to be a bit surprised by how many school-aged children were at Center Parcs last week?

[LifeIsButtercream]

Disclaimer: I know how ludicrously expensive it gets in the school holidays and I sympathise 100% with parents of school-aged children on that score (and I'm not looking forward to DD reaching school-age and having that to deal with!)

......but I wouldn't dream of taking DD out of school just for a holiday, I didn't realise it was so common - there were literally hundreds of school kids there, everywhere you looked, and all ages all the way up to teens.

Please feel free to broaden my mind on this subject!

you'll see loads in January because we have one of our annual HE camps (our group go to Elveden) then :) . I know another HE group who have a holiday there in October.

My dsis is a private school with very long holidays so she & her friends' families often go out of state school holidays but before their term starts or after the end of term.

(it costs us £199 for a chalet for 6 in January which I think is the cheapest week of the year)