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Reply to: A Platinum Caravan!!!!!
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Previously on "A Platinum Caravan!!!!!"
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So this time for £1k for the New Year period I've picked up a fantastic lodge at Finlake in Devon with hot tub, sauna, private setting. Well recommended and great entertainment.
MF recommendation.
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
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Read the small print
Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostNot yet embarked on my holiday to the caravan park as I am joining midweek.
The Father In Law, a recently retired MD of a large Consultancy & his money spending spouse had booked two one week caravans at this fantastic location for all the family. Booking the top of the range 'Platinum' caravan, they are dismayed that there is no balcony, they are near an electricity pylon and the rooms are the size of cupboards.
He has paid £1000 each for this family treat and the news from the wife is, he's pretty upset it's not better.
Haven Park Overlay?
Does anyone think it would be rude if I feign claustrophobia and book a local 4 star hotel for the rest of the week?
During the video it clearly states"Layout and style may vary from site to site" Well the layout of your father in laws caravan is near an electricity pylon. The video clip displays caravans and holiday homes with a balcony. The caravans clearly do not have a balcony.
I have just come back from a holiday in Corsica where I paid €200 a week for a broken down caravan with a view of other caravans. Mrs BS had a great holiday as some of her family where in the same caravan park.
Caravan owners seem to share the same love of caravans as Jeremy Clarkson's love of motor cars.
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There's a point the consultant is completely missing, that same caravan would have been £250 a week ago.
Only cockney plumbers can afford the school holidays, the £1000 cost has nothing to do with the level of luxury.Last edited by gingerjedi; 27 July 2010, 07:33.
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By the way, most of the inmates of a Haven Holiday would consider a "pylon view" to be the height of modern sophistication.
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Maybe by "balcony" he meant one of those canopy thingies you attach to the side of the caravan and sit around outside beneath it.
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View Postdismayed that there is no balcony
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You pays your money and takes your chance.
What did he expect for what he spent?
I'm guessing havens don't really deal with "don't you know who I am". It's a caravan park FFS.
If you (he) wanted the savoy he should have booked it.
Either enjoy the time with your family or do something else. From the pics it looks fine for time with the family away from it all. luxury, no... but time well spent maybe.
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Take a tent. It's got to be better than a caravan. They'll probably charge extra for such luxury though.
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Originally posted by Zippy View PostYou won't be there for long and I'm sure you can arrange an "urgent work issue" if things get desperate. Or book a hotel.
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You won't be there for long and I'm sure you can arrange an "urgent work issue" if things get desperate. Or book a hotel.
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