Camping: These tips make your vacation easier

2024-08-15 09:40:49

The classic campsite holidaymaker travels through Europe with his own motorhome or caravan – and often has half of his family with him. But there is another way. We bring some choice of free camping holidaymakers to ballast and trouble.

With the rolling suitcase to the campsite

More storage spaces, more luggage. Accommodations on four wheels are nothing short of amazing bags. It’s interesting what classic camping vacations bring with them after getting out of their van or car on arrival day: chairs, tables, lounges, parasols, air boats, tents addition, bicycles, transport racks, gas stoves, pedestal fans, washing up bowls and many foot containers for waste separation. And then all these things from the aerial cable to the pottery to the solar hanging light for the awning.

But more and more campers want to put themselves in this packing effort. He wants to travel light. According to information from PincampThe ADAC camping portal, has now hired many campsite operators in Germany. They offer cars of different sizes on their sites – for couples, families with children, even vacationers with dogs.

These mobile homes are fully equipped, from dishes to cleaning rags. In the awning there is an outdoor kitchen equipped with water and sewage connections, fridge, coffee machine, hob and microwave. This is, for example, in the port of Europa on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn or on the beach of Zempin on Usedom. The most you need to bring with you are towels and bed linen. This also fits in a rolling box.

Your own farm is absolutely necessary for a camping holiday. Everything you need for your vacation, such as bicycles, chairs, water sports equipment and parasols, can be rented on site anyway.

If you find caravans too boring as a rental accommodation, you can also book safari lodges like those in Africa, with sleeping area separated by a line, a bathroom and a kitchen Herbolzheim campsite or in the Ternschersee Seepark in the North Rhine- Westphalia. Camping with comfort is especially popular with families with children.

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Pick-up service for train travel

A great advantage for rental campsites: you save yourself the trouble of traveling to and from a vehicle that weighs tons. Anyone who has driven along the motorways with a car at 80 to 90 km/h and all left-hand drivers have been warned for many kilometers with their car lights to not even think about trying to drive a pickup truck. Truck knows how annoying these trips can be.

So why not travel to camp by train or bus? Especially since this type of travel is not only cheaper and more relaxed, but also sustainable.

On portals like camping.info or Pincamp.de A significant increase in demand for camping sites that can be easily reached by public transport. That’s why the next bus stop is actually indicated on the meter in the directions. For example, some Sylt campsites, for example in Rantum or Westerland, have a bus stop in front of the door.

Many places on the Baltic Sea are also easily accessible by public transport, for example in Kühlungsborn, in Boltenhagen or in Travemünde. Some campsite operators have a bus service; Smaller providers definitely score points here with good service: for example, the camp at Helenesee near Frankfurt/Oder and the Sonnenkap in Uckermark offer an electric train that picks up guests from the nearest train station. .

Shared by Camper-Airbnb

Sharing a mobile camper is also becoming more popular. The concept of private sharing is basically comparable to that of Airbnb: motorhomes or caravans are also offered to other travelers. Regardless of how nice the design of your single and furnished car, camper van or motorhome may be, a residence on wheels actually sits around most of the year between vacations, in a barn or in a garage, but there are also fixed costs.

A survey about the distribution platform yes. come According to this, 84 percent of those surveyed actually only use their vehicle for a maximum of eight weeks a year. In addition, after the initial camper euphoria, there is a sadness. Anyone who has bought a car for a lot of money, for example, feels restricted in their holiday choices. Obligations arose to have to camp for years, so to speak, to carry off investments.

Private sharing is a good choice, especially since the cars are fully equipped with everything you need for camping. Now there are many great sharing platforms that provide services for a fee; Insurance is included. In yes. come There are 15,000 cars in Europe – mainly in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Great Britain and Switzerland. You can rent them privately right at your resort. In the spirit of “fly and camp”, such mobile homes already exist in the Canary and Balearic Islands.

PaulCamper.de offers a good 12,000 vehicles, for example in Germany, Austria, Great Britain and the Netherlands. From 2023 it is also included Alpacacamping.de Private rental of camping vehicles is possible. These are already on farms or forests with private soldiers. In Goboony.de There are also camper vans, for example in Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France and Italy. And after the trip? The vehicle is simply returned.

Vacation in a vacation home instead of in a cabin or motorhome

In France, camping is always different than in this country. Many campsites there are now a comfortable vacation by the sea. People are spending the night less and less in classic mobile campers or tents.

Instead, holiday homes are built on campsites, which, strictly speaking, has nothing to do with camping, although you can still travel there with your own car. “But the share of holiday homes on the sites is already around 40 percent,” said camping expert Thomas Reimann from Pincamp. However, they offer the advantage of being able to rent them, meaning that you can travel light.

Large vacation homes are also popular. Such gatherings include several lodges grouped around a lounge terrace with a pool often booked by large families or mixed families, such as in the village of La Clape in Languedoc or Esterel Caravaning in Saint-Raphaël on the Côte d’Azur.

You enjoy the panoramic view, relaxing activities and socializing on a secure campsite, but at the same time you appreciate privacy with a hotel-like service. Champagne is also available as a welcome.

This article was originally published in June 2023.