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91 Reviews For John Fowler, St. Ives Holiday Village

  • Guest 4th Nov 2009

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    Well... where do I start... PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOURSELF THROUGH THIS. When I was walking up to the chalet I had my doubts and they were confirmed as I walked in. The smell of damp hits you like a hammer to the head and the furnishings are outdated. The beds are hard and uncomfortable and the wall where I moved the bed was covered in mould. Asked for another chalet which was exactly the same and there 'wasn't an upgrade available'. Light fell off the wall when we tried to move it. Both my boyfriend and I got suspiciously ill after being perfectly healthy the day before. Staff was friendly enough and cornwall was perfect. Nice woodland and carbis bay was the highlight of my trip. But there is a reason we called our quiz team 'team mildew'. The accomodation just isn't good enough, but being brought up to make the most of things it didn't completely ruin the holiday. A mixed week at best.

  • Guest 29th Oct 2009

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    my wife and i spent a short break at st ives,what a disgrace the place is!!the chalet we stayed in was No 55,it was dirty,damp,and dingy,my wife spent 4 hours cleaning it before we could feel a little better about the place,we tried to make a joke about it,we just did not look forward to going back after a day out,the area by the way is superb,i complained and i got my money back,but i have been informed the place is full this week (half term)they will keep on renting out these places,i have pho ...

  • Guest 19th Oct 2009

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    What a Stinking Hell Hole we did manage to stay one night then the Damp Fumes nearly intoxicated us so we found a B&B in St Ives which was Beautiful.

    The Damp has the potential to be a health Hazard and I'm sure under Health and Safety this place would be Shutdown.

    I would recomend That John Fowler hire's a JCB and brings this outdated park to a great heap for Bonfire night.

    People in Prison stay in better rooms!!

    Beware and be Warned!!

  • purplewitch 15th Oct 2009

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    My partner and I spent a week in a brick bungalow at John Flowler in St Ives for which we only paid £150 which I thought was reasonable. Admittedly the place was damp but that was because we were in a woodland and went out all day so only opened the windows early morning and briefly in the evening. There were no dog fleas this time but the tv service was bad - there was a banner across the screen most of the time saying that a new Sky viewing card should be ordered immediately but didn't s ...

  • chrisdixey123 11th Oct 2009

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    Well where do i start we came here for a short weekend break through Sun holidays, we visit Cornwall quite a lot because St Ives is such a beautiful place. The park though does not live p to expectations i had. It is dated and th chalets are a disgrace, we arrived and the chalet was not ready so we had to wait no problem we were early. By not being ready i can only think they did not have time to neatly arrange the past users hair around the bath or distibute the dirt around the windows etc. The ...

  • Guest 10th Oct 2009

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    after reading the reviews of st ives holiday village it look bad the unit was great for the price for 135 pounds maybe were lucky but it did not seem damp and their was plenty room for 3 adults. the club house was bad and avoided after first vist. a car is really needed to stay at the holiday village out of season because the it a long walk of 25 mins to the main bus service but a few buses do go the site plus it is 9-00 pounds in a taxi into st ives the only thing trying to find your unit in t ...

  • Guest 9th Oct 2009

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    Dear Sir or Madam
    We are writing to complain about the standard of accommodations at St Ives Holiday Village where we have just spent a short break.
    We arrived on Monday 5th October full of optimism about our holiday, with our three year old daughter. When we got to the chalet which was a bronze woodland chalet, we were greeted by lots of flies in the accomodation. The chalet smelt damp which aggravated my Husband's Asthma and my daughter developed a chesty cough. At least the bed linen w ...

  • Guest 6th Oct 2009

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    Returned yesterday from a weekend visit. St Ives is a beautiful village which made staying in the Holiday Village bearable. The most important thing for us was that it was warm and dry with hot running water - success! The forest and wildlife were very pretty. The entertainment was dire and one of the female receptionists was rude and disinterested. Didn't bother with the pool as it closed by the time we returned from our touring of Cornwall. I would say the chalet was very comfortable and ...

  • Guest 5th Oct 2009

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    Just got back last Saturday and it was lovely...had a silver chalet and yes it smelt a little musty but the place is built in a forest!!!

    It was dry warm and wildlife was lovely

    Food in club wasent wonderful but plenty eateries around and Tesco just up the road

    Bar was fine fellow holidaymakers and staff friendly camp shop bog standard!!!

    All in all a super week away for £150 quid!!!

    Just go prepared with some food because on site catering really not nice

    I nearly cancelled on the st ...

  • Guest 2nd Oct 2009

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    John Fowler Holiday Village, nr st. Ives

    What a hell hole!!
    Damp, so smelly that it took your breath when you walked into the 'wooden chalet' that reminded us of an old army barracks. Grass growing from the gutters and roof, mould up the walls, rotten windows and doors, a sofa that looked like a large dirty dog had been sleeping on it.....it was the pits! We complained and were offered an alternative that was identical, so told them they could stick it. They gave us a part reimbursement. Three ...

  • Guest 28th Sep 2009

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    I read the reviews on this site about John Fowler, St. Ives Holiday Village and decided to just go for it and that it would all be ok! Oh my god how wrong could i have been, what a hole! All i can say is that it is rotten and should be closed down immeditly!
    The sheds as they can only be refered to are damp, dirty, stinking and outdated! There were wasps painted over on the windows because they were to lazy to remove them before painting, the beds wernt even fit for a dog, they were also damp, ...

  • edjit159 28th Sep 2009

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    We are presently staying at St Ives Holiday Village Park and as we have travelled over 600 miles to get here are not really in the position to up sticks and move on. The "Gold" standard accomodation is very disappointing although adequate, the staff are friendly enough but it can be like talking to bricks in a wall when problems arrive. Today we had to contact reception as our car had been vandalised in the night along with another 15-20 cars on site. A non-commital answer as to if the Police h ...

  • Guest 24th Sep 2009

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    Just got back from st Ives holiday park the worst holiday park i have been to. dirty, damp,and outdated. the only thing that kept me there was the days out in Cornwall and we only slept in the accommodation.every time we went to the park it was depressing.the swimming pool was cold, dirty, slide was not working and had paint peeling off it,even if it had been working i wouldnt have trusted my children going on it! It was that bad after one go in the pool we then payed to use the leisure centre ...

  • Guest 22nd Sep 2009

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    have just returned from st ives holiday village what a disgrace.after a five and half hour drive we were looking forward to a nice relaxing mid week break instead all we got was stress. every where was dirty and very out dated. when we finally got our keys for our accommodation we found it was a shed which was already occupied with the spiders and flies.the furniture was very old and worn with holes in and looked like it had a mouse living in it. the whole place was a mess there was peeling fla ...

  • Guest 15th Sep 2009

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    We went to st ives holiday camp we arrived on the saturday and left on the sunday the accomadation was discusting there was mould on the walls cobwebs everywhere and even a snail in the bedroom,the curtains did nt meet it was like being in a goldfish bowl with everyone looking into each other.We asked for our money back which they did give us and said the unit was a ongoing problem,not all the money was given back they took a nights accomadation of us, would never go there again.

  • Guest 13th Sep 2009

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    My wife and I have just returned from a weeks holiday at St Ives Holiday Village staying in a Trevacroft style bungalow. We decided to stay here again after a really good experience around 10 years ago - Oh what a shock we had coming. The cleanliness of the bungalow was disgraceful and continual smells and dampness throughout led to both of us catching colds !!
    Entertainment - what a joke, although no disrespect to the 3 people responsible who obviously work with very restricted budgets. All in ...

  • sharon clements 8th Sep 2009

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    We have just returned from a mid-week break from St Ives holiday Village. We have two children (5 & 2 years old). Where do I begin.........firstly the chalet was absolutely vile. It was really damp and smelly. In fact it was so damp that our honey cheerios cereal that we brought with us for the kids all stuck together in the box and turned into one large clump. The sofa in the lounge area was broken and you sank almost onto the floor, there was no shower and only a half sized bath and there were ...

  • Guest 30th Aug 2009

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    What a shame we didn't read these reviews or do any research on this John Fowler site in St Ives Holiday Village before we went!! We stayed in one of the Trevacroft bungalows, totally disgusting, the place was damp, the bathroom absolutely stank almost unbearable and was filthy to include hairs left in the bath. One morning we awoke to find slugs and snails crawling around the floor. Beds were damp and felt wet and on returning home we found our clothes to include unworn items had mould growin ...

  • Guest 30th Aug 2009

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    First of all i am rating it as 1 star because it wont allow you to rate it as zero, which is what i really think of this dump.

    After booking to go to John Fowler, St Ives Holiday village a few weeks later I decided to read some reviews, well i only wish i had done this before i booked because when i got there all my fears were confirmed.
    I arrived at 2pm and just drove into the park for a look as we couldn't book in until 4pm, my wife was nearly sick at what she seen, the kids enthusiam just fa ...

  • Guest 30th Aug 2009

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    just back from St. Ives Holiday Village holiday,and did promise myself i would write a review on my return ,o dear what a let down,never again,needs TLC and a BIG scrubbing brush,only good thing was the location,not a happy camper