And it was relaxing (kind of). Last few holidays have been a disaster because ds1 freaks out when meant to sleep away from home, refuses to go into houses wants to sit in the car. So we decided to try a campervan holiday- hired one- and it was great.
He went to sleep by about 9pm every night and slept though until 7/8 (compared to last years Eurocamp where he screamed between 8pm and 11-12 every night) No waking up screaming. Had his own toilet so no worries about trying to get him into public ones.
He wasn't too odd in the campsited either. Got a few funny looks when he was sniffing people's car boots etc but didn't have to have the "sorry he's autistic" conversation at all.
Had a fleeting moment of sadness when I saw a family with 2 boys about the same age as ds1 and ds2 eating out in a restaurant - both boys were kind of leaning onto the table and they were having a conversation- but despite sepnding a day a bit obsessed about wanting to eat in a restaurant/pub whatever got over that!
Ds2 enjoyed himself as well- which was nice as ds1 often limits what we can do.
Now we just need to try and scrape together som cash to buy one (we have a holiday to in-laws planned this summer so will soon see whether ds1 is just getting better at holidays or whether the van made the difference).