Sun holidays

Here in the Uk we have a national newspaper called The Sun, several times through the year they have a great promotion called Sun holidays.

I've now been on these holidays twice, once to Scotland and the second time to Skegness. Both times we picked the midweek 4 night offer, which is arriving on a Monday and leaving on a Friday.

The idea behind the offer is that you collect a certain number of voucher codes from the newspaper, and you can use these to book a 3 or 4 night caravan break for as little as £9 per person. These codes can also sometimes been found online, or if you are a sun perks club member you can also book the holidays.

Like many offers this is not actually as simple as it seems, for a start the holiday is based on 4 people so it's a minimum of £36 for a break, which is still great value, although obviously less so if there is just 2 of you going.

At the begiining of the promotion the paper has a booklet which shows all the different holiday sites, and the dates they are available. The information is also available on their website though. One of the catches that you have to look out for is some weeks have added extras, as they will charge you for entertainment passes and cleaning the caravans, but I have always found that there is plenty of choice of places for the basic price. It does help though if you can be flexible about when you can go.

After you have the voucher codes you can either book through the post, by sending them off with your choices or you can book online. I recommend doing it through their website as you can also check availability for your choices. To book you have to give them a choice of 4 places that you would like to go to, make sure you put your first choice first as if this is available it's the one you will get.You pay the Sun your money and then they will send you confirmation, with a second confirmation from where you are going usually coming a week or two later.

You then just need to check any small print, for example when we first went we had to take sheets and quillt covers with us, print off your confirmation if it was sent by email and arrive at your destination. The sun booking website has a forum, which can be a great source of where people recommend and what to expect.

I think this is a great offer as there is a lot of choice of places to go, the first time we went to Scotland and the second to Skegness in England. It is also possible to book sites in France, and Spain and they offer deals on ferries if this is something you want to do.

All in  all I think they are a great way to get a few nights away in a caravan cheap, and offer a chance to see more of the Uk.