After many weeks, the campsites can start operating again. But how relaxed can it be in Corona times in caravan paradise?
Olching - The Munich couple Angela and Gunnar Gennett find it a relief to finally be able to return to their beloved campsite. “The first time it was like taking a deep breath and breathing deeply,” says Angela Gennett. For two years she and her husband have been guests of the Ampersee in the Graßlfing district of Olching. They were all the more pleased that the corona restrictions were relaxed and that they could enjoy sunny hours in a deck chair on Pentecost weekend. But more importantly: Now they were allowed to spend time with their ten-year-old granddaughter again - and that at the campsite.
Surprise for the operator
Sufficient space between the plots.
© Hans Kurzl
It has been open again since May 30th. This easing of the corona restrictions came as a bit of a surprise to operators. "We found out from the media," explains Thomas Conradi. The 43-year-old wrote specifically to the district office. "To know how to act." The answer, however, was not satisfactory. Notices would follow, it was said. The demand from the Federal Association of the Camping Industry in Germany (BVCD) or the ADAC did not go much further.
Own initiative
The operator couple Susanne and Thomas Conradi did their own research. “We implemented it the way we think it could fit and is fine. Although nobody has officially explained how it works, ”complains Thomas Conradi. There are boards that indicate the mandatory mouth-nose coverage and compliance with the minimum distance. They are scattered across the site. The sanitary facilities are disinfected regularly. There is a box with pens at the reception. "So that every guest gets a new one when he fills out a form."
What the operators also found out: "Each district does its own thing and different rules." There is at least one constant: the permanent campers were allowed to make guest appearances before the general opening and to be outside.
A good replacement for the regulars' table
Around 70 regular guests include Erika Obermeier and her husband Werner Wöhl. The two Oberschleissheimers have had their place on Ampersee for a long time: they have been there for 20 years, he even for 43 years. "It's a piece of freedom," says Wöhl. At home he had to do without his beloved regulars' table during the Corona crisis. Outside - at the campsite - he could make up for it a little. “You can also toast with your arm extended and have a good conversation at a distance of two meters.” A cozy get-together and corona rules would not be mutually exclusive.
It's not difficult to keep your distance
And so Andreas Schulz and his Brazilian wife Lucia stop by from the neighboring camping car every now and then, just to ratchet up. "It's a piece of vacation here," says Schulz. And the plots would be very far apart anyway - which makes keeping the distance not too difficult.
Permanent guests keep the shop going
The approximately 70 permanent guests are a good basis for economic survival for the operators. The fact that it was only possible to open to all holidaymakers at the end of May this year is easier to cope with. "If the summer runs reasonably normal, we will get there." You have losses, but it does not threaten your existence, explains Thomas Conradi.
He recently invested a lot of money. 30,000 euros for WiFi and a network. He mentions casually that he felt that contact with Telekom was as tough as that with the district office. After all: "We did it for the guests."
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