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Sun £9.50 holidays - post your favourite campsites here please

62 replies

ChippyMinton · 02/01/2008 09:22

Start collecting tokens from Saturday in the Sun newspaper. Lots of dates for easter, spring and May bank holidays.

Anyone got any favourite sites to recommend?
Mine is Nodes Point on the Isle of Wight

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Haylstones · 09/01/2008 12:38

myjobismum, you need 6 tokens, there's a bonus one here extras.thesun.co.uk/email_tokens/holiday_token.html?EMC-mktpromo950email?EMC-Bltn that you can print and I think today's paper has another bonus one? If you give lots of dates and a few choices of whre you'd like to go then you're more likely to get a date in June (also a good idea to sned your form off asap)
I think I might also have a bonus token for first time bookers ( I got a priority online booking form) so if you get desperate I'll have a look and could post it to you

myjobismum · 09/01/2008 12:47

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Chuffinnora · 09/01/2008 13:00

I would not recommend Quay West in New Quay Ceredigion West Wales. It is a Haven site. We had a very poor welcome from the staff who behaved as though we were being given a free gift from their own pockets not the keys to a grubby and shabby caravan. To get to the swimming pool, outdoor playground, indoor entertainment or anywhere else really you have to go through the slot machine arcade. Which is fun with a 2 year old who wants to play everything every time you go through (even the poker machines!) It cost £2 for 15 mins on the bouncy castle and the children are encouraged to buy raffle tickets and a yard of coke by the entertainers in the evening show. In summary - it is vile and will cost you a fortune whatever you try to do there (unless you get good enough weather for the lovely little beach half a mile down the road). New Quay itself is a lovely seaside town which we visit regularly but I would never set foot in that campsite again and in fact we left on the 3rd day.

Trix11 · 09/01/2008 15:04

Does anyone have a copy of todays sun and if so would you be so kind to let me know what the code is today for the 9.50 sun holidays?

Trix11 · 09/01/2008 15:33

Has anyone been to the sites around Burnham on Sea and if so what are they like?

Trix11 · 09/01/2008 18:31

bump

nappyaddict · 09/01/2008 20:17

i went to one by burnham on sea i think it was called brean sands and it was fab.

nappyaddict · 09/01/2008 20:19

brean sands is pontins, burnham on sea is haven and the other one is called holiday resort unity and is fab - it has its own leisure park.

Trix11 · 09/01/2008 21:11

Thanks Nappyaddict - so all three are good?

mysonsmummy · 09/01/2008 21:13

the code today is DATE xXXX

Trix11 · 09/01/2008 21:13

Which one is holiday resort unity in the sun listing?

nappyaddict · 09/01/2008 21:14

we only stopped at the HRU one but the pontins one looked good too. not sure about haven cos we didn't look around it. the only thing is there isn't much to do in burnham. we only went for 2 nights as a stop over on the way to devon cliffs in exmouth.

nappyaddict · 09/01/2008 21:15

it says underneath it. i think its the second one.

Trix11 · 09/01/2008 21:27

Thanks - we are only planning two nights Friday and Saturday just a short break.

Mysonsmummy thanks for the code.

Trix11 · 09/01/2008 21:31

Oh I could not see for looking - it was only the one I had marked as my first choice park - now I realise I cant book that one online.

nappyaddict · 09/01/2008 21:37

oh .... why not?

justbeme · 09/01/2008 21:58

Does any one know if you can take dogs on the Sun Holidays? I remember checking conditions before but couldnt see.

Trix11 · 09/01/2008 22:01

You can only book some of them online - if it is available to book online there is a little red box to indicate so.

Geri2 · 11/01/2008 10:16

Justbeme,
I think you can take dogs to some of the parks.. perhaps put a note in with your application and then they'll give you one where they allow you to take dogs.

we have been on a few Sun Holidays, our favourite one was 'Seashore' in Great Yarmouth... worst one has to be Romney sands, wouldnt go there again. Mind you it was at the end of the season, so might be better earlier on. It may well have improved by now as we went about 3 years ago.

Does anyone have the address to book online, as I've lost my booklet. I've started a new thread asking, just in case this one gets lost sown the pages! ;-)

piglet04 · 11/01/2008 14:18

warmwell weymouth. anyone booked here with the sun and extended? wanted to know if it was expensive to extend and stay for 7 nights instead of four??

nappyaddict · 11/01/2008 22:35

what we've done before is send off to separate booking forms with 2 lots of tokens and only put 1 date on each instead of 4, and so that they were straight after one another making a week. as long as you send it off straight away you should get it.

Scramble · 12/01/2008 00:12

How much do the holidays actually end up costing, I am saving tokens ansd will haev towait to bbok as I have no booking ref.

nappyaddict · 12/01/2008 01:03

i always pick the ones where there isn't a service charge or charge for passes then it is literally just £9.50 each.

nappyaddict · 12/01/2008 01:53

what are primrose valley, rockley park, thorpe park and golden sands like.

J2O · 12/01/2008 15:28

nappyaddict-primrose valley and thorpe park are good, don't know about the other 2. Primrose valley are really strict about passes and that, if you forget them you have to back for them to get into the pool and club but Thorpe park are pretty relaxed imo. i've put both of them down for march or April

Scramble, it usually comes to less than £100, especially if you take you're own linen.