Craftsman Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Am planning a trip to the southeast of France during the first 3 weeks of July. Early enquiries with various campsites reveal a minimum booking of 7 days. I dont want to tie myself down and wanted to travel around staying 3/4 perhaps 5 nights in a location before moving on. Have any of you found it necessary to book in advance in July or is it the case that space can be found on campsites relatively easily at that time of year? Any advice would be gratefully received. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Main French holidays do not start until the 3rd week of July so you shouldn't have a problem. Never booked a site in France never had a problem even in late July & August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 If you arrive on site by about 3 pm you normally find a place in my experience. I have never booked a site anywhere on the continent in the last 40 years or so - and can't recall being ' turned away ' on more than one or two occasions. Might be an idea to have a second preference site in mind. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 relax mon...Its still not high season :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Ditto :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 If there's a particular site - or type of site - that you've set your heart on, then book by all means, and take the hit of paying for days you don't need. But personally, I wouldn't. Like the others, I hardly ever book ahead. But then, we're quite happy to spend a night on an Aire or in a car park if necessary, because the places we sleep aren't what our holidays are about. We're also in France Passion, which doesn't allow for any advance booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barryd999 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I suppose it also depends on where in South East France. If its inland in some sleepy part of Provence then you will have no problem. Also plenty of good Aires down that way and many are free. If its St Tropez or Nice on the coast then it will be busy and expensive but you will find places.. Even the Aires can be well over €10 and most are crap. Personally I don't like the French med coast that much. Bits of it are ok but inland has so much more to offer. I certainly wouldn't book anything though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craftsman Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 I love this forum! Thanks to you all for your advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBW Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 We shall be travelling to the South of France in May. As a lot of camp sites are installing 'Cabins' we have found our favourite camp site has been full the last couple of years, so the owner has suggested we book to ensure we have a pitch. The installation of 'Cabin Holidays' we have found is now a problem for overnight stops in the South. Aries, etc, is not an option for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 It will help you if you have a wide choice of ‘Campings’ preferably held on your GPS i.e Archies ( http://www.archiescampings.eu/eng1/ ) but also Municipals (http://camping-municipal.org/ ) and the ASCI sites (http://www.campingcard.co.uk/gb/en/europe/ ) . or FFCC (http://ffcc.fr/ )And for AiresI-camping-car (http://www.i-campingcar.fr/accueil.htm)GPS Passion (http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30654) I found that in Cannes anyway the Campings provision for Campingcars was very crowded even in February and an aire would have been a better option.PS If you have never experienced Aires try parking on Exmouth sea front tho there are no services there :-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyishuk Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 You will not have any problems if you start looking in the early afternoon. Be aware, that when a Campsite says it is 4 stars, this means anything from a campsite having disco and boy bands on stage, down to a camp site with an inflatable pool ! (Last resort because the main pool had a bad leak !) So read the guides with care, and try and read between the lines ! The Caravan Club French campsite book has reports from members and is a good guide to the truth. for about a tenner, worth its weight, and you don't have to be a member to buy one. Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 The Dutch web site Zoover has reviews of campsites all over Europe....from ordinary folk so reasonably reliable if you cross reference a search. http://www.zoover.co.uk/campsites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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