Help me find a holiday in August

[rosalindwi]

So DH has just announced that he has a holiday starting 6th- 15th august so basically a week with some flexibility. I've told him this is far far too late to book anything! We would go anywhere UK, self catered or hotel and budget is pretty good. Us and a child. Any ideas? Are there any websites that post cancellations? We don't want to go abroad.

There will be something but obviously v expensive in hyped up holiday locations.

Do you camp (tent)?

Start with airbnb and vrbo, plug in your dates and bedrooms etc and you’ll find some options. Might not be in your first choice of location, but there will be something especially with a decent budget.

What kind of thing do you like? How many people?

What is your budget and do you like seaside? Country side or both? Roughly how far from rough area will you travel?

Just popped dates into Airbnb and this came up. Looks gorgeous. Expensive though!. Loads to do in Edinburgh and surrounds.

abnb.me/4DoIxmQI1hb

Brighton?

abnb.me/jPWjUILJ1hb

Wales

www.holidaylettings.co.uk/rentals/trearddur-bay/7129258?rSid=bql

Pitched up is normally quite good.

www.holidaylettings.co.uk/rentals/kilkhampton/4853975

Bude

@rosalindwi Have you looked at Sun Holidays? Starting at £9.50pp! There's plenty and only just released yesterday. We got Mon-Fri, static caravan at a great looking site, family of 4 for £90!! We are in Scotland but booked a site in Morpeth just to get away from 'home'.

Oh, you will need 10 codes in order to access the deals, which I can give you if interested

Budget maybe 2-3.5k for a week. We wouldn't include driving there or expenses when there though. We like being outdoorsy ideally and love countryside

3 of us and we don't camp! I mean we could but then we would have to buy all the kit and store it after and I'm expecting. I love the idea of it though! Maybe I should look at renting a camper van.

Try Hoseasons - still have options for August. Go for as high a rating as you can afford. Good for late availability.

The youth hostels have availability. Just put in your dates, select private room and show available hostels only. It comes up with a variety of places

Stratford upon Avon youth hostel has available family room for around £400 for the week

Use booking dot com and set out what you want in the filters, plenty about for your dates

I found quite a lot of availability for static caravans and lodges with the big chain sites e.g. Parkdean and Hoseasons. They're nothing fancy but if you just need a change of scenery they're fine.

Managed to find a cottage... not sure how! Thanks for the ideas folks.

@wineosaurus4 I would really love those codes if you don't mind sharing?

I just got my airbnb cancelled at the last minute so I'm marking my place on this one.

I’ve been scouring Airbnb and have seen the odd thing pop up that definitely wasn’t there before. Some may be cancellations and others seem “new to the market” ie someone’s just realiised they can make a lot this summer!! So it’s worth checking often.

where are you going OP ?

Well, I think we are staying put for now. We do live in a nice part of the world and looking at the options, we'd rather be sitting here in our cosy house than in a caravan or something in a storm....We might try and book something for a couple of weeks time. As my teen said to me, he's rather we had a bit more time to plan where we are going.

I did get an email from airbnb suggesting we booked a house that was 18 times the cost of our original house.