I am BU. Holiday parks and 'chavs'!

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My dsis has informed me that I would be mad to book a Haven holiday in the UK since it will be full of rough people and chavs.

I have never been so I have no idea of the type of clientele.

I'm honest enough to admit that the thought of being surrounded by Jezza Kyle types is a little daunting.

There'll be dh and I along with our 3 dc and I just don't want to fork out a lot of money and feel uncomfortable and unable to use the facilities.

I hate judging people based on how they look/sound etc but she's been before and has really worried me!

I feed mine formula in public. Sounds like I'll fit right in.

Calling somebody a chav is a scummy thing to do. Definitely not the done thing. You'll probably fit in fine OP if that's your attitude.

This brings back fond memories of when a friend and I took our children there about 6 years ago. My friend was South African. I had to snigger when at one point she looked round in wonder, and said in her very broad SA accent "I have neva seen sooo many peeeple with tettoos, all in the same place".
Happy days

But the families in the Haven brochure all look so naice. Your friend must be wrong . Not a football shirt, tattoo or beer belly in sight.

While I understand the reservations about the word "Chav", I am finding this thread useful, because I would like to go with my family on a caravan type holiday, but we're Muslim and I don't want any hassle on my holiday.

All we did was haven holidays when we were kids,i have fond memories. but a few years ago i went with family in term time and it was awful. Only in the club rooms at night though. Everywhere else was fine.

Could take board games, bbq etc and just make most of caravan? Lots to do on site apart frm the clubs and usually close enough to a decent town / seaside.

Which one are you thinking of?

As an example of the awful time i went a mothr was in the middle of the club screaming at her son and dragging him around by the scruff on the neck with no care in the world what anyone else thought. This was a group of mums and maybe 15 - 20 kids.

I've been to Haven once, there's a mix of people. Like everywhere I think. The children loved it.

To assume everyone will be "chavs" is narrow minded.

Also you could request a caravan in a quiet location of the park. A friend of mine did that and got a lovely caravan by a wee stream, lots of nature, etc; kids had a great time. If you get one by the playpark or clubhouse, that may be a different matter!

We went to one in Tenby a few years ago and it was fine, no problems at all and I can't remember any problems.

^^Need to read before posting, that makes no sense.

It was Kiln park.

I go to haven pretty much most years. I'm working class but was dragged up on a council estate. I'm perfectly nice.

Tips I found, pick your site then go on holiday owners site and hire a top top spec caravan from them. It works out about 30% plus off haven prices even with you buying park passes. You also then know what pitch your getting. We pick the ones with decking around so once dd is in bed at around 8 we can sit outside and read/drink wine/relax.
If you get a caravan on the main drag from the entertainment venue then you will get people talking loudly as they leave.
Hire a lovely caravan, use it as a base, go swimming early/late. Pick which entertainment your interested in and go along. I personally love then bingo but my dh doesn't so he stays at the can entertaining my dd whilst I go for my fix.
Kiln park in Tenby is stunning and if you get a van at the back of the park it's a five minute walk into town.
Dorset has some lovely ones too.

We went to one just outside of Glasgow a couple of years ago. Never again! It was the most disgusting place I have ever been. The caravan was filthy and infested with ants. Outside the door was covered in fag butts. We went to the pool. the kids loved it but I couldn't wait to get out and shower - down the slides the water at the sides was stagnant and filled with floating plasters. There was fighting at night and lots of swearing. It wasn't even that cheap. It was foul though!

To assume everyone will be "chavs" is narrow minded

Yes, it is. Which is why I haven't assumed anything and have asked people their opinions based on what I've been told.

You'll probably fit in fine OP if that's your attitude

I'm sure I don't want to 'fit in' with the type of people I've been told about, in RL and on this thread.

But thanks for your oh so helpful input :)

beardedladydragon Ayr is not for the feeble it could be pretty wild some weeks Glasgow fair we didnt go near but when we first went it was lovely and clean but we sold our van 8 years ago because it was running its self to the ground was filthy i agree with you

mrsnec I have fed mine in public with formula too. That really was not the point I was making. A newborn baby was given a fruitshoot to drink to keep it quiet, when that didn't work tap water from the bar was used to make up the formula, not boiled water in a sterilised bottle.

Philoslothy I doubt very much your family is like some of the examples here! You'd hardly be bragging about it if it was!

I am not going to pretend to be something I am not and an amused that the average Mner would run clutching their pearls if they met my family. We all go to caravan parks, I even bought a static to make it easier for them.

Chav = vulgar undesirable in fake ( or even real ) designer clothes. It does not mean, & never did mean, working class.

Often though the moment working class people wear a label it becomes vulgar.

But I've stayed in caravans my whole life and obviously don't have a problem with it since I'm considering it again.

Why do you think people would go running from your family?!

While I understand the reservations about the word "Chav", I am finding this thread useful, because I would like to go with my family on a caravan type holiday, but we're Muslim and I don't want any hassle on my holiday.

IpitythePontipine when we were on our Haven holiday there was a Muslim family having a great old time. Mum was in a burqa and didn't raise an eyebrow. They were the most fun family I've encountered in a long time. One evening I heard a knock at the caravan door. They'd brought round some amazing food they'd prepared.

Why do you think people would go running from your family?!

Loud
Beer bellies
Roll ups
In and out of prison
On the game
Football shirts
Loads of children
Pissed possibly high
We have leather sofas
Children drink fruit shoots
We like tizer
We love a bit of bling and designer clothing
We wear sportswear without doing sport

I've been to plenty of Haven sites and never had a bad experience, however, the one time we tried Pontins Camber Sands on a cheap Sun deal (first time using the Sun deal) it was horrific, as well as being filthy and badly run, there were far too many people letting their awfully behaved children run riot, DD was punched in the stomach by one child, had sweets stolen from her by another etc. We were only there 3 nights.

Never again

Often though the moment working class people wear a label it becomes vulgar

That's true - look what happened to Burberry.

My ds ( 16 ) refuses to wear any designer stuff as he calls it all 'chavvy' )

Thought of some more:
eating Sunday dinner in string vests
Roll ups
Loud clothing
Twigs and fairy lights
Men who knot hankies on their heads
I scrub my house from top to bottom every week

Oh you're probably right then.

Leather sofas??