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| Value for Money | 4/10  |
|---|---|
| Reviewer Rating | 5/10 |
| Overall Rating | 6/10  |
Full review by
Lyndahayes
on 31st Jul 2006
User Rating : 5
Respect :
+1
Good Points: Beautiful uncrowded beaches. Well stocked shop on-site. Safe, if a little too many uniformed guards, but very safe. Nice dunes. Helpful staff.
Bad Points: Not very clean. Very uncomfortable beds. Expensive laundrette. Expensive experience.
General comments: The beach is divine. We stayed in an A6 chalet at St. Ives Bay Holiday park in Cornwall, but I hated the hard thick-plastic covered beds. They are so uncomfortable. They supplied nice clean linen for the A6 chalet, which was great, but it just slid off of the plastic covering on the mattress, and it was hot and very sticky in the night. The rooms had a bad damp smell, so we had to run in and open up the whole chalet to let the air pass through. I would not say it is the cleanest of places. I am not really a clean freak, but the windows inside were full of sticky children's fingerprints all over it, at about 2 ft from the floor. That should have been cleaned off. The toilet brush was so foul and soupy, and yukky inside the holder, that I threw it away and went and bought them a new one. That helped to stop the smell somewhat in the toilet, but I think it was from whatever lived under the lino! They do not supply a hoover, so the sand and other bits get all over the dark carpet and in the beds.
Two men with big canisters sprayed insecticide outside the chalet without letting us know, and we were in the chalet with the windows open at the time and it was hard to breathe for a few minutes, but at least they spray for bugs.
The laundrette is great, with what looks like new machines, but it is expensive: £8.00 for 2 loads (£3 washing machine, and 20p for 4 minutes drying time). The machines do not wring the clothes out very well, so it takes at least £1 to dry a load, but things are still quite damp afterwards. The park staff are helpful and plentiful, and they will go to extremes to make sure your stay is a pleasant one. The park is kept safe with so many uniformed security staff patrolling all the time, but it could do with a better clean after guests leave, and a hoover would keep you from sleeping in sandy beds. The hard plastic covering is a bit much though. It was like sleeping in Tupperware.
Lyndahayes's review and ratings | 400 words
Review by
beanybabe
on 3rd Sep 2004
User Rating : 5
Respect :
-1
St Ives Bay Holiday park is in a lovely location right on the beach!, toilets and showers were nice and clean. Bar hours a complete joke! If you have just arrived after a very long journey don't expect to bar to be open! Also the only site I have ever known with last orders at 11 pm!
beanybabe's full review | 71 words | 6 comments added.
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