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Park in a pocket is a gamechanger says holiday parks group travel

"Park in a pocket" is a gamechanger says holiday parks group

Holiday Park group's game-changing app

New smartphone technology has allowed a major West Country holiday parks group to offer customers a pocket-size powerhouse with which to fine-tune their stays.

It takes the form of a specially developed mobile app which the group, Coast & Country, says is opening up many exciting new experiences and opportunities for guests.

Using...

Couple return to Dorset honeymoon holiday park travel

Couple return to Dorset honeymoon holiday park

Golden couple mark many happy returns to Dorset holiday park

When Irene and Ian Smale celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary this summer, they knew there was only one possible venue which would fit the bill.

Not only did Golden Cap Holiday Park in Dorset have the perfect name, it was also where the couple spent their honeymoon in June 1972 – and have returned to every...

Lancs holiday park a sustainability champion Moss Wood travel

Lancs holiday park a sustainability champion

Family's holiday park takes a bow at Lancs tourism awards

A family's hideaway holiday park near Lancaster, Moss Wood, has been named as one of the top five socially aware businesses in the North West.

Judges in the Lancashire Tourism Awards included the park in their line-up of top performers in the "ethical, responsible and sustainable" category.

Held this February in...

AA names Britains best holiday park travel

AA names Britain's best holiday park

Family's Poole Holiday park is crowned by AA as Britain's best

South Lytchett Manor holiday park in Dorset has been named by the AA as the UK's top holiday destination for campers, glampers, caravanners and motorhome owners.

The family business beat thousands of other eligible parks to take both the England and the overall British Campsite of the Year titles in the AA's 2021 Caravan...

AA names Scotlands top holiday park travel Brighouse Bay Holiday Park

AA names Scotland's top holiday park

Scottish seaside holiday park is the country's very best, says AA

Southern Scotland's Brighouse Bay Holiday Park in Dumfries and Galloway has been named by the AA as the best holiday campsite in Scotland.

The family-run business near Borgue beat hundreds of other eligible holiday parks in Scotland to the title when it was announced on 11 November.

Awards given by the AA –...

Honour for UK holiday park family fighting climate change The Quiet Site Cumbria travel

Honour for UK holiday park family fighting climate change

Cumbria holiday park is named a hero of net-zero at COP26

A family's holiday park on Ullswater, The Quiet Site, has been celebrated at the recent COP26 climate change conference for its fight against global warming.

The park, in Pooley Bridge, was highly commended for its carbon neutral initiatives, and hailed as a Hero of Net Zero at the UN conference's awards ceremony.

The...

New super pitches at familys Devon holiday park Cofton Travel

New super-pitches at family's Devon holiday park

Devon holiday park makes a pitch for on-the-move luxury travel lovers

The cool image of motorhomes is putting the heat on demand at a Devon holiday park where £200,000 has just been invested in new super-pitches.

Family-owned Cofton Holidays in Dawlish took the decision to create the 48 five-star pitches after holiday demand often outstripped supply this summer.

They will...

Mother Iveys Cornwall holiday park gives no-cost holidays to NHS staff travel

Cornwall holiday park gives no-cost holidays to NHS staff

Padstow holiday park thanks key workers with 200 free holidays

Around 200 lockdown workers and their families will enjoy free holidays this November at one of Cornwall's most celebrated holiday parks, Mother Ivey's Bay in Padstow.

Owner of the family business, Patrick Langmaid, said he wanted to say a massive "thank you" to key workers who are keeping Britain going during the...

Holiday parks Shorefield Country Park new nature challenge Travel

Holiday park's new nature challenge

New nature challenge for park where holiday guests sleep in trees

A New Forest holiday park where treehouse holiday stays are a top attraction is now branching out to ensure it stays as appealing to wildlife as it does to human holiday guests.

Shorefield Country Park in Milford-on-Sea is taking on the David Bellamy Pledge for Nature Challenge which was launched this year across the...

Park Holidays act to help families beat threat of 2022 holiday famine travel

Parks act to help families beat threat of 2022 holiday famine

One of Britain's largest holiday park groups, Park Holidays UK, says that almost 50% of its bookings are now for 2022 holidays – an unprecedented figure for this time of year.

They say the travel surge, which usually begins in December, could mean families struggling to get the holidays they want next year if they don't stake an early claim.

Now, in a move to try and ensure...