Don't go camping if you want a relaxing holiday," said Jan. i think that if i had taken her advice, i wouldn't have had such an awful vacation last year. Of course, another friend of mine who is a big camper told me not to give up. "You will never experience the joys of camping if you give up now" he said. I wasn't convinced so i told him that i would not go camping again if he came with me and he agreed.