Holidays!! Anyone been 'glamping'?

[snowboarder]

OK forget Gina Ford, I need a holiday. I'm not generally a camper, but cash is tight. Anyone got any recommendations for a nice uk break in mid June, mum dad 3 yrs and 1 yr. I don't really get how camping works with littlies - basically they both sleep well (ish) as long as they are in their own little beds in separate (dark) rooms...so maybe a cabin style affair?

Thanks :-)

[hazelnunhead]

I am going glamping (a yurt in suffolk) over easter ..... i can send you details on how it was!

[hellosailor]

I was looking on this the other day, I notice a lot of glamping specifies no kids, dammit! Maybe once you've had kids you're not glamporous enough to glamp, :))

[Lochie]

My boss (3 kids) keeps recommending feather down farms for 'luxury' camping

http://www.featherdown.co.uk/

[gebbjane]

When I looked into this last year I couldn't believe the cost - you could go and stay in a nice country hotel for the same price!

[Polly D]

We're going here: http://billycancamping.co.uk/ for a long weekend in June.

Or why not try Owners Direct for UK cottages?

[ClareC]

Your welcome to "glamp" in one of our fields at the new house!

I would second owners direct, there are some great properties and if you holiday outside of high season (school holidays) you can get some lovely places at really reasonable prices.

[snowboarder]

Hmm I've been looking and there are some awesome places - all kinds of treehouses and yurts etc - but I just can't envisage how this would work with very young children - at the moment they both sleep in cots and have never shared a room....and I can't imagine how bath time etc would work (am I being completely anal?!?). Maybe better fun for them when older?

France seems to be where it's at though. This place looks fab!

[ClareC]

There are some great gites in France.

We hired a 3 bed villa with pool from owners direct, kids didn't need to share and we even got an under occupancy discount :)

[Ruth_Baldock]

SB: My friend Steph went glamping with a then 4mo old and 3yr old, and loved it. I believe they went to somewhere in Suffolk (sorry for being vague). Do you want me to put her in touch with you about it all? Here is her blog about it: http://imcountingufoz.com/blog/glamping-474

[canadianlisa]

I've done lots of times pre-kids but also can't imagine it with little ones. I think that although there are seperate 'rooms' in the big tents they are really not rooms and there is no sound proofing. If you could relax a bit about bedtimes then it would ok, but my little girl has a melt down if she gets overtired and I like it when she goes to bed.

I think you would just have to forgo the baths for washes or if your kids are ok, showers. We looked into it in June and I think I have decided that either chalet or a cottage is the way forward at this stage. Mine would be 2 1/2 and a few months old when we are looking to go. Something fun when they are a bigger I think.

[AdaDoom]

Hi this place is run by friends of mine who moved to Dorset from ED a couple of years ago. The vans are really beautiful and Jenni and Kevin are brilliant hosts. Glamping at its best! Highly recommend it.

http://www.happydaysrv.co.uk/

[Krazylady1337]

I always find glamping expensive when you think you could rent an actual property for near some of those prices - much more comfortable - save the glmaping for a naughty weekend away ;-) lol

[AdaDoom]

Happy Days are number 4 in the Guardian list of kitsch holiday destinations.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/travel/gallery/2012/may/23/queen-diamond-jubilee-50s-celebations-pictures?cat=travel&type=gallery