I’m a travel editor and caravan parks are the only holiday I pay for every summer – my favourite beats 5-star resorts

IN my 26 years as The Sun’s Travel Editor I’ve chatted to Virgin’s Richard Branson on the rooftop of his Caribbean island home, watched flamingos soar over the salt flats of Chile’s Atacama desert and ticked off every major European capital, Mediterranean hot spot and US city.

But nothing can beat the moment I step out of the shower block of my South of France campsite on my own family holidays.

Lisa’s pitch at Camp du Domaine in the South of France is right on the beach A young Lisa...