£15 sun holiday!!more like£48!!!

spencezoid

having booked for 3 adults and 2 children to go thorness bay isle of wight(park resorts)i got my confirmation and balance to pay the other day
£75(inc insurance) so far so good
£60 (entertainment,linen and service charge)-not bad,but read dogs could stay in the bronze standard caravans so rang to upgrade as taking my mum whose had a really rough year (she has not long finished her chemo-i didn't mention this) and is allergic to dogs
silver £75
gold £105(ok not bad quite happy to do this until i found out you have to pay the upgrade and the balance as ,linen and service charge aren't included in the sun deals making it a total of
silver £210
gold £240 -i did say mum was allergic was there any chance of one of the new bronze ones but they had been taken,i said i didn't feel as it was clear regarding the upgrades but the aadvisor said it had only been mention once or twice before-i know i will end up upgrading as i dont want mum to feel ill,but do other people feel the sun holidays aren't such good value anymore,i have spoken to 3 advisors and one admin manager and they all respond the same saying the upgrade is the accomodation,the other offers only apply if booked direct

spencezoid

stopped feeling so mardy today and rang up and paid for gold so it totals £240,but at least i know mums going to be ok and we'll be in a nice caravan,lets hope the weather stays like this and it'll be great

sarahg1969

Do you have to take out their insurance and pay for linen & service? You can usually opt out of these things.

Peter_Pan

I don't take out their insurance, I cancel the linen charges and also the entertainment passes as we use the accomodation as a base only and don't use the site entertainment.
I have done this twice now without problem.
All i pay direct to the site is the service charge.

spencezoid

service is mandatory,i chose to pay for passes so could use facilities,pool, if wanted,paid for linen as would be one job less and less to pack quite happy with that-OR quite happy paying for an upgrade but didnt think it fair you pay for the upgrade but still have to pay service,linen and passes(if you chose passes and linen) as is because its thru the sun,

if you had booked and upgraded thru park resorts the offer is below
"Gold Accommodation
Treat yourselves to luxury in these spacious, modern, top of the range holiday homes, packed with stylish extras
Caravans are 12 foot wide as standard, giving 20% more space than most caravans. 2 or 3 bedroom models are available and include heating in the bedrooms and bathrooms. Beds are made up on arrival, giving you more time to get on and enjoy your holiday.

• FREE gas, electricity & bed linen
• Bedroom and Bathroom Heating
• Gas or electric fire in lounge
• Colour TV in lounge
• I JUST PRESUMED BECAUSE I WAS PAYING TO UPGRADE THE LINEN AND SERVICE WOULD BE INCLUDED AND I WOULD JUST HAVE TO PAY FOR PASSES EXTRA