caravaning Isle of Wight, ideas??

[wildbri]

Just planning our caravaning for this year, we like to be away for a couple of months in the summer. We usually have a couple of weeks in the uk inthe spring, May and June we visit Europe and then a couple more weeks in the UK when the schools go back. We have decided that this year we will miss Europe due to the state of the pound against the euro. We thought it would be nice to have three weeks in the Isle of Wight in June..... I cannot believe the cost of the ferries, we normaly pay about £95 pounds for the car and caravan to take us over the channel, os I thought the 30 min ferry to I of W would be some what less than this.
I have been quoted £190 from the ferry comp or £156 through the Caravan Club and this is June! I would hate to think how much it would cost during the school holidays. I have looked at the ferry plus caravan pitch deal which I would like to use, but as these are a five day deal I dont think it would be worth going all that way just for five nights, I am hoping some one on here will have an Idea of how to get a good deal for a longer stay or we may be tempted back to France were we have visited for the last eight years

 

[lacroupade]

IoW ferry has always been a total ripoff.......and I suspect you might get a tad bored after three weeks there, it isn't that interesting really....

 

[Spook]

we took 'van there a couple of yrs ago - during the heat wave:thumb2, we went on the camp&caravan club site, ferries wern't too bad as came with a deal from the site. most of the sites do a deal - obviously the weather no better than mainland so why go to expense of ferries, without torists the island (and ferries) stops.

right about not much to do tho, we were lucky had 2 weeks of 25+degrees so we only went out a couple of days - kids happy on site = massive play area, footy pitch, climb frame, outdoor (heated:clap) pool. and only 5mins from morrisons supermarket for cheap provisions

 

[Spook]

ps went for 2weeks, in school hols.

 

[micky]

Hi, If you collect Tesco vouchers you can get a cheap ferry to the IOW with Wightlink, travel at non peak times, plus if you join the British Leyland caravaning club you can get a pitch + hook up for £9.50 per night, bargain! I go every year.
Micky

 

[Deleted account DD]

Been to the IOW a few times. I reckon sometimes its actually cheaper to book a package deal then dont turn up at the site. The cost is less than ferry fare alone. Like Paul says the IOW ferries have long been a rip off.

Anyway, one of the best I stayed on was Adgestone near the Vineyard, that was a while back so it may have changed.

More recently as in summer 2008 http://www.orchards-holiday-park.co.uk/ highly recommended. Ticked loads of boxes and they were refurbishing, to put that in context the temp facilities in place were better than a lot of parks permanent ones.

They do decent deals too.

 

[Spook]

Adgestone was the one we stayed at, good site. plenty of space.

 

[Deleted account DD]

Adgestone was the one we stayed at, good site. plenty of space.

Excellent :thumb2 youve just answered my next question

 

[Terranosaurus]

Make the IOW seem cheap - compare prices with the Isle of Man.

Have you thought about Ireland - Northern or southern/Eire (back to the euro though) - you'd save a bundle on fuel just getting to the port this side.

 

[paulp]

Isle of Wight

Dont bother with the expense of the I of W ferry. Stay in Southsea, loads to do and see. good working mans club in Duncan road (holiday membership available but is CIU affiliated) (shite and expensive clubhoue on site) visit I of W for the day u will see it all and get a day deal for about £40.

DDay museum, Royal dockyards, Nelsons fort (free) butterfly/ dinosaur museum crazy golf and fishing shopping and good transport to portsmouth city centre

Southsea leisure park Melville road southsea 02392735070, grass and gravel pitches (rock pegs essential)

paulp

 

[wildbri]

Thank you genlemen, very helpful keep the advise coming. We do plan to drift south staying at varioes places in the cotswolds, Dorset and Hampshire, four or five nights and we tend to move on, thats why we were going for two weeks, staying at different sites, also one of our sons is taking part in an around the isle cycle race, he competed in it last year where cyclist
competed with oceon yachts to get around the isle!!! It seems an odd race to me but it is for charity, the bikes won last year. I would guess the pubs and bars were the real winners.
regards bri

 

[wildbri]

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