Our EuroVoucher is commission and charge free so every penny you change goes to your holiday money, rather than to the administration costs of a typical exchange service.

The exchange rate we have set smashes the tariffs of traditional online and offline services, which are trading at around 1.06€ to £1.

EuroVoucher’s fixed exchange rate guarantees that if you change £200 you will receive 250€ of vouchers, compared to around 215€ from the Post Office, Thomas Cook or Travelex and just 205€ for exchanges completed at the airport (according to their websites on 7 December).

And if you still have EuroVouchers in your wallet at the end of your break, we will swap back your pounds for no cost and at the same rate of 1.25€ to £1, so you get your hard earned cash returned in full.

EuroVouchers are available in 5€ denominations and can be bought with Siblu holidays booked in January 2010. They can be used at 11 Siblu parcs, in most restaurants, bars, shops and to pay for activities. You can see full details here.

After feedback from our holidaymakers we have created a Euro voucher that can be used on 10 of our parcs in France, to pay for goods in our shops, restaurants and bars, and for a selection of activitities too.

Our euroVoucher gives you an exchange rate of 1.25€, so if you spend £200, you’ll get 250€ back. Compare that to the main exchange services, like the Post Office, travel agents or Travelex online, who will give you around 218€. If you leave your exchange to the airport, you’ll get even less.

And to give our customers added reassurance, we’ll exchange any unused vouchers for no cost at the same rate, so if you don’t use them we’ll give you your money back.

This is a win-win deal if you’re holidaying at a siblu parc in France. If you have any other money saving tips, let us know.

But are the headlines right? We’ve been asking our customers if they thought their siblu holiday was value for money and a whopping 93% wholeheartedly agreed (and the other 7% said it was satisfactory). 

A quick check on the web and I see that catching a plane to the Canaries costs over £2,000 for a family in a b&b hotel in July; fly to Florida and the lowest price gets closer to £3,000, for a room only hotel. Well, stay with siblu in late July and the cost is about £1,000 for a family, staying seven nights with Dover-Calais ferry, in accommodation with ensuite bathrooms, fully equipped kitchen, a sun terrace and a grassy play area!

On top of that, we’ll entertain your kids for free (what parent can say no). Our pool complexes are free, our children’s clubs run twice on most days, we have free stage shows every evening, there are free sports and you don’t need to pay for travel and parking, everything is available on parc. So, can you beat that by staying at home?

I think self catering is another smart way to save. French markets are great and seasonal foods are low cost, healthy and it’s fun to try new things. We’ve just launched a small selection of really easy recipes which can be cooked in your mobile home – even I managed the asparagus and ham and the scallops with Muscadet (okay, with a bit of help from my wife).

To see how an expert handles them click here, or for other recipe ideas I like the Small Time Cooks blog – Jessica’s ‘My Monsieur’ sandwich is a winner! If you want to find out more about our cooking schools, have a look here.

So, 93% of siblu customers say their holiday gave great value for money; a few newspapers say there’s a price panic – take your choice!

Why not tell us you tips for great value family holidays?