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To be worrying this will be a disaster?

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Sweatingcobbles · 14/06/2017 00:27

My family are taking us on holiday which I am massively grateful for as we wouldn't get a holiday otherwise. I realise how lucky I am so please don't flame me.

Both kids are teens and well behaved but one has SN and is very young for their age.

Usually we have gone to family resorts but this time my parents have booked something more for them which I truly understand and I'm just glad to get away. I didn't see the place before they booked but again I'm not paying apart from spends so fair enough.

I'm starting to worry now though. I've been looking at where they have booked and it's basically an old Manor house full of antiques.

Having found social media pages there isn't one child in any of the photos and everyone I have seen in the photos is my parents age. It mostly seems to be people who go back year after year and know each other. Even all the trip advisor comments are about this. It is a very small hotel.

Everyone is commenting that the best thing about it is no or hardly any children go and about no noise from children and how quiet it is as a result.

I am extremely grateful but already stressing about Dyspraxic, Aspie DS who also has sensory and processing issues, in a house full of antiques (they are everywhere) who is going to want to play in the pool (cannot swim properly despite years of lessons so tends to be a bit splashy when trying to get across the water) and genuinely play in the water.

It really really does not seem family friendly and I am now really worried I am going to spend the week constantly on at ds and it's going to be miserable for all of us.

What on earth do I do. It is already paid for.

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Sweatingcobbles · 14/06/2017 03:18

I think we have a portable dvd somewhere we were given years ago will hunt that out thanks.

Qwebec it was booked through a holiday company and on paper they accept kids so not a chance. It's perfect for my parents anyway so wouldn't be fair.

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Italiangreyhound · 14/06/2017 03:19

Stop trying to run their hotel for them! if they don't want kids they should have a rule, no kids, it's that simple.

Print up some little cards that say "We booked for Butlins but they send us here by mistake, we will not be back next year." And hand them out to all you meet!

Sweatingcobbles · 14/06/2017 03:24
Grin

Thanks Italian.

When you have had years of dealing with idiots its easy to expect problems that haven't happened and predict doom.

It shall be fine! Ds will spend the week drowning poor old dears trying to swim lengths and I shall drink gin and smile sweetly Wink

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Chottie · 14/06/2017 03:36

I also think you under estimate the other people in the hotel. Lots of them will be parents and just because you are over 60 does not mean you have forgotten what it is like Please, relax and enjoy spending time with your DC and DPs.

Sweatingcobbles · 14/06/2017 06:26

Thanks Chottie
I hope so.
It was the reviews on trip advisor that unsettled me.

It was all about how it wasn't suitable for kids and was the best hotel to pick because of that and there were loads of them.

Hence it unnerved me. :(

Hopefully it will be fine.

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