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BEWARE. If you do not have side windows in your campervan you are considered a commercial vehicle and not permitted onsite - even if the interior has been converted!
The terms state: Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
Excellent we thought - we meet these criteria in our new recently converted VW Transporter and having a steam room, pool and restaurant onsite sounded like the genuinely luxurious sites we've just returned from in Austria and Luxembourg.
We were very wrong.
We drove across the country from Norwich to Shrewsbury (a 4.5 hour journey on a Friday afternoon) excited for our long weekend away, the first night of which would be at Beaconsfield campsite - only to be rejected as a commercial vehicle.
I asked the reception staff to look inside the vehicle - to see it was a professional conversion but they would not. No side windows - no entry. Flat-out 'no'. Verging on rude and a decision made by phonecall to owner.
Ironic considering a combi or crew van has side windows! Would these be allowed? I suspect so, as I saw one parked next to a caravan onsite.
We were left having to find alternative accomodation at last minute in the evening - without a flicker of further consideration and without the decency to even consider my argument by looking inside our CAMPERVAN conversion. Luckily, the site opposite had one last space and was warm and welcoming. It was newer, beautiful lake, excellent grounds and huge pitch sizes.
I understand the terms and conditions but these need to be changed to match the actual criteria judged by. If conversions are not allowed - they should say so, but that would limit their sales I guess.
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We cannot accommodate commercial vehicles i.e. vans with no windows. Not sure why it is difficult to comprehend. Clearly stated everywhere possible!