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Keycamp Holidays

  • 28-03-2008 2:53pm
    #1
    SACH Central
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    Does anyone out there have any information on Keycamp Holidays site - Benodet - La Pointe St. Gilles in Brittany. Am going there in July with wife & 3 kids under 6. Would normally book a non tour operator site on-line but this year have surrendered ourselves to Keycamp. The problem we have found with non tour operator sites is having English speaking kids/Irish kids for our kids to play with. This wasn't a problem when they were younger. Any experiences, good or bad appreciated.


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  • #2
    jetsonx
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    Nice compact well managed site. Takeaway, bar, small store + pool. Stony beach is about 100m from entrance to site.

    Town is appoximately 20min walk.

    Has been around a long time - and does have a good rep in general.


  • #3
    The Artist
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    http://www.keycamp.ie/index.cfm/fuseaction/campsites.resortoverview/mastercode/130/ver/6.cfm
    http://www.keycamp.ie/


  • #4
    SACH Central
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭SACH Central


    Anyone been on the new Irish Ferries boat 'Oscar Wilde' yet? I had never been on their last boat but by all account is was pretty bad.


  • #5
    CantGetNoSleep
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    There last one certainly wasn't a cruise ship, however I found the previous one to be better

    The Brittany Ferries Pont Aven is a much nicer ship (although it was only around 2 months old when I booked it)


  • #6
    Corruptedmorals
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    I've stayed in Benodet before with Keycamp, not that campsite though. It has a great beach. Keycamp really are great, been on roughly 6 holidays with them, around Brittany, Normandy, Loire and Vendee, staying at 2 campsites most times. The best campsite we ever stayed in was Perros-Guirec, Northern Brittany, it was 10 minutes from Roscoff.

    Always sailed with the previous Irish Ferries ship, Normandy. It had a great atmosphere, it wasn't luxurious but it wasn't run-down either.


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  • #7
    CantGetNoSleep
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    Almost all Keycamp sites do rentals themselves. If you book through the site and just book the boat yourself (or fly and rent a car) you will save a few hundred euro. The only disadvantage I have found with this is that there isn't always a kids club run by the site itself


  • #8
    SACH Central
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    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    Almost all Keycamp sites do rentals themselves. If you book through the site and just book the boat yourself (or fly and rent a car) you will save a few hundred euro. The only disadvantage I have found with this is that there isn't always a kids club run by the site itself

    We looked at booking direct but could'nt get the accommodation we needed. We need a 3 bed mobile home/chalet, the site didn't have any. I thought it would be cheaper too but it was in and around the same price. In the end it was the kids club that swung it for us. We wanted to be sure there were things for the kids to do.

    We did book the boat ourselves last October, just to be sure, I think that was €150 cheaper.


  • #9
    Munster 08
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    Please find the link to the local guide you will receive from Keycamp when you get your travel pack:

    http://www.keycamp4agents.ie/local_guides/pdfs/322_benodet.pdf

    Have a great time!! Its a great site and will be all the better for going with Keycamp.


  • #10
    Munster 08
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    I have visited the Oscar Wilde ship and it is a far superior ship to the Normandy and could even be classed as better than the Pont Avon with Brittany Ferries.

    Highly recommend Irish Ferries from this year on, esspecially as they sail from Ireland to France every second day compared to once a week with Brittany Ferries.


  • #11
    CantGetNoSleep
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    Munster 08 wrote: »
    I have visited the Oscar Wilde ship and it is a far superior ship to the Normandy and could even be classed as better than the Pont Avon with Brittany Ferries.

    Highly recommend Irish Ferries from this year on, esspecially as they sail from Ireland to France every second day compared to once a week with Brittany Ferries.
    What job do you do for them?


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  • #12
    Munster 08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Munster 08


    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    What job do you do for them?

    I dont work for Irish Ferries but as you probably noticed do work in the industry. Irish Ferries invited me for a tour of the ship leading up to its launch.

    It is definitely on par with the Pont Avon which i have sailed on and visited a number of times.


  • #13
    CantGetNoSleep
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    Munster 08 wrote: »
    I dont work for Irish Ferries but as you probably noticed do work in the industry. Irish Ferries invited me for a tour of the ship leading up to its launch.

    It is definitely on par with the Pont Avon which i have sailed on and visited a number of times.
    Alright only meant that as a joke


  • #14
    SACH Central
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    Munster 08 wrote: »
    I dont work for Irish Ferries but as you probably noticed do work in the industry. Irish Ferries invited me for a tour of the ship leading up to its launch.

    It is definitely on par with the Pont Avon which i have sailed on and visited a number of times.

    Well Munster 08, you're obviously a Keycamp employee. Do you know what's happening at the kids club at this site? Some of the info I've received from Keycamp thus far says,that one of the kid's clubs won't be operating this year. I think it's the camp for the 4 & 5 year olds' which is the age our kids are. Any 'industry' insider info?


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