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Discovered we are not in a Deluxe 3 caravan after all. We are in a deluxe plus 3. I didn't really read the description before we booked, it had 3 bedrooms and two toilets which were the main considerations. But we chose this park because for just £50 more we could be accommodated in deluxe accommodation rather than a rivals silver caravan. Deluxe must be better and deluxe plus must be even more better ( yes I know if that was a child speaking you would have corrected them because more netter is not good grammar, but I still think a deluxe should be better than a silver so a deluxe plus must be even more better than a silver?)
So, more smugness here, for a bargain £50 extra we have booked not just any old silver caravan but we have secured a deluxe plus!
Now I don't know about you but when I think of the word deluxe all sorts of images pop into my head. If I were thinking about duvets or pillows (I often do) deluxe would imply to me sumptuous deep filled feathers encased in fine cotton.... Deluxe plus suggests maybe duck down and Egyptian cotton?
If I were thinking about cars maybe leather seats and walnut trim would be considered deluxe plus.... Get the picture?
The lady at reception was so very jolly, dressed much like her colleagues in hula skirts wearing flower garlands around her neck and a flower headband slipping on her shiny hair.
Yes st. Leonard's, Hastings not Hawaii... When we asked what the dressing up was in aid of, the reply was 'why not'!
I always watch the expression carefully as they hand over the keys since our last years disaster hotel in turkey. We should have known we were in for trouble when the rep handed us our pack after we told her our hotel. I replay the moment in my mind in slow motion 'lest I forget. ' a mix between an evil smile and a look of condolence, as she handed the pack over pointing out her colleague who would be visiting us the next day.... We turned to see our rep running back towards the airport, we just thought she had forgotten something!
Anyway I digress, there was nothing but a genuine smile on the lady's face as she handed us our key and ran through the same patter she had run through probably 100 times so far today.
Vikki managed to find wood side 24 quite easily. Vikki alwYs has to drive and navigate the last 2 1/2 minutes of any holiday in this country 1) I'm a control freak when it comes to driving 2) I can never read holiday park maps
At the bottom of quite a steep slope is our deluxe plus. As vikki opens the door (she has to have the keys as well as I can't be trusted to keep them available at all times given I always have several little purses, pouches and pockets in my holiday handbag and swear profusely when I can't find the key which offends family groups for some reason) we are pleasantly surprised by the absence of a damp smell. This could be the plus in our deluxe
Clean, dampless and mould free!
Still pleasantly surprised at these three things we then began to question the status of our accommodation.
Yes clean, deluxe plus? No. Nothing to suggest we are in superior accommodation ( superior was in fact cheaper than deluxe plus). I would say it's very basic, no double glazing or central heating, no docking station, no DVD player, no deep pile carpets, outdoor furniture (we. Had all that in a silver plus in Norfolk 2 years ago). Surely a deluxe plus warrants an outside light even?
On the verge of trotting back up the hill to the jolly lady in reception with the deceptively genuine smile, To explain that we had not been allocated the deluxe plus that we had booked and paid for without reading the details just 3 days earlier when I found the information booklet. We had indeed been allocated a deluxe plus caravan because it's 12 foot wide and the addition of heating in bedrooms elevates it to a plus. Both elements were standard in their rivals silver accommodation.
I always say silver is best!
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