Hello and welcome to our page about camping etiquette. Here we are sharing our experiences of tips on camping etiquette gleaned over the past 40 years or so from camping trips and breaks both here in the Uk and all over Europe. You may have read, or may wish to read when you have the time, our pages about good holiday tips, good camping guide, good holiday guide and lastly the page about holiday savings, all of which appear near to the top of the major search engines if you search for the relevant titles which are underlined here. If you have any tips which warrant adding to the page then we would appreciate it if you could email them to camp@campingmobilehomesholidays.co.uk.

You may have noticed that when searching the Internet for camping holidays that the majority of the results which appear are actually for mobile home holidays so it makes sense to include mobiles in here also because they are classed as camping holidays as much as tent camping is.

The best thing about a page like this from the writer's point of view is that there need not be any formulated beginning, middle or ending but it is fair to say that campers should adhere to a code of courteousness at all times, and that includes not making enough noise to diss off your neighbours who are pitched but a couple of metres away in a tent which is far from soundproof. Radios, ghetto blasters and other noise making thingies are frowned upon when used irresponsibly.

Indeed, there is a way of getting your own back on noisy neighbours especially if they are in a mobile home. It is simple, very effective and cheap and you will most probably be able to see and hear the results of it the next morning, so here is what you do: Buy a bag of bird seed and when the noise makers have finally shut up and gone to bed you throw a double handful of seed onto the roof of their mobile home, then go to bed yourself. Very early next morning at first light the pigeons and other flying vermin will be jumping up and down on their roof in a frenzy, pecking and squabbling for the seed. Now if you have ever heard one pigeon walking on the roof of your mobile home just think what a racket twenty or thirty make. Believe me when I say that the noise can go on for hours as these birds can only pick up one grain at a time. It is guaranteed that the offenders won't get a wink of sleep after 4 am. Repeat the next night if required. It's evil but revenge can come in the form of a packet of bird seed.

When push comes to shove then pets can be a problem and you really shouldn't take them on a camping break if they aren't properly trained as there are few things which are more annoying than having a smelly mutt barking it's stupid head off half the day and night - it makes me want to give the owners a smack or two (and this has happened before now too). So if you are taking your pet(s) camping please make sure they are looked after properly so that they don't annoy other campers. That also applies in France, Spain etc where they have those little Poodles and other similar crappy  dogs which are essentially heel snappers but which make an excellent snack for my Alsation. On the subject of crap - wherever your mutt does it then please pick it up in a plastic bag and dispose of it in the normal manner.

Where do we start when e talk about camping etiquette and children? The children are on holiday too but as responsible adults you really should keep them in check because there is nothing on earth worse than camping next to a family of badly brought up British kids - this is mainly why we try to get away before the school holidays. Let's face it, Brit kids are the pits, sad but true. Why do British kids drop litter you may ask? Because they haven't been trained not to, just as their parents weren't, and litter and camping are completely at odds with each other so please train your little darlings to dispose of their litter in a responsible manner. You may not like what you've just read but it is true.

So respect respect the rights of others and instead of walking across another camper's pitch - walk around it instead. Limit play of noisy games to the campground's playground or recreation area. Respect the campgrounds quiet times too - they will be listed in the campsite office, and remember that voices, radios and other noises carry further than you might think on a quiet summer night. There will be a list of campsite rules in the office so please respect them because these rules have been established to protect and respect the rights of campers, your own included, the campground and the environment.

When it comes to cooking outside and campfires then etiquette demands that you must ask the site owners first before sparking up. It is entirely possible that you will get away with making an open campfire in England but it is extremely unlikely that the same will apply when camping abroad. If you look at things in a logical manner then you will realise that people tend to drink more when they are on holiday and alcohol can make those same normally ordinarily people do silly things, so it is fair to say that alcohol and camp fires do not live well together.