Haven Holidays

...I chose to use Haven and British Holidays for this year's holiday for two reasons. Firstly I wanted somewhere where if the weather was bad we could do things on a complex/site and secondly, I saw their advertising for half price holidays. Our holiday budget was quite low, so it seemed just the thing. ***** Website and Booking ***** The website was mentioned on the advert I saw, but I couldn't remember it. However, it was easy enough to find and ...
...got an email through from Haven confirming the new dates with a letter to print out which was to be handed in on arrival as proof of booking. The letter also contained simple directions to the park. *****Arrival and Check in***** The directions on our letter were clear and simple to follow, making the park very easy to find, even though the description of 'next door' to Newquay turned out to be rather misleading. It was in fact quite a drive from ...

Ankes-un-amun 24.09.2005 · Read full review
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...going on a Butlins or Haven Holiday. I myself have never thought of Haven as something special. I've seen the adverts on TV and in the paper and just thought it was a place people with low incomes go for a week in the summer. How wrong was I! This summer myself, my girlfriend and her family went to Haven, Seaview, which is in Weymouth. Part 1 - Setting Up Camp So everyone arrived at the camp site after a three hour car ride from Portsmouth. We ...
...park. Haven has a main car park where you can park while visiting the site or getting ready to collect your passes ect. A bunch of us went in search of the office where you check in. Be sure to bring your letter from Haven to show you've paid, e.g. a website printout or letter via post. We started to look around the camp for this check in office. After five or ten minutes walking around we headed back to the car park. We all laughed when we found ...

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What Haven claim to be like …….. "Haven & British Holidays are part of the Bourne Leisure Group, who has been operating family holiday parks around the UK for more than four decades. Haven & British Holidays own and operates 34 holiday Parks throughout England, Scotland and Wales - located close to some of Britain's most beautiful beaches and areas of natural beauty and within easy reach of some of our best-loved seaside resorts. Regular investment ...
...in the camping area. Haven offers you various other options during the booking process - Cancellation cover, Personal insurance cover, or car breakdown insurance cover. Also if you want more than one car on site you're supposed to pay an additional £3 a night. °*°*° Getting There °*°*° We travelled to Weymouth on National Express coaches, and then got the bus from Weymouth directly to the Haven site. The number 4 (or 4a or 4b) 'First' bus runs ...

liz1102 25.09.2006 · Read full review
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I have visited Haven holidays with my family for the several years now, my favourite destination being Presthaven Sands Near Prestatyn. This site opens in March and closes in November each year. In Presthaven, as in most sites, they have a vast selection of entertainment, especially for the children, with different activities at each site. It offers static caravans of various sizes and styles and also there is a place for touring caravans, situated ...
...There are many Haven holiday caravan parks, all with basically the same forms of entertainment, restaurant, fast food outlets and fun parks. Presthaven sands is easily found along the A548 in Gronant, (post code LL19 9TT) At Presthaven, the caravans are situated in such a way that you are only a stone throw away from the sandy beech, which is a lovely walk into the entertainment centre on the park. The other way to the entertainment centre is via ...

blissman70 09.03.2008 · Read full review
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...camp using the facilities at Haven Wild Duck. Several associates of ours also booked camping facilities, and one arranged for a static caravan. I am going to discuss the camping xperience, as that is what we personally experienced. The site was very easy to find using the directions from the Haven website, and it was well signed. Upon pulling in there was a spacious area in front of the office to stop for check in. The pull over area was well thought ...
...first experience camping at a Haven site, and it was rather pleasant. The facilities were clean and up to date, fresh water and bins and whatnot spaced so as to never be far from the pitches, and a quality playground within a short walk of the camping area, placed next to the laundry (tokens only, at about £5 a washload, so bring plenty to wear!) and within an easy view of most of the pitches. The laundry was placed in the shower and toilet block, ...

Shroud 20.06.2007 · Read full review
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...star, but were upgraded by Haven to a Silver, which boasted an additional Microwave, which was the only difference on this site between the 4 star and Silver, apart from the Silver being 2 ft wider. All accommodation includes Fridge, Colour TV and Gas cooker, plus Gas Fire in the lounge, crockery, cutlery, utensils and glasses, a shower room, which was small but serviceable, with a reasonable size cupboard to hold all the toiletries that are needed ...
...which was tiny, but again, useable, and boasted a shelving unit for those WC essentials. The master bedroom was a reasonable size, but I couldn’t work out where they would have put the cot had we required one as it states in the handbook that cots are placed in the main bedroom. There were two full length wardrobes, two smaller cupboards, a dressing table, two bedside tables, and an over head storage unit, so again plenty of space to hide away the ...

claireydeacon 28.08.2004 · Read full review
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...is owned and run by Haven Holidays and, as can be expected from Haven camps has the usual features I have come to expect from their sites. The camp has a mixture of static caravans and touring pitches for tents and caravans. The touring pitches have optional electric hook-up if desired, or basic for self-sufficient caravanners or tent-dwellers (we went basic with our caravan and awning). Unlike many other Haven camps however, Wild Duck's touring ...
...more laid back than other Haven sites I have visited (such as Caister which is truly dreadful). There is a very friendly atmosphere between staff and campers alike and my family and I really enjoyed our stay. Throughout the day, Haven run various activities for kids including crafts, fun and games - on this visit we did not make use of these clubs, but visits to other sites have shown that the kids can really enjoy themselves and let off some steam ...

ben-lloyd 09.07.2004 · Read full review
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...Gift Shop – Full of Haven ornaments, confectionery, and buckets and spades. Mon-Sun 10am – 6pm. Photo Shop – For purchasing photographs taken in the club the previous night. Mon-Sun 9am-12pm. Hire shop – Wheelchairs, irons, cots, pushchairs. 9am daily. Day time entertainment Yarmouth boasts crazy golf, swimming pool, bowling, shops and lots more. But who needs to go into town when you can do all that on the site! Swimming pool – Seashore has ...
...season (June-August). Kids Clubs Haven caters fantastically for youngsters. There’s the PAWS group for under 5’s, a parent and toddler group with things to do for babies. The 5 – 11 age range have the Rory & Bradley club featuring, games and sing-songs. We saw them on a pirate hunt around the camp, it was so cute! T-Co is for 12-16 year-olds featuring activities such as football tournaments and fencing. Evening Entertainment All evening entertainment ...

funphobic2 08.09.2004 · Read full review
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...week we went to the Haven Holiday Park at Primrose Valley in Filey. We saved up the tokens in The Sun so all in all the holiday itself cost us about £70, which is pretty good going for 4 nights. When we got there the problems were obvious. With it being out of season I believe they save money by cutting staffing levels and closing facilities. Rather than harping on about everything though, I'll let you read the complaint letter I sent to them today. ...
...in question. Having attended other Haven sites before and always having had a shower this was something we were expecting and felt further let down by. In terms of the facilities available to us during our stay, the ladies' toilets being closed further marred the fact that we had to use 'The Tavern' all the time for our food consumption. My partner was advised to use the toilets in the adjacent complex, but the weather made this more than awkward. ...

robcauson 09.10.2006 · Read full review
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...This is the second Haven site we’ve visited, and booking early meant we got a large 3 bedroom static caravan, one double room, and two twin rooms for £ 249.00 for 3 nights (Friday thru til Monday). I was planning to use Tesco vouchers to pay part of the bill, but be aware if you use the book early discount they cant be combined! The caravan had a very spacious living area, with a wrap around sofa that would seat about a dozen… included were a television ...
...oven, fridge, microwave and ample storage for groceries. All mugs, glasses, cutlery etc were included in the deal. The shower room/toilet was adequate and clean, and whilst the rooms were ‘snug’ there was sufficient storage for a long weekend. Unfortunately, we backed onto the main railway line, and at regular intervals, found the roof and walls shake... a little bit 'Mary Poppins' at times! Rockley Park during the day… The site overlooks Poole ...

oscarto 23.06.2009 · Read full review
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...thoroughly. At the time the haven mates were determined to make the time we had fun. They would start impromptu games of cricket, spend time in the amusements and were constantly seen around bouncing around and giggling. Then this year came, and I decided to take my 1 year old daughter to Primrose Valley for her first holiday. I already knew that Haven had joined forces with British Holidays so I was prepared for some changes but what I found in ...
...and ensured that I never return. On arrival we found reception and were checked in early as my little one was ready for a sleep. I was happy that the reception staff were willing to accomodate our request and even happier that our caravan was near to the entertainments block as my mum was with us and finds that walking a long distance is difficult. The caravan was clean enough but we immediately realised that we had been supplied with only 2 pans ...

Tracy107 05.08.2007 · Read full review
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...park and contains the usual Haven facilities such as arcade, showbar, aquabar, supermarket with bakery, take away, 2 pools (although the outdoor one was not in use when we were there despite it being peak season and good weather) and a play area inclusing trampolines and go karts. The caravans are well laid out and the beach is a 5 minute walk and down a pretty steep path. There is a play area near the beach and this had a good big slide down the ...
...ENTERTAINMENT Part of a Haven holiday is the entertainment they offer. This includes kids clubs with Rory the tiger and other such characters. They run about 2 or more times in the day and in the evening. They also have on shows, bingo and teenage clubs. The kids seem to love the tiger dances and the Fun star shows. We also had wrestling on and a pirates show. Most of these being watchable or enjoyable. Daytime were art clubs and party dancing (often, ...

j_wozza 02.09.2007 · Read full review
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...me make a quick statement- Haven is better than Pontins. No, in terms of entertainment facilities it is MUCH MUCH better. But sadly from there it all goes down hill. Haven, like Pontins (and the far superior Butlins) is a company in partnership with British Holidays which owns numerous family orientated holiday camps in the UK (and oddly in other parts of Europe.) The parks are usually plotted within areas of coastal popularity and can be found in ...
...thinking about staying at any Haven or British Holiday park, then read this review wisely before making your choice... We stayed for a week at the Craig Tara holiday park in Ayrshire, Scotland in a self-catered Silver chalet. Sounds inviting doesn't it? Well if I were you I would tear that invitation up right away. One of the first things that will strike you about Haven is the lack of service you will receive at the reception and check in points. ...

Joe-Collins91 18.06.2009 (25.07.2009) · Read full review
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...signposted that you are leaving Haven property, but seeing as Haven customers use the paths, you would think that they would make more of an effort to get them maintained. Once you get to the beach it is beautiful, you can see New Quay harbour a short walk away and even across to north Wales on clear days. (http://img404.imageshack.us/i/dsc03382m.jpg/ & http://img365.imageshack.us/i/dsc03468.jpg/ ) Another, more accessible but longer way to get to ...
...Quay West is the best Haven Park I’ve been to since I was younger, (Pwhelli, Golden Sands and Prestatyn) but I think that's mostly due to the fantastic area. We're definitely going to come back to New Quay in the future and to Haven if we can't find a cheap enough cottage to stay in. :P ...

Laila8296 24.07.2009 · Read full review
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...in Weymouth belongs to the Haven chain of resorts. As a child I spent every year at Butlins ( which coincidently are Havens big brother , owned by the same company ). However as an adult when I've been looking around for somewhere to take my own children ( I have four of them for my sins! ) Joseph who's 14 , Declan who's 12 , Caitlin who's 10 and 6 month old Jessica , I've found Butlins just too pricey. Haven have been a grand alternative. You don't ...
...to no less than three Haven resorts , Seaview , Littlesea and Weymouth Bay. All three resorts are close to each other and each offers a slightly different stay , Seaview for example is the quietest of the holiday camps. Weymouth Bay has the most entertainment but if you stay at Seaview you are able to use Weymouth Bays facilities too which is great. In all camps there are swimming pools both indoor and outdoors, sports facilities and entertainment ...

xonica 06.04.2009 · Read full review
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