The Sun £9.50 Holidays

cardiffforthefacup wrote: »

Hi, I went to La Croix at easter, went by plane to Charles de Galle using airmiles from tesco clubcard (£75 without); from there train to centre of de Nord cost ~8euros, bus available also for about 2euros. Trains to Soissons or Compiegne on regular basis cost 30 euros for weekend through raileurope.com. There are bus services from these stations to St Aisigne (2euros) that meet the trains so it is possible to travel without car. the buses are infrequent however, a timetable is available for anyone who wants it, there are buses every two hours or so,mainly morning/evening, but I managed okay. the walk is approx 20mins from stop to campsite. Taxis from either Soissons/Compeigne were 60 euros so out of my range. The area is very near the battlefields of WW1 with the frontline ~3km away if you fancy a trek up there, there is a castle in St Aisigne and a number of bakerys, cafe bars which looks very Allo Allo. UP the road is Berny Rivere which bears the shrapnel marks on the old walls from German tank fire. YOu can see deer and various other wild life as you walk along near the river and woods if you are quiet enough. There is a go ape style site towards Soissons which is cheaper than the british version for any thrill seekers. I had my own duck family visiting me when I was there. Any help required just ask.

EssexGirl wrote: »

We wanted the Croix de Vieux Pont but got Le Chene Gris. We went on the late May bank holiday. The park was clean and tidy and the pool area was good, although smaller than it looked int he brochure. The onsite shop was very expensive, but there are supermarkets in the surrounding area. It's a basic camp, but great as a base.
There is a direct train service into Paris right outside the campsite, it takes 4 mins and drops you at Gare de L'est and costs about $15 with a full day travelcard. Bargain!
It's also only just over an hour to Fontainbleu and the very very lovely Chateau de Pierrefonds which is used as Camelot castle in the BBC series Merlin.

d_dixon50 wrote: »

My brother has just come back from a Sun holiday to Pontins (Brean) and hated every moment of it, decor was 70's/80's everything was insanely expensive, and full off chav type couples that let their kids do whatever they wanted while they drank in the bar, there was also nothing for their youngest to do more geared towards kids of 6 and over. They also paid £45 (I think) for an entertainment pass that seemed to have no meaning, was never asked for and he said aside from some kids shows in the day entertainment was non-existent.

One thing though he did say Brean was really nice itself just would never go to Pontins ever again. I'm not saying all this to rubbish the post or Sun holidays just be warned, oh one other thing, they had a letter a week before they went stating they needed to pay an extra £80! They also didn't receive any paper work about check-in times etc, so when they arrived at 12:30pm and were told check-in wasn't until 4pm!!!! You can understand their frustrations at Sun holidays and Pontins! You also have to pay for bedding too, all extra hidden costs people should be made aware of.

Anyway, that's my morning rant over, where's me coffee!!