Just booked a really cheap pontins stay

kezzann

im absolutely loving my local radio station hallam fm at the moment. just used their offer page again and booked a stay at pontins camber sands for us 3 plus my sister and her family and for both apartments we paid £118 for 4 nights!

its during term time so maybe thats why it's so cheap but ours are still young enough that we can take them away then. you might be able to get it on the pontins site direct too but when i tried the search results came up blank for the same dates.

so if anyone wants to get away with the kiddies soon give it a whirl :beer::dance:

susancs

kezzann wrote: »

im absolutely loving my local radio station hallam fm at the moment. just used their offer page again and booked a stay at pontins camber sands for us 3 plus my sister and her family and for both apartments we paid £118 for 4 nights!

its during term time so maybe thats why it's so cheap but ours are still young enough that we can take them away then. you might be able to get it on the pontins site direct too but when i tried the search results came up blank for the same dates.

so if anyone wants to get away with the kiddies soon give it a whirl :beer::dance:

We went there years ago and it was basic but clean, but it has awful reviews now as it has not been upgraded for years. If you do a search of the forum you will find posts from people. I know reviews are subjective and people are more likely to put up bad reviews than good ones, but there have been so many bad ones about it being so run down and filthy. Plus the traveller photos over the last months of rusted cookers, stained bedding, bed bugs, filthy carpets, rubbish around the site, dirty bathrooms show it is not good. If you have a deal where you can cancel with no penalities it might be best to do that and look elsewhere. There are a lot of caravan sites in the area and park holidays often do deals. It has a nice beach so worth going to the area, just not Pontins.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g1752567-d607436-Reviews-Pontin_s_Camber_Sands_Centre-Camber_Rye_East_Sussex_England.html

https://www.holidaywatchdog.com/15365-Camber-Pontins_Camber_Sands-Holiday-Review.html

https://www.aspokesmansaid.com/travel-and-holidays/stories/content-7137/check-out-our-pontins-holidays-from-hell-gallery

baza52

used to go there a lot as a kid. Would not stay there now if it was free.

susancs

If you get to cancel the holiday, look at this post on hotukdeals with passwords for breakfree holidays as it would work out from £40 per break for a family of 4 plus £3 booking fee( you have to book four people even if only 3 going).
Post with codes.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/10-per-person-holidays-from-breakfree-passwords-needed-from-2nd-jan-via-local-paper-2363147

Just had a quick look and Park Resorts Camber sands has a lot of 4 night breaks in May and June for £40 per family of 4 (didn't check other dates) and fairly good reviews on tripadvisor.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g1752567-d1136066-Reviews-Camber_Sands_Holiday_Park_Park_Resorts-Camber_Rye_East_Sussex_England.html


For certain dates you have to pay a service charge and entertainment passes on top so factor those when booking ( the holiday park invoice you directly) e.g. Mon 16/5 the entertainment passes are free but you have a £29 service fee for the 4 nights in total at Park resorts Camber sands so your holiday would be £69. Still would probably be cheaper than Pontins as you will have the buy electricity cards for your accomodation and bed linen.

You also have Haven resorts in nearby areas e.g. Coombe Haven and Butlins in Bognor if you fancy those instead.

Butlins Bognor for 16/5 for 4 nights is £40 but has a big service charge of £48 for the break and £60 for the entertainment passes so in reality £148 for the 4 night break. You could get the passes reduced to 3 by speaking to the park so that would take a bit off.

Here are the dates where there are no service or pass extra charges e.g. 6/6 for a 4 night break at Camber Sands. Butlins has a couple of breaks also.
http://www.breakfreeholidays.co.uk/pdfs/LW_jan2016.pdf

tomtontom

baza52 wrote: »

used to go there a lot as a kid. Would not stay there now if it was free.

This ^^ a hundred times over!

Syman

Actually, The last time i went it wasn't too bad.
A friend of mine stayed there a few weeks back, she had a good time.

Let us know how you get on. An up to date review would be good, if for no other reason than to balance some of the views here.

gemnjam

Hiya - know this is an old thread but just wondered if anyone did have a up-to-date review? Thanks

susancs

gemnjam wrote: »

Hiya - know this is an old thread but just wondered if anyone did have a up-to-date review? Thanks

Up to date reviews here:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g1752567-d607436-Reviews-Pontin_s_Camber_Sands_Centre-Camber_Rye_East_Sussex_England.html

gemnjam

susancs wrote: »

Up to date reviews here:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g1752567-d607436-Reviews-Pontin_s_Camber_Sands_Centre-Camber_Rye_East_Sussex_England.html

Thanks - I am aware of tripadvisor but I tend to find its the 2 extremes of people who want to post on there and was just wondering if there were any fellow MSErs with reviews

burtha

Friends of ours were at the Southport one a couple of weekends ago , place had nothing open , beds /rooms were old/worn out,bedding not nice , if they hadn't traveled as far would have come home as soon as , went out and bought new bedding as refused to use what they were given ...
Not nice and never again ..... staff were nice though but unable to do much , place needs knocked down and start again