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Where Is The Cheapest Place To Stay On The Isle Of Wight? (2025 Guide)

You may have managed to get to the Isle of Wight for a decent price thanks to our guide to Cheap Isle of Wight Ferry Travel, but where is the cheapest place to stay on the Isle of Wight?

This guide looks at the main types of accommodation on offer to holidaymakers and compares the cost for a family of four staying for a week in August 2025.

Option 1: Caravan sites - good for families

If caravan parks make you think of Father Ted then they probably aren't for you. However, they are a low cost option and some people love them, particularly as they give children more space to run/cycle around screaming. Most of them are modern and also have posher lodges with hot tubs.
 
There are two main types of holiday park on the Isle of Wight:
 
Larger family holiday parks with lots of facilities and activities:
  • Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park (near Bembridge) **Whitecliff Bay Discount Code: Save up to 10% via this link with discount code AWRAF7 until 31/12/25 + cheap ferry travel**
  • Nodes Point Holiday Park (St Helen’s)
  • Thorness Bay Holiday Park (near Cowes)  
  • Lower Hyde Holiday Park (Shanklin) 
  • Landguard Holiday Park (Shanklin)
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Quieter holiday parks on rural sites with fewer facilities:
  • St Helen's Coastal Resort (East Wight) ​**St Helen's Discount Code: Save up to 10% via this link with discount code AWRAF7 until 31/12/25**
  • Woodside Coastal Retreat (Wootton)
  • Woodside Bay Lodge Retreat (also Wootton)
  • The Lakes (Rookley)
  • Cheverton Copse (Sandown/Shanklin)
  • The Orchards Holiday Park (West Wight)   
  • Appuldurcombe Gardens Holiday Park (South Wight)

This is just a selection - for more see our guide to 10 of the best caravan holiday parks on the Isle of Wight or 5 best Isle of Wight lodges.
 
Prices vary but for example, I got a quote for caravan sites for the August school holidays 2025 and found a four-berth caravan for £721 at The Lakes, Rookley. That's £26 per person, per night during peak season. 

You can also bag a big discount on the Isle of Wight ferry if you stay at one of the eight holiday parks that are run by Parkdean Resorts and Away Resorts. The exact discount varies but you can often get the ferry for less than half price compared to standard fares.

Several Isle of Wight holiday parks take part in the Sun's 'Holidays from £9.50' promotion. It's worth saying that the offer is per person, per night and is the off peak price. You'll pay a lot more in summer.

​It's also sometimes cheaper to go direct. For example, I looked for four nights for four people at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park in early November 2025 and found it was £137 using a discount code - which is about £8.50 per person, per night.

The billy bonus with the Sun's holiday offer is that you get a return ferry for £63 - £83 with Red Funnel. That's a very good price and may well beat the ferry discount that you get by going via Away Resorts or Parkdean Resorts.
St Helen's Beach from Nodes Point Holiday Park
Nodes Point Holiday Park leads on to the beach at St Helens
Lodge at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park
Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park has lots of modern lodges as well as cheaper caravans

Can you Save with last minute deals?

My experience is that the best deals are available for those who book early. The cheapest accommodation is often snapped up first, so last minute bookers end up getting a discount on expensive properties!

However, if you are looking last minute then I would try these links. Many of the bigger holiday parks on the Isle of Wight offer last minute deals in an effort to fill up capacity, particularly in quieter months. 
  • Away Resorts offers deals and discounts at their four holiday parks on the Isle of Wight, including Whitecliff Bay, The Lakes Rookley, The Bay Colwell and St Helens. Discounts of about 25% were on offer when we searched.
  • Hoseasons offers last minute discounts at several Isle of Wight caravan holiday parks (click on the 'Last Minute Deals' button). The biggest discount when we searched was 25% but it is sometimes as high as 50%.
  • Parkdean Resorts sometimes offers last minute discounts. It runs four Isle of Wight holiday parks including Nodes Point, Landguard, Lower Hyde and Thorness Bay.

Option 2: Self catering cottages

Much like Paul McCartney, you may be thinking to yourself, "I'd like to rent a cottage on the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear."

Well, I generally find that self-catering cottages are cheaper for larger groups, where the cost is spread out. Their prices fluctuate massively according to the time of year, sometimes trebling during peak weeks (see our guide to what time of year should I visit the Isle of Wight for more on this).

​As an example, I searched on Hoseasons a few months in advance for a week during August 2025 and found Steephill Lodge in Ventnor at £675 for a week. It sleeps four, so that works out as £24 per person, per night.
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I then did a similar search on HolidayCottages.co.uk and found One Elm Cottage, which sleeps six for £1399 for a week in August 2025. That is £33 per person, per night.
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As you can see, self-catering can work out as a similar price to a typical caravan site (see #1).
Steephill Lodge on the Isle of Wight
A self-catering cottage such as Steephill Lodge can be good value
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Option 3: Touring and camping sites

Camping is almost certainly the cheapest option for an Isle of Wight holiday, unless you can persuade relatives/strangers to put you up.

​Bringing your own caravan or motorhome can be cheap, but you need to factor in the added cost of taking a long vehicle on the ferry.

If you're bringing a caravan, I would start with the very good deal offered by Red Funnel where you get a pitch and ferry travel bundled together. The accommodation is very cheap once you factor in the standard cost of the ferry. You can pick from four locations, all of which score either 4.5/5 or 5/5 on TripAdvisor:
  • Appuldurcombe Gardens Holiday Park in the South Wight, quite near Ventnor
  • The Orchards Holiday Park in the West Wight
  • Waverley Park Holiday Centre near to the car ferry port in East Cowes
  • Whitefield Forest Touring Park on the outskirts of Ryde

These are all relatively quiet holiday parks with simple facilities, but Waverley Park and Appuldurcombe Gardens have outdoor swimming pools. The Orchards has indoor and outdoor swimming pools.

We found a week in late July 2025 for £468 including the pitch and ferry travel, for a family of four with a caravan up to 13 metres. A peak time ferry could cost you that much with a caravan, so the pitch is effectively free. See our guide for the full details and restrictions or read Red Funnel's FAQ.

The deal also works if you are just bringing a tent and is about £50 cheaper.

If that offer doesn't work for you, then I would take a look at the 20 Isle of Wight campsites and touring parks that are open to all (rather than members of clubs), including:

​Larger campsites with lots of facilities and children’s entertainment:​
  • ​Landguard Holiday Park
  • Nodes Point Holiday Park
  • Lower Hyde Holiday Park
  • ​Thorness Bay Holiday Park
 
(These four all offer a good discount on the Isle of Wight ferry)


​Quieter rural campsites with simple facilities
  • Compton Farm
  • Grange Farm​
Camping at Thorness Bay Holiday Park
Thorness Bay Holiday Park is usually one of the cheaper caravan sites in our price comparisons
Camping at Lower Hyde holiday park in Shanklin
Camping at Lower Hyde holiday park is 20 minutes' walk to the beach at Shanklin
My advice is to start by deciding which part of the Isle of Wight you want to stay in by reading our guide (Which Isle of Wight Town Should I stay in?) to help narrow down your options. Many of the sites featured in our guide to 10 of the best Isle of Wight holiday parks also offer camping and touring facilities.
 
Prices vary according to the size of pitch, whether you want electricity and how many cars you are bringing. 

The cheapest campsite we found on the Isle of Wight is called Camp Wight and is only about £140 for a week in August. However, it doesn't have electricity.

Of course, you'll need a tent. You might consider these four-man tents from Amazon from about £50, if you don't fancy living on top of each other all week.

Caravanners might want to read our guide to cheap Isle of Wight ferry travel for caravans.
Muddy campsite
Why wouldn't you want to camp?

Option 4: Privately owned seaside chalets

There are various sites on the Isle of Wight where private owners rent out small chalets on shared sites, often at pretty cheap prices. 

One big site is Brambles Chine/Linstone Chine in the West Wight, which mostly has chalets with a double bed and two children's single beds and in 2025 typically costs £300 - £1000 for a week. Some describe themselves as '6 berth', which presumably would involve two people on a fold out bed in the lounge (hopefully those who go to bed latest).

They are listed on Hoseasons and Booking.com amongst other sites. For example, I found Solent Point, which sleeps four and was £779 for a week in August 2025.


The location is in the quieter West Wight - see our guide to Which Isle of Wight Town Should I stay in? to see if it is what you are after.
Linstone Chine on the Isle of Wight
Linstone Chine/Brambles Chine has lots of cheap holiday homes

See our guide to Brambles Chine and Linstone Chine self catering properties

Option 5: Independent Hotels

There are plenty of hotels towards the budget end of the market on the Isle of Wight, generally around Sandown, Shanklin and Ryde (as well as plenty of luxury hotels – see our guide). In December 2024 I searched for rooms available during August 2025 (so, high season) and found a family of four could get a week at Harrow Lodge Hotel in Shanklin for £1008.

You can search for Isle of Wight hotels via Expedia here or see our guide to luxury hotels.
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One other option to consider is a bundled deal of a coach journey, ferry ticket and hotel. I've seen some off-season holidays where the cost of the whole holiday including accommodation isn't far off the cost of a couple taking a car on the ferry for a weekend (admittedly that was a mid-week break in January, which doesn't exactly show off the Isle of Wight at its best). Isle of Wight coach trips are offered by the likes of Alfa Travel and Just Go! Holidays.
Shanklin esplanade
Many of the Isle of Wight's independent hotels can be found in Shanklin

Option 6: Chain hotels (Travelodge and Premier Inn) 

The Isle of Wight's Travelodge hotels are in Newport and Ryde (see our guide to which Isle of Wight town should I stay in). 

The key is to keep an eye out for the release of more bargain rooms on their deals page and mailing list and to book as long in advance as possible. The lowest price is generally about £35 for a 'family room' (double bed and two small pull out beds). That works out at about £9 per person per night.

I did a search (in December 2024) and found that a family of four could book a week in August 2025 at the Newport Travelodge for £726.

Travelodge is not usually good value if you leave it late or try to book on peak, but it is good for short off peak stays, such as a wedding.
Travelodge Newport on the Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight has two Travelodge hotels, including this one in Newport

The Isle of Wight has three Premier Inns. One is in Newport on the Isle of Wight Festival Site. It's worth looking at their prices if you are visiting for a day or two, particularly off peak and if you can book long in advance. Look out for sales and you can get sometimes get a room for about £30, which can squeeze two adults and two children into it.

​Bands at the Isle of Wight Festival stay here, so you might end up in Paul McCartney's bed.

The Isle of Wight's other Premier Inns are in Lake and on Sandown Seafront. 
 
When I searched for August 2025 - it came up at £726 in Sandown/Lake. It would be a bit cosy for a week with 4 people in one room, but that is about £26 per person, per night.
 
Bear in mind that I searched in December 2024. Prices increase as you get nearer the date.
Isle of Wight festival
Newport's Premier Inn is on the IOW Festival site

Option 7: Glamping

If you can’t quite tolerate camping (or perhaps you don’t own a tent) then you might consider Glamping as a cheap Isle of Wight accommodation option. Some of the big holiday parks and some smaller providers offer big fancy tents that typically have full kitchens, double beds and the like.

Glamping options include:
  • Nodes Point Holiday Park - safari tents at a popular Parkdean Resorts holiday park in St Helens 
  • The Garlic Farm in Newchurch - classy yurts in Newchurch. 
  • Tom's Eco Lodges - safari tents in the West Wight
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Whitecliff Bay, The Garlic Farm and Tom's Eco Lodges have all won awards at the Red Funnel Isle of Wight Awards in the last couple of years in the glamping or holiday park categories.

​See our full guide to Isle of Wight Glamping for more options
Safari tent at Nodes Point Holiday Park
Nodes Point Holiday Park has more than 20 safari tents
Tom's Eco Lodge Glamping
Tom's Eco Lodge is one of many glamping options on the Isle of Wight

Option 8: Bed and Breakfast

Is there anything more English than avoiding conversation with an adjoining table at a Bed and Breakfast, whilst also eavesdropping on their conversation? Anyway, I looked at B&B accommodation for a week in August 2025 and found options from £821 for a week (that was Sandhill in Sandown).

There's not a very clear distinction between a B&B, a guest house and a hotel on the Isle of Wight. Generally, a hotel will offer you evening meals but that's not always the case. Guest houses tend to be a bit bigger than a B&B, but it's a bit vague. 

​Search for Isle of Wight B&Bs at Expedia.

Option 9: Youth Hostel Association (YHA)

The Isle of Wight has a hostel run by the YHA.

The YHA Totland Bay (West Wight) has 50 beds. I didn't have any luck searching for accommodation this time, but in my previous searches I found beds from as little as £15 to £30 per night. 
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If you aren't sure about Hostels, there is a useful Q and A on the YHA website. It's worth saying that most hostels don't have age restrictions, despite the name.

My advice is that the YHA venues seem particularly good if you are travelling alone and on a budget.

Option 10: A House Swap

If you live in a tourist hotspot then you might consider attempting a house swap to get your holiday cottage on the Isle of Wight for nothing.

The best site I've found for house swaps is Guardian Home Exchange. When I checked, they had four Isle of Wight properties which were available for swaps.

Option 11: House Sitting

House sitting involves offering your house for free in exchange for your plants and pets being cared for by strangers. The biggest site I've found is Trusted House Sitters. Last time I checked there were 12 'house sitting assignments' on the Isle of Wight. Obviously, you need to be an animal lover and willing to fulfil owner demands such as daily walks.

It costs £99 to become a registered sitter, but if you can get a week's holiday accommodation for that then it's a bargain.
Dog at Yaverland
No, you can't look after my cousin's dog - but it's the most relevant picture I could find

Conclusion

​For a comparison, I looked at a week in August 2025 when booked a few months in advance (I searched in December 2024). The prices for two adults and two children that I found were:
  • House sitting - £99
  • Camp Wight - (Typical campsite, though there are lots of others) - £140
  • Steephill Lodge, Ventnor (Self Catering Cottage) - £675
  • The Lakes (Caravan holiday park) - £721
  • Travelodge (Family room) - £726
  • Premier Inn (Family room) - £726
  • Brambles Cottage (Self Catering chalet) - £774
  • Thorness Bay Holiday Park (Glamping) - £779
  • Sandhill in Sandown (B&B/Independent Hotel) - £821

​So, the cheapest option from my small survey seems to be either house sitting, camping (if you can tolerate it), or a holiday cottage. Premier Inn was very good value when we checked, but keep in mind that their prices go up nearer to the arrival date.

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