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Butlins skeggy absolutely filthy

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 17:39

Obvs name changed for this one!

I have come to Butins Skegness as a family and our fairground apartment is FILTHY! there is mould on the ceiling above the kids bed and round the kitchen window, poo on the bathroom door, blood on the curtains, sauce all over the microwave, brown ick all over the kettle, the floors haven't been swept or hovered and there's hair and blood on the master bed! Is this the standard I expect here? I'm just about ready to pack up and head home! They have offered us another apartment but I have to take all the stuff down 2 flights of stairs rather back up another 2 flights! Ita also eaten.the first couple of hours of our holiday and really taken the shine off.

AIBU is this what you expect when you pay to come to butlins?

Butlins skeggy absolutely filthy
Butlins skeggy absolutely filthy
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Amybelle88 · 08/04/2024 22:27

I went to Skegness butlins a few years ago - we only had a silver room with one bedroom and I can't fault it.

I am a bit of a clean snob truth be told - I'm even fussy about who's house I drink a cup of tea in, so I was very pleasantly surprised,

That being said, im also not surprised at this, there are always rooms like this and it's a shame 🤢

pootlin · 08/04/2024 22:24

Cheap should mean basic, not dirty.

How much was it OP? I’m guessing it wasn’t even cheap.

Nudgethatjudge · 08/04/2024 22:17

Filth is not acceptable wherever you are paying to stay.

I always thought at the start of the season, accommodation at holiday parks would be at its best and its the end of season its got potential to be a horror scene.

TheChosenTwo · 08/04/2024 22:17

Oh god that’s a dreadful start to your time away, hopefully the rest of it will go without a hitch and the kids will enjoy themselves at
least.
I went on one of the themed adults weekends in Bognor years ago, it was an aunts 40th or something. 8 of us in 2 adjoining apartments. My sil and I were in a twin room and ended up topping and tailing when she got in her bed and pulled the duvet up and smelled BO from its previous occupant. Closer inspection revealed ginger pubes in her bed 🤮 absolutely revolting,
they hadn’t even made an effort to change the sheets. The other apartment had a full ashtray left behind for their arrival and the curtains had what appeared to be shit stains on them.
We complained and a few of us left a day early, it was absolutely revolting.
I’ll never forget seeing 3 people shagging in the Bob the builder ride - sadly an unforgettable weekend for all the wrong reasons and I’ve never felt compelled to return!

EllaPaella · 08/04/2024 22:13

We went there in 2014 and will never go again. Minging doesn't even begin to describe it. When we arrived there were hairs all over the bathroom and I even found a pair of dirty knickers under one of the beds. It obviously hasn't improved over the last 10 years.

IncompleteSenten · 08/04/2024 22:06

Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 21:58

That's camping! I love camping BTW

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No. We're talking 40, 45 years ago and the basic cheap chalets didn't have bathrooms. You had to use communal showers that were at the end of each block of chalets.

I loved it. It was the most exciting part of the holiday

I was a weird kid.

TheBottomsOfMyTrousersAreRolled · 08/04/2024 22:06

My dd’s most memorable trip to butlins skegness was when a woman have birth in the pool. Well, not in the water. That got her out before that bit.

op, ask them to provide early access queue jump passes in the package of making up for the crapness.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 22:03

WePanickedAtTheDisco · 08/04/2024 21:57

To be fair, I don’t even know if it’s still going as a business! I kinda hope not 🤣

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A friend went a couple of years ago and her reports were that tge place needed to be ripped down. There was mouse poo and holes in the walls!

Having a little Google 4 of them shut with no notice last November!

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 21:58

IncompleteSenten · 08/04/2024 21:53

Glad they moved you.
That's grim even by skeggy's very low standards.

When I went as a kid the chalets didn't even have bathrooms. You used the showers at the end of each block.
I bloody loved it.

My mum - not so much 🤣

That's camping! I love camping BTW

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WePanickedAtTheDisco · 08/04/2024 21:57

Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 21:54

I haven't heard anything good about pontins!

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To be fair, I don’t even know if it’s still going as a business! I kinda hope not 🤣

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 21:54

WePanickedAtTheDisco · 08/04/2024 21:49

I went to a Pontins in the early 2000’s. It was vile. Filthy with an ant infestation. I vowed never to visit one of those holiday camps again 🤢

I haven't heard anything good about pontins!

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IncompleteSenten · 08/04/2024 21:53

Glad they moved you.
That's grim even by skeggy's very low standards.

When I went as a kid the chalets didn't even have bathrooms. You used the showers at the end of each block.
I bloody loved it.

My mum - not so much 🤣

WePanickedAtTheDisco · 08/04/2024 21:49

I went to a Pontins in the early 2000’s. It was vile. Filthy with an ant infestation. I vowed never to visit one of those holiday camps again 🤢

IfYouSawwhatISee · 08/04/2024 21:44

Yes but if you contact daily mail they will possibly take it up?

Gingernurt88 · 08/04/2024 21:40

Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 20:13

We also have some issues moving. My husband has MS and is on immunosuppression medication so the filth is worse. It's not massively relevant to tbe post but is a private issue for us and has made this worse.

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My husband is also on immunosuppressant medication. Poo and blood is a biohazard so please please keep on at Butlins for compensation. As we both know an illness usually ends up with a lengthy stay in hospital. You have a right to a clean and safe space for your holiday.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 21:36

IfYouSawwhatISee · 08/04/2024 21:33

Yes I would expect this, only due to mn and having been on beer for years.

Yours is, unfortunately, one of a long line of posts about the absolute horrors at butlins.

There is no one to complain too either because it's a company within a company and so on.

Daily mail? §sad face and try and get some money from papers?
.

I don't have a good compo face I do however have reviews and unlimited data to ensure my news travels far and wide! Feel free to let the Daily Mail take this on though!

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 21:33

It's a public health warning!

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Itloggedmeoutagain · 08/04/2024 21:33

ChirpyBee · 08/04/2024 17:42

What do you expect at Skegness Butlins? 😂

I would expect very basic but clean
I wouldn't expect poo
Would you?
It's not somewhere I'd go but that doesn't excuse poo

IfYouSawwhatISee · 08/04/2024 21:33

Yes I would expect this, only due to mn and having been on beer for years.

Yours is, unfortunately, one of a long line of posts about the absolute horrors at butlins.

There is no one to complain too either because it's a company within a company and so on.

Daily mail? §sad face and try and get some money from papers?
.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 21:33

Canwedoit4 · 08/04/2024 21:17

We went as a large dance school last October. Luckily my apartment was OK but I think 80% of the party had accommodation with exactly the same complaints and bodily fluid as you. One even had a ceiling fall down on their head! Our complaint was we paid to upgrade to a service including maid service because it was a packed hectic weekend, we never saw a maid or had clean towels once and when we complained we had to prove the maids had never been? How? A photo of the door with nobody stood there? It was ridiculous and I've done a few different butlins over the years, none like Skegness.

Make the most of what time you have and hopefully you get further with complaining than we did!

A photo of the door with nobody stood there? PMSL

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 21:31

FriendsDrinkBook · 08/04/2024 20:46

@Badbutlins I understand. One of my children is autistic and another family member is a wheelchair user. My child had already unpacked their toys and was settled on the sofa with them after an overstimulating journey , and the person with a physical disability was in agony after travelling. It just seemed easier to not move accommodation.

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I absolutely understand its not an easy situation.

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alwaysmovingforwards · 08/04/2024 21:30

I'll continue to ensure Butlins Skegness remains on my list of places to never even consider visiting.

Thanks for the reminder 👍

Canwedoit4 · 08/04/2024 21:17

We went as a large dance school last October. Luckily my apartment was OK but I think 80% of the party had accommodation with exactly the same complaints and bodily fluid as you. One even had a ceiling fall down on their head! Our complaint was we paid to upgrade to a service including maid service because it was a packed hectic weekend, we never saw a maid or had clean towels once and when we complained we had to prove the maids had never been? How? A photo of the door with nobody stood there? It was ridiculous and I've done a few different butlins over the years, none like Skegness.

Make the most of what time you have and hopefully you get further with complaining than we did!

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 08/04/2024 20:48

A go on the go carts Grin

FriendsDrinkBook · 08/04/2024 20:46

@Badbutlins I understand. One of my children is autistic and another family member is a wheelchair user. My child had already unpacked their toys and was settled on the sofa with them after an overstimulating journey , and the person with a physical disability was in agony after travelling. It just seemed easier to not move accommodation.