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Sun Holidays from £9.50pp January 2022

edited 16 January 2022 at 1:32AM in UK holidays, days out & entertainments
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  • Marvel1Marvel1 Forumite
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    Just checked the site for weekend dates for September for my destination and there are none, only Monday to Friday.

    I did a check for another park just for testing purposes and they offer weekend dates.

    Guess I will leave it this year.
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    Marvel1 said:
    Just checked the site for weekend dates for September for my destination and there are none, only Monday to Friday.

    I did a check for another park just for testing purposes and they offer weekend dates.

    Guess I will leave it this year.
    The dates listed on the Club £9.50 website are where the park prices vary from the new Plan A or Plan B pricing structure, not a list of what hols going to be available at that site.
  • edited 9 January 2022 at 9:36PM
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    edited 9 January 2022 at 9:36PM
    bitm2007 said:
    Marvel1 said:
    Just checked the site for weekend dates for September for my destination and there are none, only Monday to Friday.

    I did a check for another park just for testing purposes and they offer weekend dates.

    Guess I will leave it this year.
    The dates listed on the Club £9.50 website are where the park prices vary from the new Plan A or Plan B pricing structure, not a list of what hols going to be available at that site.
    Ah right, as this is the park I would want to attend:

    £9.50pp Nov 7, Nov 14

    £19.50pp Apr 25, May 2, May 9, May 16, May 23, Jun 6, Jun 13, Jun 20, Sep 5, Sep 12, Sep 19, Sep 26, Sep 30, Oct 3, Oct 7, Oct 10, Oct 14, Oct 17, Nov 11, Nov 18

    £29.50pp May 6, May 13, May 20, Jun 10, Jun 17, Jun 24, Jun 27, Jul 4

    £39.50pp Jul 1, Jul 8, Jul 11, Jul 15, Jul 18

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    This is the other park by same operator:

    In bold are the weekend dates, not shown above.

    £9.50pp Mar 14, Mar 21

    £19.50pp Mar 11, Mar 18, Mar 25, Mar 28, Apr 1, Apr 25, May 2, May 6, May 9, May 16, May 23, Jun 6, Jun 13, Jun 20, Jun 27, Sep 5, Sep 9, Sep 12, Sep 16, Sep 19, Sep 23, Sep 26, Sep 30, Oct 3, Oct 10, Oct 14, Oct 17

    £29.50pp May 20, Jun 10, Jun 17, Jun 24, Jul 4, Oct 7

    £39.50pp Jul 1, Jul 8, Jul 11, Jul 15

    £49.50pp Jul 18
  • edited 10 January 2022 at 12:01AM
    bitm2007bitm2007 Forumite
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    edited 10 January 2022 at 12:01AM
    Marvel1 said:
    bitm2007 said:
    Marvel1 said:
    Just checked the site for weekend dates for September for my destination and there are none, only Monday to Friday.

    I did a check for another park just for testing purposes and they offer weekend dates.

    Guess I will leave it this year.
    The dates listed on the Club £9.50 website are where the park prices vary from the new Plan A or Plan B pricing structure, not a list of what hols going to be available at that site.
    Ah right, as this is the park I would want to attend:

    £9.50pp Nov 7, Nov 14

    £19.50pp Apr 25, May 2, May 9, May 16, May 23, Jun 6, Jun 13, Jun 20, Sep 5, Sep 12, Sep 19, Sep 26, Sep 30, Oct 3, Oct 7, Oct 10, Oct 14, Oct 17, Nov 11, Nov 18

    £29.50pp May 6, May 13, May 20, Jun 10, Jun 17, Jun 24, Jun 27, Jul 4

    £39.50pp Jul 1, Jul 8, Jul 11, Jul 15, Jul 18

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    This is the other park by same operator:

    In bold are the weekend dates, not shown above.

    £9.50pp Mar 14, Mar 21

    £19.50pp Mar 11, Mar 18, Mar 25, Mar 28, Apr 1, Apr 25, May 2, May 6, May 9, May 16, May 23, Jun 6, Jun 13, Jun 20, Jun 27, Sep 5, Sep 9, Sep 12, Sep 16, Sep 19, Sep 23, Sep 26, Sep 30, Oct 3, Oct 10, Oct 14, Oct 17

    £29.50pp May 20, Jun 10, Jun 17, Jun 24, Jul 4, Oct 7

    £39.50pp Jul 1, Jul 8, Jul 11, Jul 15

    £49.50pp Jul 18
    Band A in the new pricing has September 12, 19 and 26 priced at £9.50, and September 9, 16 & 23 at £19.50, however, the park you want to attend appears to have opted to charge £19.50 pp for all those dates (these price variations should be printed under it's listing in yesterdays newspaper pullout).  So September 12,19 and 26 vary from the Plan A template because they will be charging £19.50 for those dates, not £9.50, but September 9, 16, 23 remain priced £19.50 so are not included in the list above.

    This new system was supposed to be easier to understand, but it's a complete nightmare to get your head around that's not helped by anomalies between what's was printed in yesterdays pullout, and the club £9.50 website (hopefully they will sort this).  

    Which park is it that you want to attend ?

    PS loads of parks have no dates listed in the charges section of the Club £9.50 website.  So if it was just available dates listed there, they have been included without any availability at any time this year !




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    For anybody who is disappointed that Haven are no longer included, or simply can’t find anything suitable in this promotion, Haven are doing their own “£11.50 holidays” to compete directly with £9.50 bookings:

    https://www.haven.com/offers/sun-holidays
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    edited 10 January 2022 at 1:10AM
    bazzyb said:
    For anybody who is disappointed that Haven are no longer included, or simply can’t find anything suitable in this promotion, Haven are doing their own “£11.50 holidays” to compete directly with £9.50 bookings:

    https://www.haven.com/offers/sun-holidays
    Very misleading. That's there standard £69 cheap site & date prices that they do anyway.

    They have simply quoted the up to 6 people on a £69 holiday as the equivalent of £11.50 each.

    Since Covid, they also do a £49 stay only. For the cheapo sites & dates, Haven offers have often worked out cheaper than the sun holidays for years (except for the odd dates when free passes & utility were included).

    The bargains used to be getting a weekend before summer hols or a spring/Aug bank holiday booking at 4 x £15 + £30 utility = £130, when the direct site price was £450.
  • edited 10 January 2022 at 8:46AM
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    edited 10 January 2022 at 8:46AM
    bazzyb said:
    For anybody who is disappointed that Haven are no longer included, or simply can’t find anything suitable in this promotion, Haven are doing their own “£11.50 holidays” to compete directly with £9.50 bookings:

    https://www.haven.com/offers/sun-holidays
    Very misleading. That's there standard £69 cheap site & date prices that they do anyway.

    They have simply quoted the up to 6 people on a £69 holiday as the equivalent of £11.50 each.

    Since Covid, they also do a £49 stay only. For the cheapo sites & dates, Haven offers have often worked out cheaper than the sun holidays for years (except for the odd dates when free passes & utility were included).

    The bargains used to be getting a weekend before summer hols or a spring/Aug bank holiday booking at 4 x £15 + £30 utility = £130, when the direct site price was £450.
    and there are no longer any £69 for 6 people options available when you click the Stay+Play break £69 for up to a family of 6 link on their website, all that is left is 4 berth caravans which work out at £17.25 per person.  The cheapest 6 berth Stay+Play break left are £79 !.  

    A family of 6 can still book stay only accommodation for £69 at numerous parks in March and May, however, which does work out at £11.50 per person, and a very limited number of £49 hols in March that work out at £8.17 per person.  See link below and scroll down.

    https://www.haven.com/search-results/holidays/breaksfrom49?children=4&holidayType=STAY&id=breaksfrom49





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    bitm2007 said:
    bazzyb said:
    For anybody who is disappointed that Haven are no longer included, or simply can’t find anything suitable in this promotion, Haven are doing their own “£11.50 holidays” to compete directly with £9.50 bookings:

    https://www.haven.com/offers/sun-holidays
    Very misleading. That's there standard £69 cheap site & date prices that they do anyway.

    They have simply quoted the up to 6 people on a £69 holiday as the equivalent of £11.50 each.

    Since Covid, they also do a £49 stay only. For the cheapo sites & dates, Haven offers have often worked out cheaper than the sun holidays for years (except for the odd dates when free passes & utility were included).

    The bargains used to be getting a weekend before summer hols or a spring/Aug bank holiday booking at 4 x £15 + £30 utility = £130, when the direct site price was £450.
    and there are no longer any £69 for 6 people options available when you click the Stay+Play break £69 for up to a family of 6 link on their website, all that is left is 4 berth caravans which work out at £17.25 per person.  The cheapest 6 berth Stay+Play break left are £79 !.  

    A family of 6 can still book stay only accommodation for £69 at numerous parks in March and May, however, which does work out at £11.50 per person, and a very limited number of £49 hols in March that work out at £8.17 per person.  See link below and scroll down.

    https://www.haven.com/search-results/holidays/breaksfrom49?children=4&holidayType=STAY&id=breaksfrom49





    Which simply demonstrates that it's just their own sun holidays marketing ploy to move their normal low season £69 holidays from their standard booking system, to a made up promotional link without them having to pay the newspaper commission and fool you into believing you had a bargain/discount.

    There's still hols via the main Haven site for cheaper via standard ongoing promotional links for the standard 4 people offer....


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    Do they still send out their red coloured letters? If they do, when did you get yours?

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