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 ?

Read the title and was all ready to say YABU, stop being so entitled, he booked you a holiday etc, but after reading the post, YA(definitely)NBU. I would lose it if we'd been saving for a holiday and OH booked somewhere 10 minutes away. Anything there is to do or see in the local area will be familiar to you anyway and could have been done/seen from your house!
I hope you can amend the booking and go somewhere else

'I think if I opened the caravan window I would be able to see my house '

Oh Op you certainly have a sense of humour I'll give you that.

He's surely winding you up, has he done anything like this before?

We laugh at my DM and DF both mid 80's as they take their caravan to sites quite near their house these days.

But then at least manage 40 mins away

OMG, the guy is an idiot.

I know where you are talking about as my mil lives in Seaham and we’re up your way most school holidays. Crimdon Dene is lovely, but not if you’re 8 minutes away. What a waste of money.

Ring up and see if anywhere else is available, and free up a space minus him.

I am laughing at this...sorry OP I know it’s not funny for you...but what a numbnut. The location is the holiday not the caravan!
I’d be struggling to get over this one myself. Fuck sake!

I love any holiday but I think I’d refuse to go. What a waste of money.

Contact park dene. They'll probably let you move it to a different site.

Op

Just been having a nosey at site

All caravans much cheaper

Reckon he's booked....a lodge

I don’t really see how explaining that your husband booked it will have them feeling sorry for you and rushing to refund you, op?
It’s the product they sell, they don’t care what idiot booked it; the more idiots the better as far as they’re concerned...
The idea that they’re going to feel sorry for you having to have such a crap holiday is frankly ludicrous.

Yes phone them and tell the nice person on the phone what a twit your boyfriend is and how you’d love to switch sites. Worth a try.

Teenie thats bloody insane-i was going to say i know of someone booked a caravan park close by but just for the week didnt buy the bloody thing

Oh my word! My first thought at your post was "Christ that would be like us going to Crimdon Dene!"
Tell him to get you booked into Haggerston Castle and tell the people at Park Dean that there must be a leak at the factories down the Seal Sands that has addled his brain!

I would be annoyed at that. I have a real nostalgic thing for Caravan holidays, but any holiday has to not be in the same city/town you live in anyway.

I know the bloke that owns the caravan site in our village. He tells me that a good proportion of his customers come from the surrounding villages, some ten minutes away.

Apparently, they are happy because it's a different view out the window.

@HeadintheiClouds OP doesn't want a refund, she just wants to change parks, which the T&Cs allow (as long as there's availability).

4miles away? Is he unhinged? He’s definitely going to be single!!
See if you can swap to Eyemouth, lots of nice places to visit and if you’ve a dog very pet friendly area.
Better yet swap and go without him 😉

Oh ok, Motoko.

@yesnomaybes seaham hall, now you're talking! 8 minutes drive, hmm could you walk it and feel like you have gone further? 😂 not helpful, I know!

When i was 14 our summer holiday was somewhere 45 minutes away - we came home half way through so mum could water plants in the garden. I went proper stroppy teenager I was not happy.

In this situation I would be ltb very quickly and all hell would break loose -unless he was saving for a super romantic proposal type break actually no I’d be apoleptic .

I don’t get it OP - cancel it!
You’re going to pack your car up and drive down the road to empty it again when you might as well spend the day in the caravan and go home to sleep in your own bed every night.
No, that’s definitely weird. Is he afraid of travelling or of going to new places? Does he suffer from anxiety or is it a wind up?
Please let it be a wind up 🙈

Op

Take some of these roller blinds with you perhaps?

Here you go

Always book holidays together in future. Lesson learnt.

I would normally be a bit defensive of anyone who tried to spoil their partner who then hated what they did..............but............... this is kind of indefensible.

How disappointing when you have had to save up and now the money is blown on something pretty darn stupid. I would definitely be enquiring about getting a refund even if you lose a small deposit.

You can get parkdean caravans on sun holidays discounts for £10 each too.

@yesnomaybes That is the kind of thing DH would do to save money. After staying in way too many Motel 6-type shitty motels I now ensure that I book all accommodation.

Just don't let him book anything in future.