Do you let your kids sing at the top of their voices outside at 7.30am?

[hiveofactivity]

No? Me neither.
Sadly the family in tent next to us does. All other tents are zipped up with people trying to sleep. Why are some people so clueless?

[grasspigeons]

I find uk campsites get up earlier and make more noise earlier than south france ones. But uk ones go to bed earlier. Maybe that's why everyone has such different opinions

[JaneEyre70]

We were really into the idea of camping, and bought a good tent and all the gubbins to go with it. Two trips, and the whole lot went on Ebay. It was like a form of torture being in close proximity to people with zero manners. The mess in the shower blocks beggared belief, do they allow their kids to act like that at home? As for the noise (late pm and early am) it was horrendous. I don't do "communal" living .

[mamabeak]

On a campsite, in the summer, when it has been light since before five. No, I do not see this as a problem.

Nor, to be honest, would it be a problem in a neighbour's garden during term time/at weekends. If your normal rising time is 7am or earlier, on school days, it is reasonable to keep to that same schedule more or less in the summer/weekends (easier for kids too), and outside is always better than inside, unless dangerous weather.

I would have a problem on a family campsite with unreasonable noise after it was getting dark/was dark, however, at this time of year (after say 10pm). And with rowdy revellers, drunk or not, who make noise after midnight especially.

[PigletWasPoohsFriend]

mamabeak

So you don't have a problem with people making noise earlier when others are asleep yet you do mind people making a noise when you are wanting to sleep.

Righto

[andherplayfulsheep]

Thanks guys you have officially made up my mind that I am never ever going camping. I was stupidly coming round to the idea of giving it a go. No chance now!

[Mittens1969]

TBH, when camping in the past it was the noise late at night that used to annoy me, not the early starts. I never slept late anyway because of the daylight and the fact that I always woke up flipping uncomfortable!

We haven't tried camping in tents with our DDs but we have stayed in caravans. Thankfully they're not early risers, but it surely is good manners to keep your voices down if there are people still sleeping, and parents need to teach their DCs to be considerate too. It's not rocket science.

YANBU.

[hiveofactivity]

Yet more singing this morning....we're going home soon anyway and haven't let it spoil a good week.
Think we might let the kids play out late and put some music on tonight - which we haven't done before - not feeling inclined to be considerate. Most people around us have still been up when we've gone to bed, our kids are still young, we're not exactly party animals.

Glad I don't have neighbours like these at home, wonder if they wake everyone up with a singalong in the garden at 7.30am on a weekend morning at home too. Or maybe it's just their camping tradition

[hiveofactivity]

Andherplayful - yup me too. Nice villa somewhere next year!

[hiveofactivity]

Billy - I'm not sure anyone said it was ok to make noise late at night did they? The late night noise here has been the music from the very nearby bar, guess that's the campsites fault but not the campers?
We've got young kids so no drunken midnight singing for us...though maybe we should

[diamond49]

It doesn't really make much difference noise wise whether they are inside or outside the tent though .keeping them quiet is easier said than done

[5rivers7hills]

I now only stay in adults only campsites.

Far too many pricks let their children scream super early and play around other people's tents tripping up over guy ropes.

Had some ferrel children run between me (in my chair) and the campfire a few years ago. I really told them off about that given the safely implications. Idiotic parents.

[minipie]

I have children who are noisy and wake early. They won't be quiet no matter what.

Therefore, I wouldn't dream of going to a campsite.

[coldflange]

Just another reason why I will never camp.

[Increasinglymiddleaged]

Why does it appear to be acceptable to make a noise returning to your holiday home/ room/ tent late at night, but somehow 7.30 is too early for kids to be out playing?

^^ this. If someone posted that their campsite neighbours were having a party when they were trying to sleep at 11pm they'd be told that was a reasonable time to be up and they were being miserable/ unreasonable. But noise from children is , awful parents not letting the drunks sleep off their hangovers in peace.

That said I wouldn't let a child make unnecessary noise like singing outside at 7.30am, that's just daft lack of consideration.

That said, in terms of UK camping though the last twice I've been the night rules on noise have been strictly enforced after 10pm and we've slept fine. You can normally tell on trip advisor what it will be like and ime the bigger the site the better as these are the ones with wardens.

[Nomoreboomandbust]

Been camping once. All I could hear was the rain and dd wanting the bog at 3am.

Utterly vile never again.

[HattiesBackpack]

7.30 is a normal time to be up and about for me. I'm quite surprised that most of you think it's early!

Dont like camping either.

Do I get 10 points for the most unhelpful post?

[Partypolitics99]

Earplugs are your friend when camping.

[WinnieWonders]

Depends on the age of the kids. Mine get up at 7am every day no matter what I do to try and get them to sleep in. My 4yo would keep quiet but there's no way my 20 month old would understand - if he wants to sing or scream then there's little we could do. Except sit him in the car / go for a walk.

[Pizzaexpressreview]

Seems quite normal on a UK campsite at least. Most of our kids are up having breakfast by then!

[happypoobum]

I don't think I would be remotely surprised at children being out and playing at 7.30 in the morning, it really is not early.