Is there any ethical way to go on holiday to Cornwall WRT the housing crisis?

[MonChoufleur123]

Husband wants to go to Cornwall this summer and stay in a holiday let. I'm aware there are huge problems for local people with all the houses there being bought up for holiday homes and a shortage of affordable housing. Is there any 'ethical' way to go and stay in Cornwall without being part of this problem?

Could you camp maybe?

Caravan park? Hotel?

Stay in a hotel or a B&B to support local businesses owners or you could hire a lodge on one of the holiday parks which employs local people.

Yes hotel, B&B or holiday park.

Just go and stay in a holiday let. Like the thousands of others that do. If you eat and shop locally while there you are helping their economy. Much of Cornwall relies on tourism for its income. It's a beautiful part of the country.

Caravan park, lodge park or a hotel would seem most obvious.

Agree with others caravan park or hotel would be far better ethically.

You can still support the local economy without having to use housing built for locals.

We dont have a tent so camping isnt a possibility but would love any recommendations of holiday parks where local people are employed and/or profits are reinvested locally 😊

Yes, it is a beautiful part of the country. Such a shame that so many of the people who are Cornish born and bred can't find somewhere affordable to live.

Caravan park, holiday park, camping, hotel, B&B...

Loads of bespoke options which aren't Air BnB or a home being used as a holiday let.

Actually, a room in a home on Air BnB is also ethically great.

Look at Cornwall Travel Positive, lists cottages that support the local communities

I don't live in Cornwall but am in another popular tourist area and quite a lot of farmers round here have diversified into tourism with things like camping pods, purpose built holiday lodges or conversion of outbuildings into holiday homes, so not properties that would ever have been for permanent occupancy. When we go on holiday elsewhere I tend to look for places like that, and, if possible, to book directly with the owners rather than via a third party booking agency.

Why is a hotel not the default choice?

I don't know people are so obsessed with renting air b.n.bs - why go on holiday and then spend a good chunk of the time cooking, washing up etc- why not eat local food in local restaurants- and of course all the cleaning you have to do at the end to avoid a fine or non return of deposit. It's really weird.

Because my children are too feral to be in a hotel 😂

We spent a tidy sum on a cottage in Cornwall for a week last summer. The weather was rubbish and the drive there took forever. Never again.

Wow, amazing that you’re thinking of this. It doesn’t get mentioned often outside Cornwall. Can recommend YHA’s for a stay. The one in Boscastle is right in the harbour and there are often other children staying to have children mix with.

There are a few nice holiday resorts depending on where you want to stay. Gwel An Mor for example has lodges but if you Google lodge holidays in Cornwall you will eliminate most of the second home options that cause the most problems.

Converted buildings on farms?

For me, its the lack of somewhere to relax in the evenings when the children are in bed.
I'd go for a locally run holiday or lodge park.

You don’t need a tent! There are loads of posh glamping sites with yurts, huts, airstreams etc to stay in.

We stay at a lovely lodge park for this reason.

If, as you suggest, your children are a bit ‘lively’, then a static in a holiday park could work out well. There’ll be plenty of outdoor space for them to be as lively as they like and there’s usually lots of other kids at such places for them to pal up with.

Many people (most?) who stay in holiday rentals will eat at least a few meals a week out in local restaurants and many hotels are owned by large corporations rather than local people. The main reason for a cottage is to get the extra space rather than spending a week in one room. Obviously a holiday lodge works as well as Air&B in this respect.

www.campdelankcornwall.co.uk owned by locals, fully set up glamping pitches, Cornish ready made cocktails delivered to your tent

Lots of people prefer self catering for different reasons. Cost, flexibility and privacy mainly. For us, having offspring with multiple and potentially life threatening food allergies, eating out for every meal would be a lot more stressful than self catering. Now the DC are grown up DH and I stay in hotels a bit more often but self catering was much more convenient when they were young. A hotel with 3 young children generally meant 2 rooms with an adult in each and having to go to bed when they did, and with 3 teens we needed 3 rooms which is extremely expensive in a decent hotel. You can get some very nice self catering accomodation for that price, everyone gets their own space, you can go to bed when you like and eat what and when you like. And of course there's nothing to stop you eating in local restaurants when you're in self catering accommodation.

Stay in a hotel. Holiday let’s take the spirit out of a place - you’re just in a tourist toy town.

Hotels are local businesses employing local people.