Vendee, St Jean de Monts, Les Amiaux Review

Overall Rating

Pool complex, fantastic slides.
Friendly bar.
Location.
Large private pitches.
Excellent dog walk

If any I would say the lack of entertainment, but it has never bothered us

Having read some of the reviews I must be visiting a different site. We have been going to Vendee, St Jean de Monts, Les Amiaux for the last 5 years, this is a fantastic site, clean, large private pitches, friendly staff, not expensive, great location, totally relaxing. We visit at the start of the season June/July so have never seen the site full, I could imagine in August when its packed then I would see the site in a different light, which is why I don't go in August. If you want the kids entertained and noisey pub/disco's then go to Haven, if you have sulky teenagers go to Haven, but if you have young children, a dog, or like us are travelling with no kids (heaven) then this is the site for you. Regarding the site manager/owner, yes he doesn't speak english, but then we are in France and I don't speak french, the receptionist speak perfect english. The whole area around St Jeans is made for a relaxing holday, but if you want adventure there is plenty if you look for it. At the end of the day it is a caravan/camping site not a hotel, but then some people will never be pleased.

Members' Comments onjohn and tine's Review

• soph4496 on 17th Jul 2009

  Just got back from Les Amiaux. Never again! If this is typical french hospitality, forget it...
  We reached the site at 10.45 pm off a ryanair flight. The reception staff were hard to find but by the time we found someone, who didnt speak a word of english, it was 11pm and the barrier was down and they refused to open it to let us in. So we had to carry all our bags and find the caravan ourselves. No help offered.
  A catalogue of errors followed, including being asked to leave the bar while on my laptop unless I bought another overpriced drink. Reception wouldnt let us use their fax or printer to print our documents for the flights we booked to come home early. They sent us to St Hilair De Riez to the Tourist Info office to use their printer and yes, youve guessed it, no english spoken!!!! English is a first language for most people and with the amount of english tourists some should be spoken. My Daughter, who was really bored on the site borrowed a cheap pen from reception and was chased around the campsite to give it back. We only stayed one week instead of two. We took our own carrier bag into the shop on site, which had been bought there the day before and the girl on the till was pulling it off us to scan,despite us trying to explain we had bought it previously! She even told me to empty my basket onto the conveyor belt in a nasty tone, I think the english speaking receptionist must have left because we certainly couldnt find anyone who spoke english! The french appear very good at shrugging instead of trying to help.
  The campsite itself was fair, not much in the way of entertainment, one evening was board games, or should that be bored games?! I have travelled to the U.S. and the Caribbean, to Spain and the Canaries to the West Indies and Cyprus, Turkey etc and found the people welcoming and helpful and that wasnt in hotels, just self catering. I will never return to France.
  Les Amiaux is overpriced, Customer service is non existent and I wouldnt recommend it to anybody.