He booked crappy "holiday" for us aibu to be a bit annoyed?

[yesnomaybes]

Been saving for a cheap UK break.
Boyfriend said he was going to sort it as a surprise.
It was a surprise all right.
He has booked a caravan park (park dene resorts) less than 10 minutes from our house for a week.
Now it's not the fact it's a caravan,I enjoy a little caravan trip ...but 10 mins from our house...what is the point.
Nothing new to explore,or towns close by to visit that we don't go to all the time.
It's cost £409 for a week (well Monday to Friday )
Would you be a bit miffed ?

That is so bizarre. Is there a pool and stuff? Was he maybe just thinking the kids would be entertained? Though ‘thinking’ isn’t quite the word.

haha-- I used to go to The Gretna for the disco regularly as well as Chilton Club Tuesday nights

Crimdon beach is nice for a stroll but by God i wouldn't want to spend a week there

Let us know if they let you change it 😂 I'm sorry he's such a wally! (Actually, it would be a dealbreaker for me. I hate downright ineptitude or laziness and it is one of the two.)

Oh my goodness, we love in Teesside too and went to Haggerston Castle recently and felt that was just a local trip. I wouldn't be impressed with this booking either!

I really really hope you can change the site op

He’s a bloody idiot. Can you contact park dean and ask them if you could cancel and rebook at another location?

Is there something on locally the week of your holiday that he doesn’t want to miss?

That's so shit!!! What a weird thing to do. Does he not like travelling?

Given what PPs have said about the costs of a caravan, are you sure he hasn't booked something cheap and pocketed the rest of the money you've saved up?

( I hope this turns out to be a big wind up and really you're going somewhere warm, sunny, and a long way away.)

Have read all the way through - am hoping you’ve been able to change it

What a wally! I sort of feel a bit sorry for him that he thinks he's cracked it in terms of romantic break away clearly a panic booking! .....and as for what are you going to do all day I imagine that he was thinking you wouldnt leave the caravan for a week....🛏

What a fuckwit.
I’d actually consider dumping him for it. How can you go through life with someone so stupid?

Did he book it online? You might be able to cancel it for free.

I'd be making him drive to Scotland for sightseeing at least twice in that time!

That is crap but possibly very slightly better than my dh who has never booked anything in his life.
I hope you can get it changed.

Don't know what caravans you lot book but Haven costs over £500 during the holidays. So the price really isn't suspicious.

If you had to go though.
Drive really slowly but make vroom vroom noises. Make the journey last an hour.
Go via a motorway and stop for the loo at every services. And food.
Make a big thing of packing, emptying the fridge etc always saying "well we will be so far away for the week"
Organize pet sitters, asking the bf if this pet sitter is better?
Same with a gardener.
Make sure passports are in date, ask him if you will need a Visa.
Just have fun with it.

I’d be heartbroken @yesnomaybes
Call then and see if they can transfer credit elsewhere. They also seem to responsive on Twitter so I’d no joy, send a cheery my idiot darling boyfriend has booked us in 10 mins from home, any chance of a swap?

Can’t you change to a different park?

No offence OP, but he sounds a bit dim. Not necessarily a bad person, but don’t give him the freedom of making important decisions in future.

It has to be a wind up, surely?

Sorry but he sounds like a moron

What a prat. This would really turn me off him. Incompetent!

Can't you change it to a different Parkdean park, give them a call and explain. They have lovely sites in Scotland (I have been to three of them) Tummel Valley in Perthshire, Nairn (seaside resort) and Embo where the site is virtually on the beach.
They might charge you to switch but it is worth a go, I have found them quite a good company to deal with.

In a just world the boyfriend would be obliged to come to AIBU and explain himself.

Crimdon Dene, hahaha!

I used to walk there from Hartlepool as a kid. We generally went home within a couple of hours as there's not much to do!

Is he really that thoughtless or is there some ulterior motive here? Does he need to pop home at some point? You could have gone to a gorgeous location in N Yorkshire, Northumberland or the Pennines, all within 1-2 hours drive. See if you can change the booking.