The three operators that dominate the Cornish market — Haven, Park Holidays UK, Away Resorts — occupy different tiers. Haven is the volume player: largest sites, most on-park entertainment, the highest concentration of pools, slides and supervised children's activities. The Haven format genuinely earns its place if you have under-tens; the on-park programme is professionally run and gives you a holiday where the adults can read a book. Park Holidays UK is the more traditional caravan-park experience at lower price points — less programme, more independence. Away Resorts is the lodge-led mid-tier — better accommodation, smaller crowds, less family entertainment.
Location matters as much as the operator. A park positioned on a sandy beach you can walk to (Perran Sands, Riviere Sands, St Ives Bay) is a different holiday from a park positioned in countryside with the beach a fifteen-minute drive away (most Park Holidays sites). The best-value park bookings are at sites where the beach IS the point — the on-park facilities then become the wet-weather backup rather than the main event. Park Holidays' Looe Bay site is unusual in that the proximity to Looe town itself adds genuine restaurant and harbour-walk value most parks don't have.