Bit by bit the corona situation is easing. Since June 15^th, we can travel within Europe without travel warning and may go to most of the countries, which we can reach by road. However, the pandemic is not finished yet: the social distancing- and hygienic regulations remain in force and most of the campsites maintain their restrictions. That includes especially quantitative limitations of presence of guests at the same time in pools, sports grounds and restaurants. As well, to wear a mask over nose and mouth in frequented public areas is still obligatory. We would like to ask you very sincerely to follow these instructions. A tightening would ruin the hard-won possibility to make holidays in this difficult year. Additionally, we would like to ask you not to start the holiday without reservation. During Whitsun and the long weekends in May most of the campsites were very crowded. Many LeadingCampings have changed their terms of cancellation in order to make booking easier for you. You can cancel your reservation free of charge 14 days before start of your journey, in some places even one week before. We are looking forward to welcoming you soon!

LeadingsClub

Welcome in the LeadingClub! Each month there is a lucky winner of a "feel good camping week" at a different campsite amongst the club members. The winner of the LeadingCamping week of  May 2020 is Roland H. from Cologne. He may look forward to having a treat at the Alpencamping Nenzing in the Vorarlberg area. Have a look what this campsite has to offer at www.alpencamping.at .The LeadingCard is the entrée into the LeadingsClub. The most popular benefits at a glance:

1. Every month a raffle of a full week's stay at one of the LeadingCampings, restaurant meals, wellness, sports and fun included.
2. Late check-out and pitch upgrade*
3. Preferential reception and/or reserved counter for LeadingsClub.*
4. Benefits and privileges on every LeadingCamping for club members, including overnight stays for bonus points (not on all LeadingCampings).*
5. Reserved space in leadingcampings.com website where you can control your point account, find current offers and much more interesting information.

* Examples of the various LeadingsClub. Offers can vary from campsite to campsite and are not available at every LeadingCamping.

AL-KO and LeadingCampings good mood action!

Holiday 2020 in your own country? No summer holiday at all? Just keep an open mind and become creative. AL-KO and LeadingCampings are looking for place names that contain a longing to travel, a holiday feeling, wanderlust, but which can often easily be reached within a small travel radius. Under the motto #LeadingsFunnySignHunt you send us your picture of the association-rich (place) sign. Please note where you took the picture and what the name means to you. Please send your photo by e-mail to social@leadingcampings.com . Among all pictures sent, which will be published with the hashtag #LeadingsFunnySignHunt, supplemented with a short text as well as with your first name + first letter of your  surname + place of the participant on the AL-KO and LeadingCampings channels on facebook and Instagram, 10 winners will be selected in mid-July. The postings that receive the most likes win - so share, like and heart your favorites! What can you win?
Fresh from the new AL-KO web shop https://store.alko-tech.com/en-us/ , the first prize is a built-in safe for caravans and motorhomes worth over 140 euros, the second prize is the GPS tracker Cobblestone worth just under 130 euros. The third, fourth and fifth prize is a collection of 3 low-season overnight vouchers for any LeadingCampings (value varies according to destination). The fifth to tenth prize is a pocket seat "Sit2Go 2.0" in the LeadingCampings-special-edition design, each worth just under 44 euros.

Everybody who sends to the email address social@leadingcampings.com under the keyword #LeadingsFunnySignHunt until July 10^th, 2020 a photo of a curious place name (preferably place name sign, signpost) with a short text in addition - two sentences where the picture was taken, date of taking the picture and what you want "to share" - automatically takes part in our raffle "AL-KO and LeadingCampings FunnySignHunt". The picture must be submitted in JPEG format (size at least 500 kb). In addition, each participant must provide their contact details (name, address, telephone, e-mail address). LeadingCampings collects and uses this data exclusively for the execution and handling of the #LeadingsFunnySignHunt raffle. In calendar week 29, ten winners will be drawn. The postings that receive the most likes win. The winners will be publishedat on the AL-KO and LeadingCampings social media channels. The winners will be published on Facebook with their first names, surname and place of residence. The prizes will be sent by post. A cash payment is not possible. Legal recourse is excluded. The participant affirms that he/she owns all rights to the submitted image, that he/she has the unlimited exploitation rights to all parts of the image, that the image is free of rights of third parties and that no personal rights, copyrights, trademark rights or other intellectual property rights of a third person or organisation are violated. If one or more persons are recognisably depicted in the picture, the respective persons must agree to its publication. The respective declaration of consent must be provided on request. LeadingCampings and AL-KO reserve the right to exclude participants where there is justifiable reason to believe that manipulation attempts have been made, as well as not to publish pictures that do not meet the qualitative, aesthetic or ethical requirements without giving reasons.

Appointment postponed

The most popular European classic car event, the ‘Schloss Dyck Classic Days’ had to be postponed due to the corona crisis. The 15^th edition of the festival will take place from August 6^th – August 8^th 2021 at the usual place. The classic cars- and motor festival around the water castle with its English landscape garden near Jüchen is also attracting retro-camping friends. One of the 12 event areas looks like a historic campsite. Previously purchased tickets remain valid for the new date, detailed information at www.classic-days.de. However, supporters of the event can go the additional mile, because the voluntarily working people for the Schloss Dyck foundation suffer from headaches due to the high overhead costs. You can find ideas for making a contribution to the ongoing operation, e.g. buying fan articles, at www.wirsindclassicdays.de Additionally, you will find also other possibilities supporting the event: the crowdfunding platform 'Startnext' will start soon. Further information: www.startnext.com/classic-days-festival-for-2021

Without LeadingCampings

We are convinced that caravanning is quaravantaing, i.e. a holiday with the greatest possible protection against infections. We do not believe, however, that this can apply to a public fair that has always attracted more than 200,000 visitors in recent years. Even if the Caravan-Salon in Düsseldorf has now been manoeuvred out of the ban zone of all major events until 31^st of August by cleverly pushing it by one week: The LeadingCampings have cancelled their participation, although the headquarter of the LeadingCampings of Europe is in Düsseldorf and they have therefore traditionally always been exhibitors at the Caravan Salon there. Despite of the hygiene concept unveiled by the trade fair company a large number of show visitors are nevertheless among the particularly vulnerable group of people over 60 years of age. In addition, the booking behaviour of LeadingCampings’ guests clearly shows that autumn 2020 will be used very intensively for travelling - an understandable compensation for the spring abstinence. A generally strong reduction in the number of visitors is therefore to be expected. This assumption is likely to be reinforced since more and more exhibitors cancel their participation. They do so not only in regard of poor visitor figures but as well in respect of the health of the own staff. If we cannot meet this year at Caravan Salon – please meet us digitally at www.leadingcampings.com, facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, twitter and youtube.

New online shop

The large automotive engineering company AL-KO, which has also cancelled its participation at the Caravan Salon, has expanded its distribution channels by an online shop. It is addressing end consumers and offers do-it-yourself products of AL-KO, SAWIKO as well as exclusive third-party products for caravans and campers. ‘Our clients get a better overview of our assortment, they save time and can order products for do-it-yourself installation time- and location-independent’ says Hans Posthumus, Vice President Marketing of the AL-KO Vehicle Technology Group. ‘The brand AL-KO stands for travel comfort and security for 90 years. Also the online shop remains authentic: for safety conscious and advice intensive products we still have our local specialists shops and customer centres'. The shipping of the products from the web shop takes place only within Germany. One highlight of the shop is the GPS-tracker Cobblestone, which is only available at ‘AL-KO Fahrzeugtechnik’. It can geolocate movable objects via GPS and therefore is perfectly suitable for theft protection. The easy to handle device is ideal for campers, caravans and trailers due to its automatically activation on movement and the battery life up to ten years. The GPS-tracker and the associated app can be used free of charge and subscriptions. The GPS-tracker is easy to install such as all other products of the AL-KO web shop. Further information: https://store.alko-tech.com