Is it bad to send 5 year old to 4 weeks of holiday club?

[Olivegreenstrawberries]

My husband and I don't have family to help out with childcare.

So for the summer I'm thinking that we both take the first and last week off work together so we can go on holiday for one of the weeks and do day trips or staycation the other week. I'd rather this than us take time off at different times and then just do basically babysitting rather than holiday family time.

This means for the remaining middle 4 weeks he would have to go to a summer club. I'm going to choose one that he will enjoy. He's not sporty or crafty so would prefer an outdoors one like a forest school.

I'm feeling bad about this. Do people usually use holiday clubs for so long? Will it feel like he hasn't had a proper school holiday? He would have to go for full days not just school times.

Thanks

My mum used to send me to holiday clubs in school holidays. She'd take a weeks AL at the start, and a week at the end, rest was holiday clubs. Dad didn't take any AL 🙄.
The ones I remember were drama and circus tricks (I'm now 36).
Didn't always love them, but it was better than hanging out with my grandma! Used to make new friends from different schools too, and become closer to kids I wouldn't normally be friends with at school.
I'll send my kids to some when they are older, my nephews also go to them even though mum is at home.

I realise this may not be financially viable, but I take a week unpaid parental leave each summer holiday too to break it up more.

I often have other children around for the day in that week and their parents reciprocate another week.

Personally I wouldn't want them to have to go to holiday club for so much of the holiday, but we do use holidays courses for two weeks each year (two different sorts of activities for which all the same children go all week).

Younger children than that go to nursery 50 weeks of the year because their parents have to work.

It's not the 1950s anymore. You're allowed to have a career. Your child will be absolutely fine.

DD always complains if we pick her up early from wrap around clubs because she's having fun!

Thanks every one.

She'll be fine.
Our holiday club is an extension of after school. So they know the kids and every year come up with a fab summer programme with a equal mix of days out (farm parks, different parks, trampolining) bringing entertainment in (Nerf guns Wars, water fights, circus skills etc)

Honestly she'll be fine.

We do a week off together and then the rest individually with the kids. It’s cheaper and it means more time with them. Even if it’s not all of you.

We took alternate weeks off, most of my friends do the same and use clubs for the minimum time possible. I’d break it up so they have sine down time and maybe mix clubs.