The best last minute camping holidays with availability for this weekend
It has been a record summer for camping holidays this year, as domestic travellers embraced holidaying under canvas.
Uncertainty about foreign travel and a relaxation of campsite planning rules have combined to fuel a boom in tent holidays, with bookings for pitches and bell tents at the UK’s largest camping portal, Pitchup.com up 173 per cent compared to pre-pandemic. Unsurprisingly, the South-West, in particular Devon and Cornwall, has been the most popular region for campers.
Landowners have also taken advantage of an extension of rules that allow campsites to operate for 56 days per year without the need to apply