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 ?

You could have at least gone to South Shields or Whitley Bay, not a huge amount of travelling but a new area! I'm in Newcastle and have been and stayed up the coast just half an hour away but different things for the kids to do...Dumfries and Galloway is my preference tho, as you say, not a huge distance to Scotland from the North east, what a fool your dp is!

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

I hope you manage to make the swap.

What was he thinking???? (Or maybe he wasn't)

What a twat!

What are you supposed to do all week, see the sights? Oh wait.... And a week in a caravan where you still need to cook and clean. You might as well stay at home, oh you can!

Definitely pay a little extra to swap location. But I wouldn't be taking that idiot with me.

"So... what shall we do today? I know, let's explore the area, check out the shops, go to our usual beach..."

I do hope that you get it changed.

I know quite a few people who have a caravan a few miles from home. I just don't get it.

I think he is a total idiot.
Tell him your taking him out for a meal as a thank you present for booking the surprise holiday.
Then set it up in the garden.
Pay- back time.

There are some beautiful caravan/static parks at Hayle near me which are right on the beach but na it wouldn’t be for me, driving through what was already local to me wouldn’t make it a holiday.

Hopefully you can swap.

OP I really hope you get this sorted. We're away next month to Berwick which is almost 2 hours from home so it'll feel like a holiday. 10 mins from home is just rubbish.

What an absolute idiot.
I would tell him that you are taking him out for a meal as a thank you for sorting the holiday out.
Then eat your meal in the garden.
Pay-back time.

You could go somewhere nice and stay in a premier inn or an Air B&B for 4 nights for £400. What a thoughtless waste of money.

"oh look at the lovely views we have from our caravan.... The trees, the beach, our house..."

10 minutes drive from home?
I go further than that to do my weekly grocery shop.
I've never considered Sainsburys as a holiday destination

Note for the future, don't ever let him book anything again without you there. Also, explain why you are annoyed. It is such a waste of money.

Hope you can swap it
Is he usually this stupid? Sounds like he's put no effort into this at all

Sad but I just looked on Google maps to see what's 8 minutes from our house. So now I'm considering a holiday at my kids secondary school. Wouldn't they love that? It has a swimming pool and everything

Can you sell it on Facebook and book somewhere else?

I adore the NE and can see why you wouldn’t want to leave (but then I don’t live there!)
He sounds daft as a brush, I would definitely go with PPs suggestion of calling up and saying bf made a mistake and hopefully they take pity.
All the best Op!

Hope you get it swapped x

I always c*ck something up when booking caravan holidays and I've always always been able to salvage the booking by changing dates/parks. I really hope you can too (but would recommend you look online at their availability first so you know what you're asking for.

Not that I'm sticking up for him at all, as I am completely boggled, bit did he have many holidays growing up? DH grew up in London and went camping every year to the same campsite 30 mins away from his house so it has taken tone (plus me don't all the booking) to expand his knowledge of what constitutes a holiday. Although even HE with do that (although we have stayed overnight at push hotel 8 mins by bus from our house before, it was a dinner and spa deal though tbf!)

Please keep us posted

I’ve stayed in that holiday park and had a lovely time but it’s a bit rough and ready!

Fingers crossed OP

What’s he like in general? Is he planning on proposing and he wants your family around?

A caravan down the road is not a holiday. Depending on what he’s usually like I would reconsider the relationship.

He tried and he failed but may be he doesn't get the concept of a holiday away from home, you said about camping etc when he was young. Let's look at it in context, is he an arrogant fuck who couldn't careless about anyone and just did it because he felt it would shut you up...or is he a nice guy and he legitimately thought he was doing a nice thing?