Stuart Rayner

Review of Butlins

It has been a few years since I visited here, but ...

It has been a few years since I visited here, but to be honest I wont be back.

The first time we visited, we stayed in the superior accommodation. This was a 2 bedroom apartment. Very nice and mostly clean (except the cleaner had used the toilet before leaving and not flushed).

The next visit, we went for basic accommodation. What a nightmare. It was once of the 'chalet' style buildings, and frankly it was like a cave. A filthy cave.

Cigarette and crisp packets behind all the furniture, filth on most surfaces, and best of all my duvet was splattered with blood and other fluids which I don't wish to think about.

You would think that the staff might resolve the situation and maybe even apologise. Think again! After being passed from pillar to post, the housekeeping manager snapped at me to go away and there was nothing he could do because they were short staffed.

In the end I went for a sleeping bag on the floor. I couldn't even leave because I was part of a large party.

We went to Minehead a few years later. This was cleaner, but still full of drunk chavs.

So, no, as a family we wont be going back to Butlins.