Campsite noise

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Am I being unreasonable? What time is OK for a large group of people (celebrating a 40th birthday) to be playing loud music and singing raucously on a "family" campsite on a Saturday night? Am I being a miserable so and so? Oh good grief now they're howling, literally!

Supposedly no large groups are allowed and it's billed as a quiet, extremely rural site. Sigh. I probably am being unreasonable, but I wish they would just stfu!

Their not they're. Stupid autocorrect

I always take earplugs just in case!!

Yanbu, but sometimes it happens. Even if they get kicked off the next day, u can't stop ppl getting drunk and noisy. Earplugs can be your friend.

Go and speak to management now. This is totally not on.

An extract from the website, on the front page why visit :
"For peace & tranquillity: That get away from it all experience .... The quiet by night with only the sounds of wildlife not humans or traffic"

I know I could block it out with ear plugs or whatever, but I have DCs aged 3 and 5 and need to be able to hear them in the night, when they invariably wake up.

Good luck, and fingers crossed!

I'll probably get eat alive for this, but.
It is a holiday camp. Its not Alcatraz.

Sorry didn't read the whole of the thread. If u have a DH let him be the ears. IME men sleep much more easily

I've been a camping single mum for around 7 years and had one bad experience of an hour sleep and a 4 hour drive the next day after taking down tent and making breakfast and packing everything in car alone

Mine are old enough now that I can wear earplugs and thank god for it

But the bastards that make the noise are BU - selfish knobs

How's things?

You have my sympathies. I used to have this carry on at a caravan holiday park. Music blaring from neighbouring caravans (usually with doors/windows wide open) until the early hours; large groups of people outside on the grass (a few feet from my bedroom window) shouting and singing. Pissed me right off. It was supposed to be a 'family holiday park' and on both occasions that we went, we were put next to large groups of adults who were clearly there to party.

I totally understand your frustration. A large part of it will be due to the misleading wording on the website. This is not what you paid for. And i'd be seeking a refund.

I wouldn't have the confidence to go and approach a large group of intoxicated people while they're in the midst of a party. So i would advise against confronting them tonight. I'd honestly just pack up and head home and complain complain complain to whoever you paid until they give you the money back (i'd take recording of the noise tonight for proof).

And ignore those telling you to 'let it go'. Noise nuisance and antisocial behaviour is selfish and extremely frustrating. This is your holiday and some selfish idiots are ruining it. You wanted to relax and they're not letting you do that. No doubt you've been anxious all day today worrying about whether or not you'd get a decent night's sleep tonight.

I'd suggest writing an honest review when you get home and, if you still like the idea of camping after this, research your next destination much more thoroughly and ensure it has a manager who will be available during the night to call on in case of any similar incidents.

YANBU. We gave up on a couple of lovely, small campsites in beautiful locations, the type listed on Cool Camping, because of this. We find the big commercial family campsites seem to be more strict over this sort of behaviour.

We had this a couple of weeks ago. Some skanky bastard getting pissed and talking about how he needed to do a hairy shit at 2am.

He was not thrilled when the dc and their friends danced around shouting hairy shit man from 7 the next morning. I wasn't very forceful at insisting they had to stop.

God how annoying. I'm with you on this OP - when I'm camping I'm considerate of other campers and wouldn't dream of interfering with other people's peace. We're not killjoys but a camping field is not the place for a party unless you have exclusive use.
We've had a few trips ruined - one group of families right by us decided to put on their car stereo and sing along loudly after 11pm, with their small children. They had the hump when I asked them not to, as my DC were trying to sleep. I could go on. We packed up and left one trip when a party gazebo went up full of crates of beer next to us once!
When camping I then found myself constantly nervous about who was going to pitch up next to us, so much that the relaxation part was lost.
Found the solution. An amazing site in Wales where you have the option to go in the main field or have a field all to yourselves for exclusive use!!! And they have 10 families only at any one time. Sorted. Love it again. Only downside is Welsh weather.....

I don't think you can do group camping quietly. It is just a bit of canvas which doesn't block out any noise. I enjoy going camping with friends but worry about disturbing families as when my own kids were small I would have found it really annoying if anybody so much as coughed after 9pm. I wish sites offered a group and family field option to keep everybody happy.

We camped in a "quiet, peaceful" site in Pembrokeshire a couple of years ago. On our last night, about 50 young adults arrived and paired with amplified music till 2am. No point complaining to site owner, because he was at the party.

He also drove round delivering logs with his car stereo blaring every afternoon.

I have literally no idea why he thought it was sensible too describe it as a quiet site. Why not "groups welcome, come and join the party"?

Take care if confronting them, we ended up with a pretty scary situation when dd was little and we asked a group who were partying around our tent to keep it down. We would have called the police if my mobile was picking up a signal.

Why didn't you ask to shift your pitch today when you realised it was set up as a party tent? Seems daft to stay where you are and be all set to complain and confront, rather than tried to get shifted somewhere quieter.

I'd want/expect music off by 9 and chatting/laughing stopped at 11.

I'd speak to the owners in the morning.