Center Parcs closing for funeral

[ViscountessBridgerton]

Had the email to say Monday arrival delayed until Tuesday, can't get in until 4pm. 30% refund offered. From social media, it looks like people on a 7 night break are actually expected to leave at 10am on the Monday and not come back until Tuesday! People on a weekend break aren't being compensated for having to leave by 10am on the Monday.

AIBU to think wtf?!?!

They are making people who are doing the Friday to Friday (so this Friday to next Friday) LEAVE the site before 10am on Monday and they are not allowed to return until 10am on Tuesday!

Where as these people meant to go exactly?!

Absolute PR disaster for CP, whoever signed this off is an absolute idiot.

Yes you can, I’ve literally just in to their site and seen them available.

Plenty of media outlets talking about it now including someone from bbc Nottingham

I have seen comments where they have been told they can leave their belongings Monday night and come back Tuesday.

Don't some people stay for two weeks?

Sorry you are right..when I googled it said week breaks start on mondya so.i just based it on that but when you click onto the actual page it's the opposite.

Sorry!

And yes in that case it is completely mad!

Why would anyone return, just take the refund and go home and obviously never go back there again

@FourTeaFallOut if you say so

You can book Friday 7th October at Longleat for a week. I just tried.

And yet their website allows me to book a seven day break (covering the period they are closed) and starting on a Friday.

That screenshot is from Friday and pre-dates this decision

That's bonkers. We're booked to stay in a caravan park on Monday, but will arrive later in the day. Heard nothing about them not opening and I would be mightily peed off if they did. Skeleton staff would be fine, and a lot of young people aren't actually that bothered from what I hear.

They’ve not even amended the website to show you can’t be there on the Monday. So you can still book that date. Absolute amateur behaviour lol

I think this is the worst PR decision I've ever seen.

They're going to have to backtrack on it, aren't they?

I've never been to a Center Parcs and am never likely to (too expensive for me), but if I were I would certainly never trust them to book with again.

Don't be silly. There are many workplaces where people have to work on a rota 24/7.

Agree with people saying to close facilities for a limited time on the Monday (eg 10.00 to 5 PM) could be considered reasonable . But no way should they expect people to check out on Monday if they were expecting to be there for a full week . Honestly I find it hard to believe they are even considering this .

Well it would ruin my holiday. I go away to relax and unwind, not to up sticks and decamp to different accomodation in the middle of a break.

My DS has just WhatsApped me saying he’s going to duct tape his wrists to the underside of the Rapid’s bridge singing “I’m not leavin’”….

OR

….. do the high ropes challenge and refuse to come down.

I’m sure the staff who are being given the day off are going to be ecstatic when they’re made redundant because the revenue has dropped because of all the people refusing to go back there after this.

They absolutely will lose business over this.

The Queen actually visited one in 1998.

Especially housekeeping staff, who may just want to watch the funeral 🤷🏻

Me too, what will they do?
🤣

If you are going Friday, easiest to just cancel whole lot, holiday would be horrible anyway with this in mind

You are NOT being unreasonable - that is disgusting

I would understand if they said the shops and entertainments were closing for a few hours on the MOnday but to just expect people to accept this is shite

if people on a fri-fri break have travelled from afar what are they supposed to do on the Monday night?

Pay the price for a family to check in at a nearby hotel for a night before returning the next day??

Hopefully CP will be willing to cover the costs of alternative accommodation

If people leave and come back, do they have to pack everything? Surely that is a huge security issue, all of those chalets will have to be checked etc, a massive staffing concern? What a lot of extra work!