We Try A £9.50 Sun Holiday! - NEVER AGAIN!

so in the UK the Sun newspaper offers holidays very cheaply around the UK and Europe staying in camps sites Caravan sites and many more all you have to do is collect 10 tokens from each Sun newspaper and then all you do is you go online and check your dates with the parks that you want now you normally have to put in three or four Parks the First Choice second choice third choice and it's quite sneaky actually CU what it does it gives you a time limit of how long you've got to book it almost puts pressure on you to book that particular park or to make your booking so I think I got my second choice so is it £950 well when you're booking there are lots of hidden extras so for example you might have to pay for extra linen you might have to pay for the entertainment passes for example on my booking it said that I'd be charge for a minimum of four party members even though it was only three of us going so there's also a booking fee included in that too and when you add it all up well it doesn't come to £950 anymore let me know in the comments if it's ever cost you just £9 50 to go on one of these Sun Holidays and we've arrived and here is our Caravan for the next few days uh are you excited yeah I can't wait we will come to the price at the end you may be very surprised I tried to get the cheapest most basic Caravan for a few nights stay so let's go in well it is summer so if you've ever stayed in the cabin in the summer you'll know that it gets very warm wow I've noticed there is a a bit of an odor in here that's the first thing I just thought there's a good way to test if there's been a pet in here I'll show you well just look closely first of all there's this on the floor what's that it's off a bit of clothing that's not going to hurt you uh yeah that's gross that's pet hair there's a mixture there I think human here so it clearly hasn't a very good Hoover look at that Gabby's on her knees in the Caravan yeah this is how you can tell you pull up the dog hair look I think you're going to need to wash your hands you know I will okay so Gabby has got allergies she's asmatic so I think we're going to have to see if we can change or at least get a Hoover in here am I right you're right yeah actually you know what it's a shame because I walked in and first impressions was this is really nice looked down at the floor and the smelt the place but you can also see the carpet is seriously stained I mean you've got food stained down here yeah I know but for the price we can't complain that's what everybody was saying to me for the price you can't complain but we're going to receptions in a caravan oh yeah we've um we've just checked in the um the only problem is I think we're in a um a pet friendly Caravan we can smell dogs and there's dog hair everywhere so is that right or this is a non pet friendly P yeah you definitely found a dog here there's definitely been a dog in there 100% yeah you can smell it when you walk in and there's dog hair on the floor is there nothing they can move us we have it is a someone or not I can't say but we do not allow pets in non pet friendly very very strict on that so whilst we wait for our ring we've got a tea for you and a black Americano for me now the stuff on reception were really great they brought a clean it back here and it smells so much better the carpet has been hoovered great Gabby will be happy she's just going to be feeding Casper she'll join me in a moment but first the lounge area with this huge sofa I mean like wow I'll tuck myself right into the corner and you can get at least eight people 12 people comfortably sitting on this couch and when it comes to dinner there's nothing better than sitting up a nice big table in your Caravan and you know what is surprising considering this is the cheapest and most basic of Caravans compared to when I was a kid the basic and the cheapest would have been a lot worse than this so I'm very impressed with this and yes the the dog hair at the beginning but now it's been hoovered it smells so much fresher and uh yeah this is really Airy so when we did our Haven holiday we had net curtains now I'm not a big fan of net curtains but actually it's great for privacy cuz otherwise people will see right into your Caravan got a nice big TV a fireplace if it gets cold so let's check out the kitchen then and this actually almost looks brand new look at this kitchen love the worktops though and there's a a cutting board ready to go this toaster does look reasonably new for a basic Caravan I'm quite surprised I thought we'd get the uh the real rubbish that is what you call a huge Kettle nice and clean as well sinks nice and clean nice worktop area and a few shelving units pots and pans nice and clean you might remember the Haven video I did there was uh some cheese in The Grater that look brand new and I didn't even notice it so I will be looking out for it this time if I can find one where's the cheese grater looking good unless I can't well it's it's a little bit Rusty utensil drawer look how they've put these Spoons the attention to detail the way the cleaners have put the spoons like that and the forks like that never seen that before loads of Cups someone's had some tomato ketchup on their hands there at least I hope that's what that is loads of plates because obviously this Caravan can sleep I think it's up to six people it might even be eight people but that's the living room and the kitchen checking out the fridge all nice and clean nice big fridge freezer dust pan and brush and a microwave that is clean look at that you can see your face in that what's up here so through here is the bedrooms and the bathroom so there's one there's two there's three there's four there's five different doors so the first door we come into must be the first bedroom not much else in in No Frills really there is a wardrobe in here with some hangers cuz this is a basic Caravan there's no TV in here and these can be pushed together so it makes a double bed but let's face it if you've got adults in these beds they are very very narrow and you could quite easily fall out of them but I tell you what they are are very cozy this must be the toilet and shower simple toilet area shower head looks all right it's nice and clean in here places to put the soap just a simple bathroom really but look at that a sun holiday it does come with toilet roll I remember back in the day a sun holiday probably wouldn't have come with toilet roll it's also got a towel ril which is quite nice which acts like a heater in the Wind win always got to be careful when you're in the Caravan when you have the window open just that little bit because uh people might see you going to the toilet what are you doing out there she's on her phone check out the other rooms okay so this is two toilets I thought this would have been like an on Suite actually look how tiny that sink is Ah that's where the heating system is no toilet while in here though so is this another double room it is another double room kind of surprised that like this isn't the master bedroom with the on Suite there cuz some Caravans do actually do that but yeah so can sleep six people maybe eight people if they're in the living room quite comfortably and we come into the master bedroom and if I'm going to do the bed test and I'm here with Gabby I might as well involve Gabby this is going to be cozy let's do the bed test quite nice actually nice comfy bed what do you think yeah there's one problem with this bedroom though can you see what it is the Wardrobe is not big enough no not dressing table's not big enough probably but no there's no side lamps no there isn't oh that's yeah there's just Bas one basic lamp there's no television not that that really matters but in our other Caravan we had TV in the room we did but you know what the bed is comfy and that's all that matters really bed test complete the only problem with these windows though would you feel kind of safe having them open at night to let a three draft in because literally the bed is right there so there is a little dressing table and stool wow check out the Wardrobe how it pulls out like that sorry someone's um streamming right now anyway there is an extra duvet in there that's actually quite a big wardrobe and with Sun Holidays nine times out of 10 you'll have to pay for your own linen I got lucky with this this one because they actually provide a linen so you don't have to bring your own linen from home Gabby we've got another problem please don't tell me we've got bed don't even joke about that no we've got um we we completely forgot stupidly because we've been tabes yeah we haven't got any towels I've got some towels have you you think of everything wonderful wife that's what I'm here for how many towels have you got one so I'm screwed then you'll be all right then he's loving it so far he's literally everywhere now everything might look clean but one little man who's just been running around for about 5 minutes just look and he this is not from outside but look look at his feet they are black from obviously the floor wow good job is's not crawling I would give him slippers but there's no way I keep keep the slippers on so what can we do actually I'm really impressed with the caran yes it's basic but it's nice it's big and there's loads of room except we've bought a cop for the baby and there's nowhere in the bedroom or really the hall to put it so um yeah we might have to leave Casper here at the moment is is in with us normally isn't he so I find the tut toilets quite good if you're here with a large group of people but it's just a shame it's not not an on Suite with the the Manas the bedroom isn't it so we've just arrived obviously a summer's evening I think we might as well get some fish and chips I'm in the mood for some fish and chip fish and chips yeah it's got to be done when you're in a caravan let's do it fish and chips yay well you've gone for fish and chips I've gone for um a fish cake a b sausage and some chips we've got no teil better be careful with my wine then you don't want to you don't want to knock that what is wrong with this table you cannot put liquids on this table oh it's like eating on aircraft cuz it's wonky and wobbly oh anyway I didn't get these from the camp uh cuz we went to Tesco I thought I'd just get them from the local chippy pretty good although they could put more salt and vinegar on them there's not much of a crunch test going on with this fish I'm telling you now so we're going to eat this and we'll do a tour of the uh the park tomorrow and also we'll check out know it's rude to eat with your mouth if the weather's nice we'll go to the beach as well and swiming yeah see you in the [Music] morning Tim put the light on what is that is that what I think Jee oh my God but I was just like I just saw something move out the corn my ey look and there's another one there but I was just like what is that and then doesn't matter cuz he's already been feeding on you oh Mike how'd you know because it's it's it's big it's his body's big oh my God my worst fear ever you think it's bit me already these things have little nyss and everything that can be on your skin on your clothes in your hair so it's yes we did leave really early in the morning to be honest this is going to sound a little bit well babyish but uh for me I have a huge fear phobia of bed bugs it all started a few years ago we went to benador and we thought we bought some home and ever since then I've always been paranoid and checking beds and you you've actually always been joking about it so the fact that we actually found one um completely freaks me out because I did kind of checked the mattress but I didn't check it very well I noticed it was a brand new mattress so that seems a little bit strange because we're a little bit unsure whether they were in the carpets in one of the other bedrooms before you say anything yes it was confirmed it was a bed bug so we basically rang up the Holiday Park the next day to say what had happened and said we literally left in the middle of the night it was actually really traumatic and especially with Casper as well at I think it was half past 2 in the morning there's no way we wanted to stay there and I'm sure you can probably agree with something like that crawling on the bed bear in mind if you see one there's probably a 100 if not more elsewhere babies and all that eggs and all that kind we do have bites as well on us Casper poor little boy had the most amount of bites on him as you may or may not know about bed bugs I used to think it was a myth and they didn't really exist but they do they live in the mattress they nocturnal they come out in the middle of the night and they like to feed on you the worst thing about them is they're like spiders and they kind of stick to the bed sheets we couldn't get that thing off the bed sheet it was so difficult it clings it absolutely clings but the funny thing is from a distance you just don't think much of them but if you to actually zoom in on them and actually see how they look and you realize that you've been sleeping amongst them it does totally change your perspective now we must just stress we're not necessarily blaming the holiday park for this although I did check the mattress when I went in but I didn't check it very thoroughly to be fair but it did look like a brand new mattress so we're trying to figure out were they in that mattress were they in another mattress were they in the car yeah and I know you might laugh about it but it was very traumatic and actually it's given me really high anxiety so if anybody knows of someone that can do hypnosis on me to cure my problem please do because I have to stay in hotels and now honestly aren't I I'm freaking out when I get into the hotel I have to check the bed straight away and even going to check the bed freaks me out yeah and that is the thing it can happen anywhere um I've had it at holiday Parks I've worked at in the past it can happen anywhere and the scary thing is is actually bed bugs are on the rise not something I want to hear and you can actually um if you go on to a lot of reviews on hotels you look in the bad reviews you'll see quite a lot of when you start looking for them like for example I stay in a lot of Premier Ins And I stupidly Googled Premier in bed bugs and I found loads of stories of people suffering so which is and I you look you find it I know but because I used to stay in I love your ins as you know and my Solace was to you know beds are supposed to be there to be comfortable to be relaxed not to be freaking out is there something on me oh my God it do you know what I mean so it ruined the holiday because we upped and left and of course we didn't return now the Holiday Park initially didn't want to give us a refund um they had to go and check the Caravan which they did and they rang us up um pretty much straight away and although they didn't confirm that it was a bed bugs although we know it was um they did give us a refund so I think that says a lot unfortunately we have lost a lot in leaving our belongings there we could have had the option to bring them home but obviously why would we want to risk it if they could have been like eggs or anything else in there and I know you can wash them and stuff like that but because I've got really bad high anxiety with this kind of thing I we just had to leave everything there which the Caravan Park did understand um but it's the transition as well really it's like yes you can wash them but in order to wash them you do need to transition them from one area to another risk the fact that you could then spread them in your car and other areas so it just wasn't worth the risk for us I was gutted because the weather was so great I wanted to check out the rest of the part but because we left early obviously we couldn't really go and do that I to mention fuel now this is no reflection on the sun and the sun holidays as a whole it's just unfortunate our bad experience but how much did it cost it cost us not £950 and like I said um there was a minimum booking of four people on there we got charged for um so it cost a grand total of £12 which is still a really good deal for a caravan holiday I think it was for three nights wasn't it was it four nights four nights oh yeah it was for four nights we also got free linen um and we also got free entertainment passes in that included at this particular Holiday Park maybe just specify that Um this can happen anywhere so please do not penalize the holiday park for this matter no and they were really understanding to be honest so not only with the bed bugs but I also want to touch upon the fact that there was a bit of an anti infestation in the Caravan as well as well when we first walked in there it smelt dirty there was hair dog hair all over so yeah it wasn't overly clean to begin with I know it's only one bed bug and I said this before but that was an adult bed bug so there must have been a lot more in there has this put us off doing a sun holiday again yes it has it shouldn't do but it has it's given me high anxiety uh for staying in hotels now I'm going to have to deal with that somehow and it's also put me off going on another Caravan holiday I'm sorry but it really has I think the thing is I think time is a great healer and I do think in time we may um as as don't try one again if you want to see a better Caravan experience check out our Haven holiday here or if you want to see a slightly worse experience check out our Butlins video here do give the video a thumbs up make sure you hit that subscribe button and I'll see you next time

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Published: Fri Jul 07 2023