BRITAIN’S £40billion staycation summer has started with a rush for booking caravan parks, cottages and campsites.
Seven in ten properties near coasts were booked for this week, rental site Cottages.com said.
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And eight in ten people will take staycations this summer, a holidaycottages.co.uk poll found.
This summer is likely to be the biggest on record for UK holidays.
Hundreds of extra pop-up campsites and glamping fields will dot the countryside to cope with demand.
But operators have been accused of raising prices.
South West Tourism Alliance chairman Alistair Handyside said: “Large agents are increasing prices dramatically for cottages.
“Doubling prices is not uncommon.”
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Holiday park Haven said: “We move our prices in line with demand.”
Caravan and camping sites plus cottages and self-contained accommodation opened on Monday.
But Butlin’s and Pontins holiday camps, as well as B&Bs and hotels, must wait until May 17.
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