Camping - Independent

Specialist Reports Holiday by Accommodation Camping - Independent Booking Services 

Alan Rogers Direct

Spelmonden Old Oast, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 1HE
(01580) 214 000

Designed as a one-stop shop booking camping pitches and mobile homes only at sites featured in the well respected guides. Ferry crossing are included in the price.

Camping Cheque

Spelmonden Old Oast, Goudhurst, Kent TN17 1HE
(01580) 214 002

Booking service for pitches at 575 three, four and five-star sites in 22 countries with a voucher scheme valid in low season.

Eurocamp Independent/Sites Abroad/Touring Cheques/Select Site Reservations

Hartford Manor, Greenbank Lane, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 1HW
0844 840 440

Eurocamp Independent
Covers reservation of ferry crossings and sites at 85 sites in nine European countries featured in the Eurocamp ready erected brochure, designed for holidaymakers with their own tent, caravan or motorhome. The sites also feature in Eurocamp's ready-erected programme and clients are entitled to use the same facilities as those in ready erected accommodation, including the children's courier service and clubs. For more detail see the Eurocamp entry under Ready Erected operators. Prices for 12 nights in mid-August are around £385 for two adults and a car.
Sites Abroad
(0870) 9040 030

A similar service offering reservations for 150 sites, catering to the more seasoned camper with sites with a slightly more local feel. Prices for 12 nights mid-August are around £395 for two adults and a car.
Touring Cheque
(0870) 3667 828

A low season ‘go as you please' low cost voucher programme for 119 sites in eleven European countries, some of which feature in the other two programmes. Each £10.25 voucher covers a pitch with electricity for two people with a car and trailer, caravan or motorhome. An all-inclusive price for 10 site vouchers and return Dover-Calais ferry crossing for two plus a car is from £249. Dates vary from site to site but the programme generally operates April, May and June, plus September and October.
Select Site Reservations
Hartford Manor, Greenbank Lane, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 1HW
(0844) 4069 876

Booking service to 11 countries including ferry, insurance, and overnight hotel stops. Booking staff can make recommendations based on requirements and there is a list of sites with recommended children's clubs during the high season. Do not only give details on on site facilities but also the proportion of fixed accommodation units, and whether the site is used by tour operators. It also details pitch sizes and compiles a top 20 sites for customer satisfaction, based on questionnaires returned by the previous year's clients..