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Hi, we are over in the UK to work for the summer, and thought we'd be able to stay in our caravan.  BUT we hadn't realised there is a maximum stay of 21 or 28 nights on caravan sites AND some sites refuse to take people who are working.  Why is this - there seems to be a bit of snobbery about it!  We are in the Surrey/Middlesex area - does anyone know a site that accepts people who are going to work during the day?

I'm sure there are sites that would accept you, it's just a matter of trawling through the lists on here and ringing them up, it might be better to go and see them in person.

As suggested above, you might have more chance with the smaller sites, perhaps you could find 2 or 3 sites that would be happy for you to stay for a month, then alternate between them.

                                                    Sue

I don't understand what difference it makes to a site owner whether a person is leaving the site to go to work or leaving the site to go to a theme park. Do they consider someone working for a living is dragging the standards down or something. I don't think I'd tell them.

I think the limit on how many days you can remain on a site is something to do with planning permission. No doubt someone will correct this if I'm wrong.

BB

It could well be a planning restriction. A touring site license is just that a place for touring caravans to stop, not to provide a long term residence even if it is just for a couple of months. Would it be a really big hardship to change sites every three or four weeks?

David

Den

we stayed at a C & CC site recently and they had a couple of workers staying on site but it was low season

have you tried ringing the C & CC sites to see if it is an option?

We stayed in Dunvegan last Sept and had a couple of vans behind us that had workers in them never heard them get up in the mornings.

hope you get sorted

Jane

Thanks everyone for your replies.  Although no-one seems to know of a site in this area, I'm a new member to this website and forums and really impressed with the number of responses!

(looks like we'd be better off in Southampton !)