Short break in the holiday park

Brief facts on the subject

• Holiday parks bundle accommodation, leisure activities and often short distances within the complex.
• Before booking, compare rental price, final cleaning, energy, bedding and optional activities.
• The location of the park decides whether excursions by car, bicycle or public transport are realistic.
• For families, play areas, sleep distribution, kitchen and bad weather offers are particularly relevant.
• Outside the peak season, opening hours and offers may be restricted and should be checked.

Many of the apartments and holiday homes are for rent for full weeks. Shorter rental periods for short holidays over the weekend or when including bridge days are rarely possible. Not so with many Holiday parks. Here is also seen the short holiday gen.

Various holiday parks

Holiday parks are great tourist facilities for accommodation, which have almost the character of their own village. The structures of the individual holiday parks are very different: from facilities that mainly from single or double bungalows without extensive tourist offer, over large apartment complexes with restaurants and shops to perfectly organized mixes of hotel facilities, Apartments, camping pitches and holiday homes with an associated theme park. Especially the latter holiday parks also advertise specifically for the short holiday and are happy about guests who also "only" three or four days booking.

Holiday Park Chains: Large Tourism Companies

Especially in the last 2 decades, many of the new Holiday parks of chains. The largest European player in the field of theme parks is the French Pierre & Vacances group of companies. In the Group, some brands such as Pierre & Vacances and Adagio City collect Aparthotel with about 104000 beds, Maeva (about 64 500 beds), Résidences MGM (about 6000 beds) and the well-known Center Parcs and Sunparks with currently 21 holiday parks. A second group that Landal GreenParks is heavily involved in holiday parks, with a total of 75 holiday parks in Europe.

Short stay = short arrival

A short holiday is only useful if there is also a short journey. Otherwise, there is simply too much time that could actually be used for recreation, on road, rail or air. For many German holidaymakers Then the German holiday villages are also the most practical alternatives. Beware: Especially on the weekends, the motorways are full for the arrival - if just goes to start outside the peak travel times.

Holiday parks of the big chains in Germany

The parks in Germany are an important point of contact for the short holiday. In addition to the many small operators, the holiday parks of the large chains are known and popular.

Center Parcs
•Centre Parc Eifel— Gunderath
•Center Parc North Sea Coast- Tossens
•Center Parc Hochsauerland- Medebach
•Center Parc Bispinger Heide- Bispingen
•Center Parc Bostalsee— Nohfelden

Landal
•Landal salt valley paradise- Bad Sachsa
•Landal Winterberg– Winterberg
•Landal Mont Royal- Kröv
•Landal Sonnenberg— Leiwen
•Landal Wirfttal- Stadtkyll
•Landal Eifeler Tor- Heimbach
•Landal high forest- Kell on the lake
•Landal Warsberg- Saarburg
•Landal Dwergter Sand- Molbergen
•Landal Travemünde- Travemünde

The companies also operate parks abroad – France, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK are represented with many locations.

Consider tourist offer

Although many of the services in the holiday parks of the chains are standardized, they differ in their own offers for the holiday stay. “Blind” you should not go to a holiday park – better Check beforehand whether desired services are also offered. What leisure activities are offered, what can you expect if you also want to enjoy wellness during your short holiday? Should the park only as a favorable Accommodation must be used to observe the offers in the surrounding places.

Price bargains out of season

The standardized holiday homes and apartments of the large holiday parks are in contrast to many individual holiday apartments only rarely fully booked. Special price bargains for the short holiday can be Also here outside the main season. As always with offers for mass tourism, you can expect early booking discounts in the theme parks of the companies but also with almost safe last-minute offers.

Short journey and many special offers make the holiday parks an inexpensive option for the short holiday. However, you have to pay attention to the additional costs – especially with an attached theme park or Bathing paradise can also incur many additional costs for the many additional services offered. So: pay attention to package prices so that the budget for the short holiday is not exceeded.

Choose holiday park for short trips

Compare holiday parks by travel time, accommodation size and the offer that is actually to be used. A park with a swimming pool is not automatically suitable if the focus is on excursions. For Families also include the kitchen, bedrooms, play facilities and a resilient bad weather plan.

Before booking, read which services are included in the price. Bed linen, towels, final cleaning, deposit, energy, Wi-Fi and activities can be charged separately. For the journey are Arrival and key transfer and the Checklist useful.

Frequent questions about short holidays in the holiday park

For whom is a holiday park suitable?

For travelers who want to connect accommodation and leisure activities in one place and use the parking service.

What is included in the price?

This differs per plant; Rental price, cleaning, laundry, energy and activities must be checked individually.

Is a car necessary?

For travel and excursions often, within large facilities bicycles or footpaths may suffice.

Which accommodation is suitable for families?

Important are separate sleeping rooms, safe outdoor spaces, kitchen and short distances to the desired offers.

What do I do in bad weather?

Check out park interiors and accessible alternatives before relying on a single program.