Many Brits Choosing Butlins, Pontins or Camp Sites over Foreign Holidays

According to recent reports, a lot of penny-pinching Brits are deciding to forego their overseas holiday this year – more out of necessity than choice.  Many are packing the family and dog into the car and heading for a UK caravan or camp site.  Old favourites such as Butlins and Pontins are also seeing a surge in popularity due to the current economic crisis.  Devon and Cornwall are always popular destinations for summer beach holidays.  The good old-fashioned British seaside resorts like Blackpool,  Scarborough, Bournemouth and Great Yarmouth have plenty of activities for the kids - if you can keep them from eating too much candy floss, chips and ice-cream!   Faced with rising prices for all the necessities in life and the prospect of astronomical gas and electricity bills looming for the coming winter, many have resigned themselves to a budget UK holiday rather than no holiday at all.   

Those staying in the UK and travelling by car should take out Vehicle Breakdown cover.  You’d have a welcome lifeline if the mechanical gremlins should pay a visit rather than facing the merry-go-round of finding a mechanic by yourself on a busy weekend.

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This entry was posted on Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 at 5:12 am and is filed under Holiday Destinations, Travel News .

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