£9.50 Holidays pp with no extra charges From The sun/news of the world (merged)

stressedoutmum

Usually £10 refundable deposit for linen.
£4 per night elec/gas
£4-5 per person per break for entertainment pass

We usually pay about £38 for these holidays but the reality is they're almost double with all the charges above so add on another £38!

HTH

susieb

daisy999 wrote:

could anyone tell me roughly how much the extra charges are im being told £38 for family of four at haggerstone castle on 2nd october dont want to proceend to book til i know what charges are
thanx

If you click on the info icon on the holiday booking page it tells you any extra costs. But stressed out mum above has given a good idea.

narabanekeater

Just to add that we were quoted £131 pounds for us to go to Butlins in Septemeber. The price shot up to £300 using clubcard deals. They dont allow you to ahve any of the special offers with Haven or Butlins when using clubcard vouchers

Roger_Rampant

Just to add that we were quoted £131 pounds for us to go to Butlins in Septemeber. The price shot up to £300 using clubcard deals. They dont allow you to ahve any of the special offers with Haven or Butlins when using clubcard vouchers

Yes but £300 is £75 of clubcard vouchers, which is still a lot better than £131

notasdaftasilook

My partner and I have been on a few of these holidays and had no complaints. Ideal cheap holiday with our baby son , just used it as a base to get out and about and see the area.
To keep the costs down take your own bed linen- dont need much. The entertainment passes are needed if you wish to use the bar areas,amusements, swimming pools etc. and i have never had to pay for the baby's pass. On a couple of sites we weren't asked to show them but thats pot luck i suppose.

:beer:

deanos

No complaints with the Sun holidays either , we are going in May and its going to cost £68 for 4 nights inc. linen and we got free entertainment passes this is at Haven Primrose Valley.

Looks like TNOTW are the left over dates from The Sun holidays.

stevem999

sennen wrote:

We booked a holiday through the Sun similar to the above. Friends of ours who wanted to come along rang the holiday park direct and got a gold caravan instead of bronze all the linen and entertainment passes thrown in and paid £10 less.

It's always worth ringing the holiday park first.

YES! These are run by the Haven/Bourne Leisure/British Holidays group and are the same as the Sun and the Daily Express ones a few weeks back. Whilst they are a good deal compared to a summer holiday week etc they can definitely be matched/beaten by going direct to Haven website or the parks direct. The headline price (e.g.£38 for a 4 night break) is always eclipsed (by 2 or 3 times) by the entertainment passes and other charges they inflict. You also get the lowest of the low accommodation. We got a Daily Express one at Greenacres in North Wales for May for £97.50 once charges added in.

The £38 was already committed but we have since found (still there today if you want it!) if we had gone direct to Haven website then we could have got exactly the same dates, all the passes, linen etc, cancellation cover inclusive (extra on the newspaper offers), earlier check-in and a much larger and better-equipped caravan for £110.00. Yes a little more expensive but so much more!

Just watch out and check their site first! Even better, try the park direct as they may have more to offer like Senne found above

LearningToSave.

loates123 wrote:

sneaky with the service charges and charges for bed covers too

you dont have to pay the £10 for bed linen.....i never have....you just ring the park and tell them you'll bring your own and they take the £10 charge off.

wall park(pontins) in devon has no extra charges.....we always go there for precisely this reason :j

kit

Thank you so much OP.
Never bother with the sun holidays anymore due to the high service charges etc.... and the fact I never get the holiday I want!

Just booked a weekend in Devon, electric on meter and no clubpass charges..... I'm a happy bunny now :j

LearningToSave.

just booked a weekend in devon(wall park) in late september :-)
we are already going there in may with a sun hol but thought it would be fab for my girlies to go later so booked another!!!