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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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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 19:29

ByUmberViewer · 08/04/2024 18:50

Butlins is ok if you book the fancy accommodation but the budget accommodation is truly awful.

Years ago, they used to have a post office there so that you could collect your benefits whilst you were away on holiday.

We hooked fancy! We have the fairground it's the 2nd from the top tbe only difference is that the gold has a safe and a dishwasher! I thought I was getting top stuff!

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Alstreena · 08/04/2024 19:28

You're lucky to get in OP.

Most hotels and holiday camps in Skeggy are full of asylum seekers.

Ask the manager for another room and help moving your items. You also should also request a discount.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 19:27

Thereisnoname · 08/04/2024 18:49

You'd expect clean accommodation.
We always go to Bognor and accommodation is clean but I did feel the main areas were feeling tired last time we went.
We were meant to be going Skegness in June for a change but rerouted back to Bognor when we found out the pool would still be shut as that's a big no for my kids. Sorry but a roller disco and circus show don't equal unlimited swimming, when kid had a panic attack last time they tried roller skating.

Hope the trip improves now you've changed accommodation.

We were not given the option to move or cancel unfortunately we only found put 2 days ago about thepool.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 19:24

Justme2023123 · 08/04/2024 18:45

Have you pre-booked any shows or activities to look forward to, @Badbutlins?

We managed to get tbe masked singer and a couple of tribute acts hopefully they will be great or I will actually cry!

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Hoppinggreen · 08/04/2024 19:23

wherever you go and whatever you pay you should be entitled to a basic level of cleanliness.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 19:22

ChangeAgain2 · 08/04/2024 18:34

God. I'm going in May. Now I'm crapping myself. We've always gone to Bognor. I've never been to Skegness. May will be my first .

My kids live Butlins. People can scoff but we wouldn't be able to afford a holiday otherwise.

People who scoff are often those spending 6k on an all inclusive summer holiday somewhere beautiful. That's all great but i have no interest in working and using 3 - 4 months of my full salary to sit round a pool grumbling about my towel being moved and the watered down spirits 😀

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 19:17

IDontDrinkTea · 08/04/2024 18:40

We had the same when we went in December. Couldn’t get my money back for love nor money. I won’t go back again

Sorry you had this experience too. I feel like i have been doddled out of my first day of my holiday. We planned to take the kids swimming, get dinner then watch the wrestling. We have only jusy been able to get a crappy space for the wrestling and haven't had dinner.

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ByUmberViewer · 08/04/2024 18:50

Butlins is ok if you book the fancy accommodation but the budget accommodation is truly awful.

Years ago, they used to have a post office there so that you could collect your benefits whilst you were away on holiday.

Thereisnoname · 08/04/2024 18:49

You'd expect clean accommodation.
We always go to Bognor and accommodation is clean but I did feel the main areas were feeling tired last time we went.
We were meant to be going Skegness in June for a change but rerouted back to Bognor when we found out the pool would still be shut as that's a big no for my kids. Sorry but a roller disco and circus show don't equal unlimited swimming, when kid had a panic attack last time they tried roller skating.

Hope the trip improves now you've changed accommodation.

Mumaway · 08/04/2024 18:48

After a 5 hour drive to Butlins Minehead we turned around and went home as there were mushrooms growing in the damp carpet under the bed.
Definitely do not stay- decision as to whether you want to chance another room or fight for a refund and abandon it

Youcannotbeseriousreally · 08/04/2024 18:46

ChirpyBee · 08/04/2024 17:42

What do you expect at Skegness Butlins? 😂

This!

Justme2023123 · 08/04/2024 18:45

Have you pre-booked any shows or activities to look forward to, @Badbutlins?

thenoisywasher · 08/04/2024 18:44

I went to Skegness Butlins over 15 years ago and had the exact same problem - grimy kitchen, dirty shower and mould round the windows. Back then it was cheap so kinda took a 'get what you pay for' approach but I never forgot it and I've warned lots of people since to not even bother.

IDontDrinkTea · 08/04/2024 18:40

We had the same when we went in December. Couldn’t get my money back for love nor money. I won’t go back again

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 18:36

Also the pool is shut and half the fiarground is out if order! This just gets worse but at least I have a clean bed tonight.

Also there are massive queues to do anything that we should have been at the front of but we have been moving our stuff and trapsing around picking up keys and stuff!

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ChangeAgain2 · 08/04/2024 18:36

Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 18:32

We have been moved. This apartment is clean and nice they have really scrubbed it! But i have missed several hours of the holiday and raided my bloody pressure. They have offered us a go on the go carts! Nope that's nowhere near enough to cover the hassle.

A go on the go carts isn't enough for that inconvenience. It's not enough for the exposure to other people's blood and shit. I'd do a complaint in writing.

ChangeAgain2 · 08/04/2024 18:34

God. I'm going in May. Now I'm crapping myself. We've always gone to Bognor. I've never been to Skegness. May will be my first .

My kids live Butlins. People can scoff but we wouldn't be able to afford a holiday otherwise.

MrsPringledusts · 08/04/2024 18:34

I went there more than 30 years ago - it was an absolute filthy tip then. Lasted 2 nights and came home. Never again.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 18:32

We have been moved. This apartment is clean and nice they have really scrubbed it! But i have missed several hours of the holiday and raided my bloody pressure. They have offered us a go on the go carts! Nope that's nowhere near enough to cover the hassle.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 18:31

We have been moved. This apartment is clean and nice they have really scrubbed it! But i have missed several hours of the holiday and raided my bloody pressure. They have offered us a go on the go carts! Nope that's nowhere near enough to cover the hassle.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 18:28

We were actually meant to go to Prague for the week until we noticed that the kids paspohad a month left on them. They have been sent off but we knewbtheh wouldn't be back in time and we were correct they have not come yet!

We haven't been to Butlins before but have been to Haven, Sandy Balls (snigger snigger) and Park Dean and had great breaks! We weren't looking at high brow just a break with the family.

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Justme2023123 · 08/04/2024 18:27

We were at Skegness 2 weeks ago in a seaside apartment and it was perfectly clean. YANBU, what you've described sounds vile

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 18:23

GasPanic · 08/04/2024 17:55

When you were booking this, were you thinking "what could possibly go wrong" ?

You know it!

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Evaka · 08/04/2024 18:22

Eh, it sounds like a crime scene. Blood on the curtains?

Per PPs, ignore the dicks sneering at your choices. I'm very sorry your holiday is ruined.

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Badbutlins · 08/04/2024 18:15

SevenSeasOfRhye · 08/04/2024 17:47

Can't they offer a member of staff to help you move your stuff, if there is no lift?

Nope!

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