16 year old and holiday

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We have a caravan holiday booked there's me and 2 of my children aged 7 and 14, my sister and 2 kids aged 7 and 8 and my sister in law and child aged 7 my son aged 16 didn't want to come with us originally but has now changed his mind and wants to come, but there is no room now as sister in law came as he wasn't going. He will be staying with his dad at home so he's not alone but just now feel really guilty as he wants to go anyone else dealt with this?

Is there a camp ground he could stay in a tent?

No there's not unfortunately

perhaps this has to be a lesson in changing his mind and not always getting what he wants…..

Sometimes in life you have to make the right decision first as you can't just change your mind - good lesson in life. If there was room, but you were stopping him from coming to teach him a lesson, that would out of order - but you aren't.

Thank you for your replies I agree that in that it does teach a valuable lesson but as a mum I still feel guilty but there is literally nothing I can do for him to come with us, Dad will take him out for meal etc when we are away.

How many caravans are you staying in? Is there really no room? Can’t some share a bed? Sofa? Camp bed on the floor?

honestly it might be the last holiday he wants to come on, especially a caravan holiday. I would share a bed with my sister or sil or put some of the 7+8 year olds together or on camp beds before I said he can’t come.

There's only 8 people allowed in the caravan and there's literally someone in each bed and in front room on bed sette etc, we are going in Oct just our immediate family (5 of us)

Could you not get another caravan on the same site? He shouldn’t have changed his mind but I would feel bad knowing that he now wanted to go and is being told there’s no room for him.

Id def want my son to come-I’d be delighted even if it is a little annoying he initially says no. I’d try & get another caravan - 8 in one could be a squeeze. If he’s just finished his GCSEs he’s probably just becoming human again after all the pressure and can now get his head round a family holiday.