Now I'm a mum I've been forced to embrace British holiday parks – and I've realised they're not all bad | The Sun
I’ve never wanted to go to a holiday park. The idea of spending a weekend in an aluminium box has never really shouted ‘holiday’ to me.
Five-star glamping with gourmet picnics? Maybe. Large-scale holiday park with slot machines and cringey entertainment? Absolutely not.
But since having kids, I’ve been forced to, let’s say, be a bit more adaptable to how I holiday.
Before children, my husband, Ben, and I used to take stylish city breaks and romantic trips to the Caribbean.
But post kids, our budgets have tightened. And the thought of navigating airports and plane journeys with two tantrum-prone pre-schoolers just doesn’t appeal.
Still, when Ben suggested we booked a family break to a Haven holiday park recently, I couldn’t hide the initial look of horror on my face.
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I could think of a thousand other places I wanted to go for a family getaway, and they didn’t involve karaoke or daily trips to the soft play.
But after confiding in some close yummy mummy friends, it turned out some of them had ‘done a Haven holiday’ too. And they'd actually enjoyed it.
As more people egged me on, telling me to put my snobbish assumptions aside, I finally gave in.
Besides, with our kids yet to start school, we could take advantage of Haven’s cheap-as-chips term time deals.
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