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08/5/2020 at 11:41am
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Yep Angie, the planning is all part of the fun, for hotel overnight stops in France at least, we always use the “Premiere Classe” budget hotels, last year we used five of them, and they averaged out at £30 per night including breakfast, and we would always book those with a Campanile hotel/restaurant in the same grounds so to get 15% discount of the evening meal should you choose to have one, in fact breakfast would some times be at the Campanile for the PC price, just more choice than what the PC breakfast offers.
“Premiere Classe” are great for an over night stop, we have used the others like B&B and Formule 1, these type of hotels are not everyone’s cup of tea, but they are often close to the autoroute and make for a hassle free stop over after a long days drive, which for us is usually between three and four hundred miles.
Back in the day, we would also pack a small back packing tent, and use campsites along the way, but that was long before these budget hotels came onto the scene.
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08/5/2020 at 1:15pm
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Welcome to UKCS!
When I started to go camping in 2005, I found the C&CC website had loads of useful information and advice.
My kit had evolved through the years based on changes in circumstances, needs and comfort level.
My final upgrade on my kit was in 2012, except for the tent which was upgraded in 2016, and am switching to a camper van later this year due to changes in circumstances again. It will be sad to part with some of them, like the SIMs, camp bed, the tent and the trailer, however, they will be surplus to requirement.
My advice would be not to go overboard with spending too much on equipment, to spend more on the tent by visiting as many tent shows and exhibitions as possible in person, making a list first of your wants and needs in a tent, such as size and height of the living area, number of berths (remembering the general guidance is n-1 for comfort where n is the number of berths as stated by the manufacturer), cooking preferences, types of camp sites and facilities required (e.g. EHU or no EHU), and how many seasons you are planning to camp, as the kit and tent for fine weather camping is different to the one for camping in the colder months.
Good luck, and enjoy the planning/buying processes.
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