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hi can anyone help ,we have 7 chilkdren ,all under 12 ,we have our own minibus used as a daily runaround ( yeah yeah we know )so far we have attempted to book at no less than 12 sites ,wales barmouth ,dorset ,...but they are classing the bus as a commercial vehicle and wont accept our booking ,,do we "not tell them ,and risk being turned away or does anyone know a site ,kid freindly ,near the beach , that accepts large families ( or do we buy a car and smuggle the kids in the boot ) surely if they accept large families ,then they must accept their means of getting to the site  ?

What area and when are you looking for??

if it is only a 9 seater.. it is legally classed as an MPV not a minibus!!! (how i get away with ours lol)

but if more then 9 seats it is a minibus..

but how else are htey expecting you to get there?? i wouldnt say unless asked in all honesty.. unless you have a 19 seater huge m'jobby!

Just read this thread and immediately phoned the campsite in Dorset we are booked into in August.

I informed them that we would be arriving in a 6 seater Transit.

I had checked the site policies but nothing was mentioned.

Thankfully they said it will be fine but the lady I spoke to did have to go and find out.

Apparently it's all about the space a large vehicle takes up between pitches.

I prefer to he honest when booking as i'd hate to be turned away on arrival for something i should have mentioned at the time of booking :)