Is there a pre-summer holiday surge of visitors

[Northender]

Our French neighbours delight in telling us their little joke about Dutch holidaymakers . "They are so tight they even bring their own potatoes and take their peelings home".

[Val_2]

I always thought that was the germans who did that too.We saw them loading up with "free" spuds years ago that the farmers had doused with diesel after one of their usual protests round here.Wonder if they enjoyed that extra special flavour!!

[cassis]

Booking enquiry from you-know-where among those sitting in the inbox this morning.

[quote]On 2008-06-01 at 20:47:32,

The following information was submitted:

From Host: 86.88.53.139

name = xxxxxxx(removed)

address1 = xxxxxxx(removed)

address2 = Rouveen, the Netherlands

address3 = xxxxxxx(removed)

Telephone = xxxxxxx(removed)

submit_by = xxxxxxx(removed)@hetnet.nl

children0-2 = 1

children3-10 = 2

children11-15 = 1

adults = 3

Red = on

Cream =

Blue =

Arrival = 09/07/08

Departure = 10/07/08

Source = google

Other = We are with 7 persons, we need 2 rooms with extra beds, or preferably can we bring mattresses and bring a baby cot if it is possible. Looks lovely!!

Terms_and_Conditions = I have read and accept the Terms and Conditions[/quote]

Yes, it looks lovely and no, we are not going to spoil it by running a doss house. [kiss]

Especially for one night!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jo Taylor]

Visitors to France by Country of Origin and Amount Spent (2005)

Country                     Arrivals                Overnight Stays                Receipts
UK and Ireland          19.7%                18.7%                               15.5%
Germany                    17.4%                17.6%                               11.2%
Netherlands                15.3%                12.9%                                 5.4%
USA                            3.6%                   4.9%                              13.4%

(Top three in terms of number of visitors, plus USA. Netherlands spend by far the lowest amount per head, USA by far the highest.)

[Jo Taylor]

We held a camping event in 2002 for owners of H Vans. It was attended by a huge number of Dutch, but instead of camping inside their vans as we'd allowed space for, they brought their tents, their kids' tents, their gazebos, their shower cubicles, their portable lav cubicles, their garden fiurniture... we had to extend into our neighbour's field and still they kept coming. [blink][:'(]

Two lots arrived three days early at 7.30am (while we still had 'normal' guests in) and set up camp on our front lawn / central courtyard: tables, chairs, barbecue, kids playing and shrieking loudly - that was the bit that woke us up. (It was a book-in-advance only event and these hadn't so we shrieked loudly back at them and they went away again. [6])

Having said that many of our favourite guests have been Dutch and several have become good friends. [kiss]

[AnOther]

For me personally the less the better.

Keeps the roads clearer and puts less pressure on fuel supplies, but then we don't do B&B or Gites [6]