Came across the reviews for this place on Tripadvisor AFTER we had booked.
As a result, we tried to get our money back with only a week left before we went but they said it was nonrefundable.
After they reassured us that everything would be clean and ready for us on our arrival, I relaxed a little. One of the duty managers even guaranteed me that they would check the accommodation personally before we arrived.
I should have gone with gut feeling as the place had not been cleaned at all. We had to ask for a toilet brush, twice before hunting a cleaner down in the morning and actually doing it myself.
The microwave still had the contents of the previous family dinner inside of it. I could go on but I'm sure you get the picture.
When I complained, we were given a free meal ticket for four of us in the evening plus breakfast the following morning. Knowing how dirty the whole site was, it didn't fill us with confidence that the kitchen would be up to the required standards of the local EHO.
I asked a member of staff what the local authority rating was (as it was displayed) and ten minutes later, after asking the duty manager, he informed us that they think it was a three (out of five). But he wasn't too sure as the manager couldn't find the certificate, he was just going on what he remembers seeing some time ago. Helpful.
Although this was a 'cheap, half price holiday' we were expecting the place to be at least clean and it wasn't.
For that reason, we're out! read more