doubled this summer.

Sounds normal for August.

The thing is a static caravan is not much different to having a self catering apartment...it will have a living area, kitchen, bedrooms with an ensuite. Plus you get the facilities at the park ..where we are going this year has an indoor and an outdoor pool and loads of stuff for the kids

I am always astonished at the price of a caravan holiday in the UK compared to a cottage, but never more so than since the pandemic. I am paying £1000 for a four bed cottage in Wales in the summer, minutes from the sea, and in France you can get a gite for that price with ferry included. I have nothing against caravans but don't want to pay over the odds to stay in one!

@MargaretFraggle

I am always astonished at the price of a caravan holiday in the UK compared to a cottage, but never more so than since the pandemic. I am paying £1000 for a four bed cottage in Wales in the summer, minutes from the sea, and in France you can get a gite for that price with ferry included. I have nothing against caravans but don't want to pay over the odds to stay in one!

People are usually paying for the facilities on site....pools, mini golf, restaurants, etc

Yes, good point Comedy Cook. Again though, the sites with facilities in France (often including ferry) just seem better value than the UK whenever I look to book anything. Especially compared with £1000 for a mini break quoted above!

No I wouldn't 'happily' pay that.
I might, if there was absolutely no option to go abroad, book it and resent it.

We paid £89 for 4 nights.

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Nasty

You can get cheaper, haven especially have got so expensive to what they was years ago! It depends on the sites facilities, location etc also standard of the caravan, you can get some really high end ones with verandas, patio doors, en-suite etc so obviously they will be more expensive.

If it's a top of the range caravan on a nice site then yeah it's about right for August
Possibly even on the cheap side..yeah I know £800 is not cheap but you know what I mean

@LemonRoses.. really?? That seems way ott..I can't imagine whos paying that price ..
Madness

Christ; our caravan COST £600! (admittedly it is a bit shit but it does the four of us for holidays)
You’d be better buying one and selling it after.

Zurala we don’t set the fees. Not our choice, but yes, it does offset costs so we don’t have to rent it out very much for it to pay for itself. Is it worth it? Only those who pay that much will know. It’s on a beautiful beach, it’s brand new, it’s a very comfortable three bedroom lodge.

Would I pay that much to rent it? No. I don’t want a holiday on a full site in August. I don’t have need of any of the facilities- limited though they are. We do our bit giving it for free to two young couples struggling to save for deposits. We just want an easy bolthole that pays for itself.

Why are people so judgy about caravan holidays

@Ifailed

I'd expect to be paid to spend a week in a caravan.

Fourteen quid a night, cash, hidden under the cutlery drawer.

That's what my dad 'charges' me, just to cover his running costs. Six berth caravan on stunning Scottish island.

Don't get a static they said. It's a terrible investment they said.

It's never had an empty summer week in ten years and our family couldn't love our holidays more.

We’ve paid around £1400 for 10 nights in Cornwall this year - but for a new 3 birth caravan on a big site with indoor, outdoor pool , kids clubs, beach access , etc I am happy to pay that price. I prefer it to a cottage as we all (family , 2 dcs) enjoy a big site more than a cottage in a village or town.
There’s a big range in ‘ caravans’ - I love them but always book the more expensive range, not the old ones , as they can be a bit grotty.

Thanks for all the replies, even the snotty ones . Horses for courses but we enjoy parking the car for a week, not having to drive to beaches, not having to endlessly think of ways to entertain the dc etc.

I've mostly been delighted with the quality of accommodation for £200 for a weekend or midweek break, but now we're venturing into school holiday territory that £200 break is a distant memory clearly.

I'd prefer a holiday cottage any day. Caravans are too cramped so I wouldn't stay in one unless it was an absolute bargain price.

There's a sweet spot though isn't there. Old caravans can be mouldy and sad, but brand new ones can be sterile and sad.

I don't class any mobile home that lacks built in seating round the end of the living room as a proper caravan. I have a free standing sofa at home, it's comfy but it has no place in a caravan.

We go on a caravan holiday every year and £700-1100 is about normal for a 6 berth for us. That's for a site that has a restaurant, playground and basic entertainment, higher end would have pool/gym and generally be a bit nicer

Board games and a pile of random dvds are another must have. My kid thinks Forrest Gump is a traditional summer holiday film 😂