Caravan Parks to Receive the Five Star Treatment

It has to be said that some caravan parks leave a little to be desired, usually due to a lack of cash from private owners.

The Darwin Leisure Property fund, launched in November 2007, wants to change all that by turning caravanning in the British countryside into a chic but still relatively cheap alternative to buy-to-let holiday homes. The managers want to transform the Carry on Camping image of caravan parks to attract more of a Kate-Moss-at-Glastonbury type of crowd.

With a 4% year on year growth in the industry, the idea maybe sound.  The recession is expected to boost the caravan industry as people swap foreign holidays for UK “staycations”. Darwin says that the “low cost and flexibility” of a caravan holiday makes it more attractive in times of economic uncertainty.

Read the whole article here at the Times Online