School Changing Trip Destination 3 days before travel

kazwookie

I love Norfolk, there is nothing wrong with it IMO, drop the child off at school, and let him go on the trip, and you go on your course.

mossstitchmama

The course I booked is only run twice a year at a time I can make. As I was getting up at 5am to get my son ready and at school for 6.30am as the school required, going home and getting other child off to a different school at 8.30am I expected to have plenty of time to spare. It's called organization. Many other parents will now have to try and arrange time off work, which will be difficult at such short notice.

I cannot change dates at such late notice without forfeiting payment which is reasonable. As one of the other parents said, if we cancelled he trip, the school would keep all the money we paid, we agreed to that when we booked.

What I have problems with is that the school have been so poorly organised that bookings made in October last year have not been confirmed until now. I will be interested to see if the parents who's children who went to Norfolk last year, ask for their money back.

It just feels like second best, the teachers have been saying how much more there is to do at the I.O.W. site and that the equipment is better. I know the alternative is to cancel. It just puts a downer on what should have been a great end to their time at primary school. Sad really.

Buzzybee90

mossstitchmama wrote: »

The course I booked is only run twice a year at a time I can make. As I was getting up at 5am to get my son ready and at school for 6.30am as the school required, going home and getting other child off to a different school at 8.30am I expected to have plenty of time to spare. It's called organization. Many other parents will now have to try and arrange time off work, which will be difficult at such short notice.

I cannot change dates at such late notice without forfeiting payment which is reasonable. As one of the other parents said, if we cancelled he trip, the school would keep all the money we paid, we agreed to that when we booked.

What I have problems with is that the school have been so poorly organised that bookings made in October last year have not been confirmed until now. I will be interested to see if the parents who's children who went to Norfolk last year, ask for their money back.

It just feels like second best, the teachers have been saying how much more there is to do at the I.O.W. site and that the equipment is better. I know the alternative is to cancel. It just puts a downer on what should have been a great end to their time at primary school. Sad really.

Exaggerating a bit, it's a 5 days at a PGL type site (I guess) not a week in Nice downgraded to Skegness...!

jaylee3

Jeeeeeeeeeez

What do you actually want us to say mosstitchmomma? What do you want? What do you expect the school to do?

Are you after a refund for the trip and your course? What?!

daisiegg

mossstitchmama wrote: »

The course I booked is only run twice a year at a time I can make. As I was getting up at 5am to get my son ready and at school for 6.30am as the school required, going home and getting other child off to a different school at 8.30am I expected to have plenty of time to spare. It's called organization. Many other parents will now have to try and arrange time off work, which will be difficult at such short notice.

They don't have to....they can drop their children off at 8.30am as has been offered, just like you can...

gingin_2

mossstitchmama wrote: »

The course I booked is only run twice a year at a time I can make. As I was getting up at 5am to get my son ready and at school for 6.30am as the school required, going home and getting other child off to a different school at 8.30am I expected to have plenty of time to spare. It's called organization. Many other parents will now have to try and arrange time off work, which will be difficult at such short notice.

I cannot change dates at such late notice without forfeiting payment which is reasonable. As one of the other parents said, if we cancelled he trip, the school would keep all the money we paid, we agreed to that when we booked.

What I have problems with is that the school have been so poorly organised that bookings made in October last year have not been confirmed until now. I will be interested to see if the parents who's children who went to Norfolk last year, ask for their money back.

It just feels like second best, the teachers have been saying how much more there is to do at the I.O.W. site and that the equipment is better. I know the alternative is to cancel. It just puts a downer on what should have been a great end to their time at primary school. Sad really.

I really think now you're being a complete drama llama. People have given you good advice from different perspectives but it seems none of it has gone in.

Your son still has a brilliant opportunity to go away with his mates before he starts senior school, he will undoubtedly have a ball and have no idea what he might have missed. Isn't that what is important?

It seems more about you than your son. I hope you are not spoiling his excitement towards it.

Poppie68

I bet most parents will just drop there children off at school at the normal time without the need of booking time off work.

OP why would the parents of the kids that went to Norfolk last year be asking for their money bacK?

The kids will have a great time be it IOW or Norfolk...away from the parents it's an adventure wherever they go, and an extra tenner spending money.

Spank

Have the school told you it's their fault? it could be totally out of their hands & have done a sterling job of arranging something else in such a shot time.


Can you not arrange for the LO to have a sleepover the night before? sell it as a practice of not sleeping in there own home/bed.

tomtontom

mossstitchmama wrote: »

The course I booked is only run twice a year at a time I can make. As I was getting up at 5am to get my son ready and at school for 6.30am as the school required, going home and getting other child off to a different school at 8.30am I expected to have plenty of time to spare. It's called organization. Many other parents will now have to try and arrange time off work, which will be difficult at such short notice.

I must be missing something here, surely this means you don't have to get up so early and can just drop your children off as normal? Why will people have to take time off work to do their child off at normal time?

GobbledyGook

The fact the coach company have let them down doesn't mean the trip is poorly organised on the school's behalf. It means they've been badly let down by the coach company.

They've done well to organise new coaches to take them to an alternative at such short notice.

It's a far less disappointing end to their time at the school than a cancelled trip and I hope that the parents disappointment doesn't cloud the children's excitement too much. The essentials of their trip - a few days of activities with their pals - haven't changed. In many, many ways the location of the trip doesn't really matter, especially since the school have realised that it could inconvenience parents and are happy to take the children in in the morning so parents can get to where they need to be.