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Overview
Buy a static caravan or lodge on a UK holiday park and, somewhere in the sales conversation, the letting scheme comes up. The pitch is always the same: let your holiday home when you are not using it and the income takes care of the site fees. That is true for some owners and a disappointment for others, and the difference is rarely the park. It is the small print: how many weeks you must hand over, which weeks, how old the caravan can be, and who keeps the peak season.
This guide puts the 2026 schemes from two large operators that publish their terms side by side, then looks at the two alternatives most owners never price up: an agency and letting privately. The figures come from the operators' own 2026 pages, linked where they appear, and change each season, so treat them as the shape of each deal rather than a quote.
What a park letting scheme actually is
A park letting scheme is a contract in which the park lets your holiday home to its own holidaymakers, handles the guests and cleaning, and pays you either a share of the bookings or a fixed sum. In return you commit specific weeks, accept the park's pricing and meet an age limit. The two models are variable and guaranteed. Under a variable (or subletting) scheme you earn a share of what the park takes for each break, so a good summer pays well and a wet one does not. Under a guaranteed scheme the park buys a set number of breaks from you at a fixed rate, paid whether or not anyone turns up. Guaranteed income is lower by design; you are paying for certainty.