Help would be greatly appreciated, plan a road trip in our cali taking in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and northern Italy should we book ahead?

[Coopsontour]

Planning a road trip in our cali taking in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and northern Italy, this will be our first big trip. We are travelling in the last 2 weeks of August holidays with our 2 boys and we would really like to do a few 1 night stays and they have a longer stay before we start our route back, should we be booking ahead? Can you stay for 1 night or is there a lot of minimum stay sites? What should we expect to pay per hook up pitch (probably too general question as level of sites and location will vary but just an idea as we are really new to this)? Many thanks

 

[kave]

There are huge amounts of experience here, search.
I can recommend one thing, dont just stay one night, make it at least two of rather 4-5 one location. Its easy making the hole holiday just a drive with packing up and down between. Nothing funny for the boys. Normally young kids like to stay in just one place and return there every year.
On the popular sites its way too late to book now, they will say they are full. Your best option is to arrive before 11am and ask.

 

[JakePeg]

We're doing pretty much the same, Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal with an 11 year old boy. Have only got somewhere sorted for Holland so far - winging it! We're in the UK now but live in Portugal, kids get 3 months summer holiday!