How far in advance do you book?

[Wondermoomin]

How far in advance do you book if you're camping as one family? What about if you're a group of families who want to pitch next to each other? ...for a trip during school holidays (Summer or May) - all tents - not sure of duration at the moment....

If a ferry is involved I have booked as far as six months ahead. School hols as soon as we have a firm plan if annual leave has to be booked/can't be moved.

Rest of the time when we decide to go, that is one of the lovely things about camping, you can just take off without a plan, phoning a site on the morning if you want to.

We booked a site a month ago for the first weekend in October, just because we want a lakeside pitch for canoeing.

We don't camp in a group so not sure about that but the sooner the better if dates are firm.

If it's just us then last minute is fine.
If we go with our friends, we book in as early as possible - when they open for the season. It's a lovely site we favour and gets very busy.

I book my main summer holiday/May half term camping (one with one other family) early - as early as February sometimes. I spend so long looking at campsites online and planning my camping that I wouldn't want to miss out on where I want to go.