Basis

We'd like to keep the van in decent condition and not stress about who's doing what in it: This rules out letting to the public through Haven. We'd also like family and friends to be able to use the van, but, particularly during the school holidays, have to generate an income from it or the site rent starts looking a bit eeek when the bill comes in: It costs us over £5k to keep the van on the site.

Haven publish rates for different standards of van - our van is currently at the top rate (Platinum, or whatever they're calling it this year) and, if you booked ahead to secure one for the school holidays, would cost you around £1,100 for a week (see the Haven link above). But you can get last minute deals - at the time of writing there are a few weeks available in this standard of van for £900.

So, for the time being, this is the deal:

	A week during the school holidays is roughly two-thirds of the Haven rate - typically £700, including gas and electricity. This includes access to the pools, bars etc ('Funworks') , although this is where some variation on price may occur: We pay per head for the passes, so anything outside a standard 2+2 family may affect the price. For a two week stay, it's more economic for us to arrange 'Owners Passes', which provide the same access, but also some perks (reduced activity rates, free coffee/tea etc)
	The van is equipped to at least the standard of a Haven 'Platinum' and, in many respects, rather better (two TVs, much nicer kitchen equipment, tableware etc). In one respect, however, the provision is not to Platinum standard: we don't provide towels, sheets and duvet covers - it's just too much hassle for us to co-ordinate laundry etc between lets. So you'll need to bring sheets and single/double duvet covers, towels and tea-towels. Frankly, I'd rather sleep in my own sheets anyway, because the Haven provided ones can be pretty... err... manky.
	Maximum number of occupants is six - exceptions by prior agreement.
	A week means 'from 2pm on a given day to 10am the same day in the following week. Which day is down to us and will depend entirely on our or others usage of the caravan surrounding the period you want to use it. Clearly, where possible, we will be flexible on this, but lets usually only encompass one whole weekend: The van is most in demand at weekends, not least by us.
	Lets for less than a week may be possible, but probably not economic: Most people want to use the van over a working week and shorter lets disrupt full weeks. We will base the price on Haven three or four day lets, but, during the school holidays, these aren't much less than a full week.
	Outside of school holidays, we'll base price on the Haven rates for the time of year with a similar level of reduction.
	The calendar is provided for information only. We don't do last-minute deals except for family :-)
	Family get preference and likely greater latitude on what we charge outside of school holidays.
	Parents go free, but not in school holidays for obvious reasons.