| The last two years have been something of a | | | | caravans are reinstating the idea of the great |
| bust for the whole idea of holidays. People who | | | | British holiday – the same destination, with its |
| had money to spend suddenly have very little: | | | | familiar surroundings and people. That's making |
| and the prospect of spending that little on going | | | | them the best holiday homes UK people could |
| abroad (where volcanic ash, it seems, might stop | | | | want, at a time when everyone is sorely in need |
| one ever getting back) is less attractive than it | | | | of a break. |
| used to be. More and more inhabitants of the | | | | The holiday homes UK residents traditionally like |
| British Isles are starting to think that holiday | | | | command pleasant views of hills, valleys and |
| homes UK could be the answer to their getaway | | | | seaside: the best, in other words, the country |
| problems. | | | | has to offer in terms of scenery. Static caravans |
| Whenever someone mentions "holiday homes", | | | | are widely accepted at holiday parks in all the |
| the first thing that pops into a person's mind is a | | | | most beautiful areas of the UK: and plenty of |
| chalet or brick-built bungalow sitting in some kind | | | | static caravan sales companies, like Central and |
| of retirement park in Lyme Regis. Bungalows and | | | | Eastern England's excellent Amber Leisure (a |
| chalets are holiday homes, true – but they're | | | | family operated business that has been selling |
| only the tip of the iceberg. There are more things | | | | static caravans for years) offer assistance in |
| in Heaven and Earth, a certain well-known | | | | finding a pitch, transporting the caravan, and siting |
| playwright once said, than are dreamed of in all | | | | it. |
| our philosophies – and there are more kinds of | | | | So maybe it's time to start thinking about a |
| holiday home than just prefab chalets. Most | | | | return to the British holiday of old. Holiday homes |
| holiday homes UK parks site are semi-mobile: | | | | UK based offer security, guaranteed quality of |
| caravans designed to be left in situ, but capable of | | | | surroundings and an excellent insurance against |
| being moved on the back of a truck. | | | | the disappointments of overbooking. And because |
| These static caravans represent the ideal | | | | holiday homes UK based are movable, one doesn't |
| alternative to holiday worries. No more "where | | | | have to re-use the same location forever – |
| shall we go"; no more "how much is it going to | | | | after 10 years or so, one simply contacts a |
| cost"; and no more "are we going to have fun | | | | haulage company and moves on to a different |
| when we get there?" A static caravan removes | | | | area of the country. |
| all of these concerns by being placed somewhere | | | | Holiday homes UK residents own can be a pretty |
| its owners already know they are going to enjoy | | | | good investment, too – something to sell, if |
| – a place that can be returned to, year in, | | | | necessary; or rent, when one isn't occupying it |
| year out for as long as it remains attractive. | | | | oneself. They're great legacies, as well: when the |
| Having a holiday home in a place one knows | | | | kids grow up, they'll want to take their own |
| means one also knows how much one's holiday is | | | | families to the place they have so many happy |
| going to cost: and, of course, owning that holiday | | | | memories of. Wherever it might currently be |
| home means there are no worries about | | | | sited. |
| fluctuating booking fees or availability. Static | | | | |