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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

Good for families

Not made welcome!

We arrived at the site at 20 minutes past eight expecting to pull in quietly and see the warden in the morning. I would have put our membership card through the office letter box. However we were approached by the warden and I immediately apologised for us being late, we had had a long difficult day. She was not interested in my apology but concerned that we were 'foreign' as we have French plates on our car. I explained that we had been held up but she demanded my card to prove that we were members. We were told to pitch on the first available pitch and not to drive around. Of course we were happy to do this. The following morning I went to the office to explain that we did not feel welcome and we had only been 20 minutes late. I was not looking to argue and I thought we could easily smooth the situation and we would then enjoy our holiday. Instead I got a lecture on her working hours, fire regulations, and various questions about how far we had driven and that we should have stopped at the services overnight. I decided we would not stay as long as we had booked as I found her attitude rude and unwelcoming. She could so easily have put things right, she had no idea what sort of day we had had but was only concerned at being put out. The site was clean and very pleasant, the walk to the beach was excellent for the dogs and we enjoyed the local area. We may return another year when different wardens are on site. I accept that it is a difficult job and hard work but we provide holiday accommodation ourselves and would never treat a guest in this manner. I found it quite upsetting
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JVB66 replied on 28/05/2019 15:23

Posted on 28/05/2019 15:23

Did you previously contact the site to advise you were running late? it would then have then been noted ontheir arrival sheet which would also have had your vehicle registration and would then have saved any "confusion"when you eeventually arrived

ragdoll replied on 06/06/2019 15:14

Posted on 06/06/2019 15:14

Sorry you had a bad day but did you ever stop to think that maybe the warden had also had a bad day plus been on her feet all day and cleaning toilets after people (bet that was great fun for her).  So just give a thought to the wardens who never get a minute peace they do a really good job and without them we would be stumped 

replied on 06/06/2019 15:29

Posted on 06/06/2019 15:29

It would have been common courtesy to phone ahead

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moulesy replied on 06/06/2019 18:18

Posted on 06/06/2019 18:18

But regardless of the rights and wrongs of this particular case, I'd say that for every review criticising wardens (often from folk who, advertently or inadvertently are somewhat in the wrong themselves ) there are dopens praising the wardens - you only have to look through the past couple of days reviews to see this. Two sides to every story as ever.

replied on 06/06/2019 19:10

Posted on 06/06/2019 19:10

If as seem the club wishes to staff on a shoestring

I don't know of any site in the UK, of a similar size, that has staff available 24/7 or even for 12 hours a day David.

Maybe the OP thought they would make up the time as they travelled. Maybe they were simple caught out at the last moment. Maybe they did not have a mobile phone or the battery was flat. Maybe they could not find a working phone box.  

An awful lot of Maybes there. Maybe she thinks her wants are more important than others - I have no idea. Nor do you

replied on 06/06/2019 20:10

Posted on 06/06/2019 19:40 by huskydog

The customer is always right , ......unless you belong to the caravan clubwink

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