Friday 11 May 2012

Holland 2012, Why?

Why Holland and why a Mobile Home and not the Van?

We had already made the decision at the end of last year's September holiday in France, to book something very similar for 2012 and have booked with Siblu again for this year. Again we will be taking the car but we did not use Tesco vouchers this time as we got a very good deal anyway.

Then one day in Jan or Feb, I did something unusual, I opened an email from Tesco, I would usually just delete them but this one caught my eye. It said "latest clubcard deals", I opened it and found an offer for a one week holiday with Thompson Alfresco, in exchange for £50.00 in Tesco vouchers. I had £50.00 in Tesco vouchers, so we looked to see where we could go, the answer was, all over Europe but to keep the cost and driving down to a minimum, we chose Holland.

After some though and calculations we then chose the longer more expensive ferry crossing, from Hull to Rotterdam, all in all not much difference in total cost. Although with a 760 mile saving in driving, the overnight ferry is much better for me.

Next we added young Ralph and Amber to the booking for no extra cost but in the end, changes to plans and ferry bookings did add another £70 or so to the final bill.

The Duinrell campsite in Wassenaar, is very large with a water park and funfair so there should be plenty to do if the weather is as poor as it is forecast to be.

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