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Hiya there

We had a vey good first camping trip with our four children last month to a fairly local site for 3 nights.We loved it and the kids loved it even more and we are very keen to book another site for a week in the 6 weeks hols.

We were looking at a fab site in Barmouth,Wales,site looks really clean and fab for the kids as the beach is 10 min walk.

Problem is when I came to call to book the guy said pitches take tents upto 7m.We have got the Outwell Hartford XL with front tunnel extension and without adding the extension its 770 by 750. He said it sounds too big and that if we book and turn up and cant get our tent,windbreaks etc and our car on the plot then we will be asked to leave with no refund.

Is it me or is it really hard to find a nice,child friendly sight with electric hook up somewhere near the coast ???

We live in Nottingham so really want to be heading not too far,3 hours max journey I think.

Any suggestions or advice from people who have struggled with pitch size before would be fab.

Thanks for reading

Kelly x

Hi and welcome kellydee to ukcs. We have the Hartford XXL so feel I can reassure you that there are fab campsites out there and owners who do accept larger tents without hitting your pockets! I take our tent, 5 kids, DH, dog, kitchen tent and 2 cars, so our set up is quite a challenge for under £30 a night...but we have and do camp often. You do need to research and I use the campsite search on here as my bible! It's an essential part of our pre-camping prep!! We have camped in Cornwall in school hols for £28 to £10 a night on the Llyn Penninsula. I can't say I've camped at 'park' style places....as most charge double pitches for a tent our size..and that's if they accept them. Next site we are going to try is Waunfawr (Snowdonia) as £18 for a large tent. I always ring to double check as it's a long way to go to be turned away!

Good luck with your hunting! May even see you out and about!!

Your looking in the wrong place for a pub tent try this.

http://www.inflatablepub.com/

Just as another point if you state the size of the tent when booking and whatever else you are taking (trailer, pup tent etc) and he then accepts the booking on that basis he cannot turf you off site without refunding as you have a contract for that size tent and equipment with him prior to arriving.

We have allways stated the size when booking to avoid any confusion/problems.

As site owner he should know what fits and therefore should only accept bookings based on that.

Cheers