Sun holidays start 4.1.14

loopylass81

Question if i havent got a priority code can I still book online?

thanks in advance

mrsrabbit_2

Haven't received any e-mail from the sun even though I booked 3 (yes I know, greedy) holidays during 2013. Have e-mailed them so I hope to hear soon. Love this forum as it has helped me with booking due to the code crackers. Do you think this will be needed again?

springdreams

UserX wrote: »

I've not done one of these before so please excuse the stupid questions....

I assume I would have to buy The Sun? How many?

I would only be interested in a couple of the locations this year - how/when would I be able to find out prices for August? (BEFORE I buy the papers?)

If the Sun makes online booking available to people who have not booked with them before (people who have booked before are called priority bookers), which it did for the first time earlier this year, then you will not need to buy The Sun as other people are likely to post the codes that you will need to book on this forum.

If online booking is not available to first time bookers or those without a priority code, then you will need to collect the number of tokens stipulated in the newspaper that contains the first token.

August is usually not included in the Sun holiday token collect scheme.

On the rare occassions that it has been included, it has been added much later on in the year and tends to be the tail end of August.

The parks have no reason to participate in the Sun holiday token collect scheme over the summer holidays, as they are usually fully booked. The Sun holidays are generally used by the parks to boost numbers during their quieter periods. Therefore, even those school holiday dates that are included (usually February and October) are snapped up pretty quickly.

Likewise, the spaces for the European parks tend to go within hours of the Sun holiday site going live.

Most parks charge a mandatory service charge, which has to be paid in addition to the £9.50 per person. The £9.50 is payable for a minimum of 4 people, so the least you will pay is £38. The service charge ranges between £5 per unit per night to £9 per unit per night.

School holiday dates tend to be £15 per person, for a minimum of 4 people.

The optional charges are the linen charge and the entertainment passes. These vary from park to park. However, if you even plan to use only the swimming pool, you will need the entertainment passes.

The only costs that are known before booking, by looking at the details for the parks you are interested in on the Sun holiday website or in the information sheet that will be published in the Sun newspaper, are the upfront charge of £9.50 or £15 per person, the mandatory service charge and the cost of the entertainment passes. You will only find out if there are any power charges and what the linen charges are after you have made a booking, and the park itself sends you an invoice. At the time of booking, there will also be a booking fee of around £2.

HTH

UserX

Thanks springdreams - I probably have to go in August this year so it sounds like this might not be a real option for us this year.

money

Is the disneyland park included this year?

holidaysforme

money wrote: »

Is the disneyland park included this year?

All the three paris parks are usually included. We went to la croix du vieux pont in october '13, and le chene gris the hear before. Might try paris internationale this time!

Louok

I got my email to say priority code was in post, has anyone actually received theirs yet?

Louok

money wrote: »

Is the disneyland park included this year?

I would be interested to find out how much Disneyland Paris works out all in? If anyone has been before how much did you end up paying?

money

I can't see disneyland paris on the sun website, can you put a link in so I can see

mrsrabbit_2

there are two websites open for booking, Sunday Jan 12th 2014 for priority bookers and Monday Jan 13th 2014 for other on line bookings. Check out ukholidaysinthesun.co.uk. This also gives park details that are available. All the Paris ones are there. I also went to Le Croix du Vue Point Oct 2013 and it was brill. Previous year went to Le Chene Gris, which was ok. Other dates will be available for later in the year i.e. last week of August, in the April promotion and then again in the July promotion is when I booked Le Croix for the Oct. The Sept promotion only has Le Chene Gris. I havent done International yet. Also I'm sure that I read that the European holidays are now £19. Anyone else read the same?