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AIBU?

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To think we should have been told about the festival when booking.

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maxiflump1 · 13/07/2019 12:30

DH and I are big campers and have this weekend come to a campsite with our 2 DS’ aged 4 and 6 months. It’s the first time camping with the baby so we picked somewhere local and quiet: very basic facilities on a farm in the middle of the countryside. We’ve been here before with DC1 and all went well. We booked with the farmer a few weeks ago so all set to go. Have Ddog too.

We arrived yesterday and only 2 other tents so perfect. Both boys slept well and we were looking forward to a quiet morning and then a walk. Only we’ve woke up to find we are in the middle of a yoga festival. There are literally hundreds of people here and tents hand popped up offering all sorts of healing and spirital services. The festival is on all weekend and people will be camping tonight. We’ve just found out there’s a band in the barn tonight so our quiet retreat is out the window. We have no problem with the people here but we wouldn’t have booked if we had known as we wanted a peaceful quiet weekend not feel like we are gatecrashing a festival especially with 2 young children and a dog.The owner never told us when we booked and when DH spoke to him this morning his reply was if you don’t like it go somewhere else! The owner also confirmed that there is a quiet rule after 9.30pm but that he has no intention of enforcing it.

AIBU in thinking we should have been told about this when we booked? Don't get me wrong I know it could be worse: we could be in be middle of a rock festival and the people seem lovely but we just feel very awkward and out of place.

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Decormad38 · 13/07/2019 12:37

Yes they should have told you. It would have been good customer service. Unfortunately many camp sites don't know the first thing about good customer service!

BlueSkiesLies · 13/07/2019 12:39

Yeah they totally should have told you

thefavourite · 13/07/2019 12:40

Yes they should have told you and I'd be annoyed and expecting the offer of the refund, however in your situation with 2 young kids, I'd find some nice yoga and healing things to do and enjoy!

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maxiflump1 · 13/07/2019 12:44

@thefavourite we did think about it but they've paid £125 a ticket each so not sure they'd be too happy if we just joined in!

We haven't actually paid yet (it's generally the sort of place that you just do it at some point) so just debating what to do.

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WindsweptEgret · 13/07/2019 12:47

They should have told you if they were not going to enforce the usual noise curfew or any other rules.

Bluntness100 · 13/07/2019 12:49

I'm not sure to be honest, if you book into a hotel you don't expect to be told what's going on ie a major wedding or whatever, so I'm unsure if it s different for camping.

pinkyredrose · 13/07/2019 12:51

Sounds brilliant! You've got into a festival for free!

MereDintofPandiculation · 13/07/2019 12:55

if you book into a hotel you don't expect to be told what's going on ie a major wedding or whatever, Don't you? If I'm booking somewhere and want somewhere quiet, I will ask. I don't expect them to lie to me. If there was an event on that was taking up most of the hotel space, I certainly would expect to be told.

Rosiesandposies1 · 13/07/2019 12:58

How was he to know when you booked, that you were not booking specifically for this event? Maybe he thought that’s why you booked?

HairyFloppins · 13/07/2019 12:59

They should have told you. I would just go home to be honest.

CrazyToast · 13/07/2019 13:00

yes they should have told you

MitziK · 13/07/2019 13:02

I wouldn't have thought a bunch of yoga types pitching up was on a par with waking up to find Download had sprung up overnight, which how your post comes across to me.

Had it been an evangelical Christian camp festival, I'd be more pissed off (7am worship over the PA was one of the 'highlights' for residents of a nearby area, especially as it was then repeated throughout the day with lots of shit worship music and lots of very loudly amplified preaching and competitive Shouting in Tongues).

But at least you're not being charged the additional prices and presumably have access to the facilities? I'm sure the kids won't mind.

PrincessSarene · 13/07/2019 13:03

I think I’d take the owner up on his suggestion to go somewhere else! Pack up, pay him for the time you were there, then head off for a nice afternoon out whilst googling for somewhere else nearby to stay.

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maxiflump1 · 13/07/2019 13:09

@Rosiesandposies1 because the event is £125 a ticket each booked through the a separate organisation. The farmer has nothing to do with the actually festival other than renting out his facilities.We are they only non festival people here. We've only paid £30 for all of us for 2 nights so I'm pretty sure the farmer knew we weren't part of the festival plus we've been here several times before.

It appears that the festival goers have wristbands so we can't even gatecrash any of the activities!

As I said in my original post as festivals go a yoga festival is nowhere near as bad as it could have been. The evangelical campout sounds awful!

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Imanamechangeninja · 13/07/2019 13:11

I agree with Princesssarene. Pay up, pack up and move on. Even a night at home would be better than a night of noise.

Mummyoflittledragon · 13/07/2019 13:20

Yanbu
That is really greedy of the owner.

bmbonanza · 13/07/2019 13:20

Totally poor of the owner - post a review of the site on all the caravan and camping sites to warn others.

Jaxhog · 13/07/2019 13:20

I'm not sure to be honest, if you book into a hotel you don't expect to be told what's going on ie a major wedding or whatever, so I'm unsure if it s different for camping.

I sure as H--l would! Are they on TripAdvisor? If so, I would be composing a suitable review. After I'd left, of course. Which I'd be doing today.

Blutopia · 13/07/2019 13:21

OMG OP this happened to us! It was a couple of years ago, we found ourselves in the middle of a (small but enthusiastic) bohemian style music festival.

There was much weed-smoking, flute-playing and cider drinking, and many happy drunks staggering around. We took it in our stride until 3am, when the masseuse in a nearby tent decided to have a alcohol induced meltdown, with an accompaniment of raucous but unproductive retching.

I'm emetophobic but luckily had earplugs. We left at 7.30am the next day and went somewhere else! That guy was really rude as well, I left them an honest review on the CCC website. I think it should've been mentioned when booking.

Dollywilde · 13/07/2019 13:26

@Jaxhog

I'm not sure to be honest, if you book into a hotel you don't expect to be told what's going on ie a major wedding or whatever, so I'm unsure if it s different for camping.

I definitely have been told before. As it was it didn’t matter to me as I was attending another wedding at a different venue so was going to be out late too, but as there wouldn’t be access to the bar at various points and it was going to be loud I’d have been really annoyed if planning a quiet romantic retreat.

fraxion · 13/07/2019 13:38

if you book into a hotel you don't expect to be told what's going on ie a major wedding or whatever

We have definitely been told if there is going to be any big function on when we've booked in the past. A couple of months ago we were told there were 2 weddings on but it was absolutely fine.

OP I suppose the only positive is it's not a heavy metal gig but you should have been informed.

Foxyloxy1plus1 · 13/07/2019 13:45

I’d expect to be told about a wedding at a hotel. In fact we were told about a wedding we’d gone to for the weekend. It gives you the option of changing g your plans if necessary.

Aragog · 13/07/2019 13:46

if you book into a hotel you don't expect to be told what's going on ie a major wedding or whatever

Many hotels WILL tell you, if booking ver the phone.

Tingface · 13/07/2019 13:54

Go home. Don’t pay and use the money on a takeaway instead.

LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 13/07/2019 14:01

To be fair a yoga festival isn't going to be noisy during the day. The have could have been full and there not be a festival on. However the band after 9.30pm is a different matter. If you haven't paid l would clear off and just pay the one night. The farmer sounds like a charm - but then l work with them fairly often and in my experience they always are rude to people who complain, even legitimately.

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