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We are new to camping and my husband in the summer wants to go on the euro tunnel and travel around france stopping in camp sites without booking in advance any advice because i am a bit sceptical

Susan

It should be perfectly posible providing you don't expect to stop at the popular all sing all dancing sites where you really do have to book. If you follow Stormcrow's advice I think you will be OK.

David

Hi Susan

We camp in France every year and have tried it both ways - booking in advance and finding something when we get there. 

If you are travelling during the peak holiday season in France, which is really the last 2 weeks in July and most of August, you may find it difficult to get into a good site if you haven't booked.  Last year we had no sites booked and travelled around a bit.  We stayed in 5 sites over a 2 week period and to be honest, only one of them was good.  Two of the others were OK and two were really bad, we only stayed there one night!

If you want to be sure of getting good sites then I would book in advance, however, if you are only planning on staying for 1 or 2 nights in each site, and you don't mind if they are not great, then get a good campsite guide book and go for it.

Whatever you do, enjoy yourself.

Hi Susan,

What sort of site are you looking for - do you have children?

Lots of sites in France listed on here, Plan the areas you want to visit and stop off at sites enroute, wonderful exploring different areas,

Have a good holiday

No we have no children all grown up thanks for all your advice. We are not looking for sites with a lot of facilities as long as it clean and we can drink our wine we will be happy

Hi Susan

We have been touring in France and other Continental countries for about 10 years.  We have to go in the peak season as we are teachers.  We don't  tend to book and just phone ahead after lunch on travelling days.  We have never been turned down as far as I can remember and we have never really had a bad site.  We use the Caravan Club - Caravan Europe and Alan Roger's Guide to help us find decent sites.

Happy touring.

Tim

Hi, Susan

I can help you here,

First Stop would be Le Chant d'Oiseau - at Saumur,

Second stop would be Camping de la Touche - Junction 25 off the A10

Third stop would be Twinlakes - Junction 37 off the A10 - towards Bordeaux.

Read up about the sites on the UK campsites section for France.

If you need any more help - please email me for more details.

Most of the French tend to pack up and go home after the big 15th of August bank holiday.  So if you go after that you should not have too much problem.

Angela