The Sun £9.50 holidays, JAN 2013 code words and final word cracking thread

holidaysforme

juliat20 wrote: »

Has anybody that booked via the postal system noticed there cheques going out of the bank or had anything through the post yet?

I've chosen May half term and Oct half term on two seperate forms. Reading posts on this site I don't hold out much hope at all. I even sent it last monday when the last token was printed and sent it special delivery so as it would be there quick, I've never done it before so had no code to book online.:(

I haven't done the postal system for a long time, but from memory it is usually a number of weeks until you get to hear . I would imagne early febuary.
Those dates are extremely popular and will probably be all snapped up by priority bookers but you never know..
Hopefully you will get something.

Rachie_B

ceo wrote: »

Has anybody got their invoice for holidays booked to France yet?

Not yet,it's early days!

jockettuk

hi when booking our holiday i checked out the website and info on here about booking for 2 people .. i always knew i would have to pay 4 lots of £9.50 and probably entertainment passes .. but couldnt find anything on meals etc... all i kept finding out or was told that i would get the info sent to me in a email ... so i booked thought great will treat ourselves and book for 2 lots of meals.. no they have invoiced us for 4 lots.. its a pontins.. i would be cheaper booking this ourselves directly at this rate..

the bloke from pontins was useless.. told me to cancel as nothing else could be done..

any advice on this ..or should we just cancel and cut our losses..

thanks

Rachie_B

jockettuk wrote: »

hi when booking our holiday i checked out the website and info on here about booking for 2 people .. i always knew i would have to pay 4 lots of £9.50 and probably entertainment passes .. but couldnt find anything on meals etc... all i kept finding out or was told that i would get the info sent to me in a email ... so i booked thought great will treat ourselves and book for 2 lots of meals.. no they have invoiced us for 4 lots.. its a pontins.. i would be cheaper booking this ourselves directly at this rate..

the bloke from pontins was useless.. told me to cancel as nothing else could be done..

any advice on this ..or should we just cancel and cut our losses..

thanks

Pontins are the worst

you should only pay for what you will use ! ie 2 entertainments passes and 2 lots of half board

ring them again and hopefully you will speak to someone better !

lala9

It's all a big con if you ask me, only second rate parks available on obscure dates in daft locations. What is the point of giving priority booking to people when there is nothing to book, vent over lol. I won't be wasting my time with this again.

smallblueplanet

lala9 wrote: »

It's all a big con if you ask me, only second rate parks available on obscure dates in daft locations. What is the point of giving priority booking to people when there is nothing to book, vent over lol. I won't be wasting my time with this again.

Your choice. Leaves more for the rest of us. Lots of happy Sun Hols bookers, myself included.

ps I always find the Sun has a bigger choice of holiday parks than other named brand cheap holidays!

Rachie_B

lala9 wrote: »

It's all a big con if you ask me, only second rate parks available on obscure dates in daft locations. What is the point of giving priority booking to people when there is nothing to book, vent over lol. I won't be wasting my time with this again.

more for the likes of us then :j:money:

obscure dates ? daft locations ?

what do you mean ?

holidaysforme

lala9 wrote: »

It's all a big con if you ask me, only second rate parks available on obscure dates in daft locations. What is the point of giving priority booking to people when there is nothing to book, vent over lol. I won't be wasting my time with this again.

I dont think there's anything second rate about booking a seven night holiday in a very popular french park for a fraction of the normal cost in the school holidays. That's what i did as did many others.
Will probably book another break in April as well:D
Sorry you didn't get what you wanted, but lots of others did!

steph2901

lala9 wrote: »

It's all a big con if you ask me, only second rate parks available on obscure dates in daft locations. What is the point of giving priority booking to people when there is nothing to book, vent over lol. I won't be wasting my time with this again.

I've always been lucky enough to get great locations at the time I want

steph2901

holidaysforme wrote: »

I dont think there's anything second rate about booking a seven night holiday in a very popular french park for a fraction of the normal cost in the school holidays. That's what i did as did many others.
Will probably book another break in April as well:D
Sorry you didn't get what you wanted, but lots of others did!

I agree! I wouldn't be able to afford a holiday to Disney and sightseeing in Paris if it weren't for the Sun holidays