Residential or day camp: which one fits

Residential camps

The child sleeps at the camp. This is the format most international families book, because it removes the accommodation problem entirely.

It also makes overnight supervision the single most important thing to check, and it is the thing operators publish least often.

Day camps

The child trains during the day and goes home, or back to a hotel with the family. Cheaper, and it suits families who are taking a holiday alongside the camp.

The trade-off is logistics: two transfers a day, every day, and a rigid start time.

Half-day camps

Common in coastal towns in July. Three or four hours of football in the morning. Good for younger children and for a first experience away from a home club.

How to compare the price honestly

Compare price per week, not the headline figure — and remember that a day camp price does not include a bed or three meals. Our comparison tables normalise everything to a weekly figure so the arithmetic is done for you.