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

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yesnomaybes · 08/08/2019 22:51

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 ?

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 09/08/2019 14:14

I can't help wondering if he has a reason for wanting to stay local (sorry).

AryaStarkWolf · 09/08/2019 14:18

How could you not ask him about lying about the cost? That's a bigger issue imo than the shitty holiday

NameChange84 · 09/08/2019 14:19

How did he react when you told him you’d changed?

His original booking was very odd. I hope I don’t cause upset by saying this but it’s the kind of thing my Dad used to do when he was having an affair. We went from exotic holidays to a few years of never venturing further than an hour away. He told us he was supporting the local British economy and that he no longer believed in foreign holidays 🙄. The truth was his mistress had said she’d tell us if he ever took us on holiday, so he only booked places where he could still see her a few times during the week and pretend he wasn’t away.

TimeForDinnerDinnerDinner · 09/08/2019 14:19

I was prepared to say YABU, but that's awful! Shock

Shadow1234 · 09/08/2019 14:24

Clutching at straws here - but is there any chance he was going to propose, and spent the rest of the money on a ring?? (just trying to see if there may be a good side to this story!)

upple · 09/08/2019 14:31

Don't like the sound of him, sneaky little bugger.

Tellmetruth4 · 09/08/2019 14:34

Sorry but the more I’m reading, the more I encourage you to end the relationship. He’s dumb and is also a liar and a thief. Doesn’t sound like you have any kids so it will be easier for you to end it.

BettysLeftTentacle · 09/08/2019 14:36

Have you spoken to him OP? Going on holiday with this hanging over you is going to be a disaster.

Nyon · 09/08/2019 14:38

OP you need to discuss the rest of the money with him - it looks like he’s pocketed money of yours and was happy to leave you with a crappy holiday. Sounds like you can do better.

lmusic87 · 09/08/2019 14:40

Why did he lie!?

Secretmeerjng · 09/08/2019 14:42

Tummel is really nice. Hope you enjoy it.

But seriously. Ditch him. You deserve better

OhioOhioOhio · 09/08/2019 14:42

Yes. The money thing would really bother me.

AnneKipanki · 09/08/2019 14:48

I am not sure OP will be back now that the issue has been resolved for her.
It has opened a can of worms though.

Hope she has a good holiday and gets the other issues sorted out.

Funguy · 09/08/2019 14:48

wtf?that is totally insane!

Lucked · 09/08/2019 14:49

Make sure you spend that missing £100 in the House of Bruar

SugarHockeyIcedTea · 09/08/2019 14:53

@Lucked yes!!

OP I don't live too far from tummel and it's GORGEOUS! Kinloch rannoch is amazing, the people are so friendly and there is a lot of great walks too.

Also, the old boarding school there, is what JK Rowling based Hogwarts on Smile

Pitlochry is beautiful, Dunkeld is also worth a visit and the Hermitage is a great walk.

But House of Bruar is fab- definitely get some (all) the food from there.

Do you need to take your partner? He seems like a wee tit and do you really want him pissing on your chips?

GhostRidersInDisguise · 09/08/2019 14:58

His behaviour over all of this is a red flag OP. What else does he do that has you feeling like he is a knobber?

willywillywillywilly · 09/08/2019 15:02

If anyone here is from the north east it's crimdon dene caravan park ...and we live in Hartlepool ..actually it's showing 8 min drive at the min.
Shock O crikey OP!! poor you

wildcherries · 09/08/2019 15:03

First of all, he should be covering the £40 fee, and secondly, he should be telling what the hell he was thinking booking such a shit holiday and pocketing the leftover money.

I'd be going on this holiday alone unless he had some really good answers. It all just seems mean.

GoGoGoGoGo · 09/08/2019 15:11

Glad you’ve changed it. But where’s the £100 gone?

It takes me 8 minutes to get to my local Tesco.

lmusic87 · 09/08/2019 15:13

@GoGoGoGoGo You can take a trip in the international foods aisle! Grin

Groovee · 09/08/2019 15:18

Tummel Valley is lovely

rookiemere · 09/08/2019 15:21

Presumably as you paid for the change you'll get an email with the breakdown of the costs. I would definitely be asking him at that point what happened to the extra cash that he claimed it cost.

Tummel Valley is a lovely part of the workd Smile

Sagradafamiliar · 09/08/2019 15:21

Enjoy your holiday, just don't take the lying twat with you.

thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter · 09/08/2019 15:35

I knew it didn't cost that much for Crimdon Dene.

Echoing PPs - has he pocketed the difference?

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