Traveling abroad with a young family in tow is never the cheapest holiday option but, in order to save money, you could consider a camping holiday. If you are already sighing and imagining the car packed full of pots and pans, bedding and tent plus two boxes of favourite foods and hot, grumpy children squashed amongst the suitcases, then do consider staying on a site where the tents are already erected and the equipment is already supplied.

There are several companies operating from the UK which offer these sorts of holidays in a number of European countries. Some have tents set up on large bustling sites with children’s clubs, games rooms, bars and restaurants, food outlets and even a swimming pool. Other sites are smaller and more intimate and are often located away from large tourist resorts at riverside locations or in mountainous areas. If you are able to travel outside of the school holidays, then you can really pick up a bargain, often with good deals such as paying for two weeks and staying a third week for free.