♦ SearchSmarter

We have made a large improvement to the campsite search page, we will now be slowly phasing out our radius search and town searches as they have all been rolled into one handy page. You can now search for every facility AND location at the same time. If you want to find a campsite within 30 miles of Aberystwyth, that has wifi access and nearby fishing then this little feature will save you lots of time!

You can either select a location by dragging the marker around on the map… or type in a postcode in the box above the map to quickly center to a location. If your visiting an area its unlikely you know a postcode, so the same box also works with place names (although we have many place names duplicated, so make sure it selects the correct one - you may need to drag the pointer if it selects a different town to the one you wanted)

We have reached over 1100 campsites, still not close to being the biggest directory but we are sure we have the most information! Out of these 1100 we feature a massive 1002 links to the campsites website, 850 direct email addresses (checked - and corrected every 4 months) over 1000 photographs, and of course access to thousands of local attractions and photographs from each page.

♦ TopTip!

Did you know we also offer a great “virtual brochure”? if you sign up for an account (its free) and then click “my account” you can create a “shortlist”. Call it something like “holidays \june 2008″ you can make as many lists as you like, so maybe next month you will be going on a holiday with some friends to Devon, you dont need to delete your old list - just create a new one called “devon holiday with jeff and sue” Once the list is created visit the listings as usual. If one catches your eye click the “add to shortlist” button at the bottom of every listing, you will then be asked which shortlist to put the listing into. In our example above you could choose “Devon holiday” or “holidays June 2008″

The great thing about this feature is you can log back into the site, go to “my account” and then view all the campsites you are considering. This list could then be sent to friends (simply click the “share button”) so if others are going on holiday with you they can see the campsites and you can come to a decision together at which ones you like best.

We hope you enjoyed the easter break, Dont forget to review where you stay and help others with warnings or recommendations ( please be reasonable with the warnings though - complaining about noisy wildlife is NOT a good reason to mark campsites as 1 star )

Matt, (webmaster)

Update  27th March :
We have now speeded it up and made it more accurate, we have also redone the campsite review section and updated all screenshots.

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