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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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Ilikewinter · 08/04/2024 18:14

It doesnt matter how much you have paid, you are entitled to clean, poo smear free accomodation. I would be firmly pushing for upgraded accomodation and some other compensation.

GasPanic · 08/04/2024 17:55

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

Sagittarius · 08/04/2024 17:49

I know some people look down on others who go to butlins and haven etc . When you book these places, you book
knowing you aren't going for a luxury holiday, but for fun.

Yes they may be basic, but you ANBU to expect a clean and tidy apartment on arrival. Complain and take photos for evidence, but I'd personally see what the alternative accommodation is like first before packing up and going home, despite it being a faff.

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?

Boomer55 · 08/04/2024 17:47

Butlins at Minehead and Bognor are usually fine, as they’ve been upgraded, but Skegness has always had a bad reputation.

needalotofmoneyfrommyhouse · 08/04/2024 17:45

Poor you. Spending money on poor accommodation is so disappointing. The poo would be too much for me. Ask to be moved. No, insist.

HateMyNewJobSoMuch · 08/04/2024 17:44

....which reminds me.

I once had the misfortune of booking into a disgusting hotel.

I demanded to see the manager, showed him what I discovered and asked him if he would be willing to have his children sleep in such a room. He never bothered answering, simply replied with, "I can give you a full refund now".

HateMyNewJobSoMuch · 08/04/2024 17:43

That's outrageous!

I'd demand a full refund and make my way elsewhere.

ChirpyBee · 08/04/2024 17:42

What do you expect at Skegness Butlins? 😂

Pottedpalm · 08/04/2024 17:41

Well I would avoid Butlins in Skegness in April like the plague, but you are entitled to clean accommodation.