Camping Blaarmeersen, Ghent

Advantages: clean, tidy, good service and price
Disadvantages: need a taxi to get into town

...I have been on two different Christmas Shopping bus trips and both times have stayed at the Ghent Holiday Inn. The price of each trip was £99 inclusive of bus travel, ferry crossing and two nights accomodation at the Holiday Inn. LOCATION +++++++++ The Holiday Inn Ghent is around 60km from Brussels and is situated in central Belgium which makes it ideal to explore the country. It is near the intersection of the E17 and E40 motorways. It is 65km from Ostend airport in Holland and 62km from Antwerp airport . On the first trip that I went on we visited Valkenburg and Ostend in Holland, and Aachen in Germany and each day we made good time and were not rushed at all. The nearest town is Gent which is around 3km away. There are plenty of restaurants, shops and bars in Gent. FACILITIES +++++++++ The hotel is used... Read review

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Advantages: Great Experience, Camps in great settings
Disadvantages: Money, Can have bad experiences....

...Students these days are told to do something worthwhile in their long summer breaks from University, lots choose to go abroad to far-flung locations, possibly to work, and it was with this in mind that I decided halfway through my year at University that I wanted to go and work on an America summer camp. I had heard so much about it from other people about what a great experience it was, and how everyone has the time of their life. Sounds great I thought! So I applied to Camp America back in December 2005, Camp America sends over 8,000 Brits across the pond to some of the best US camps. (there are literally tens of thousands of American Summer Camps, ranging from top sport institutions to day camps for under-privileged inner-city kids). I shall try to write this review in two parts. The role played by Camp America, and then my... Read review

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Advantages: new friends, new country, learn new skills, tan, different culture, active
Disadvantages: home sickness, far away from home, hard work, pressured, tiring, long hours, little pay, challenging

...I decided to spend my summer at a sumemr camp in New Jersey where I was to work with special needs children for nine weeks along with a friend. I recommended Camp America to my friend as I had done camp two years previously having spent two wonderful summers at another special needs camp. My friend and I are both training to be occupational therapists and have been studying for two years having built up an extensive knowledge of various disabilities. I have worked as a carer for fours years with both children and adults. Such experience and relevant knowledge made us apt candidates for the camp America programme in our opinion. When we arrived at the camp the food was appalling but we had arrived expecting that, however the cold coffee was inexcusable. There was not really enough food to go around all the counsellors... Read review

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