As you may have seen from the snazzy badge in my sidebar, Belle and I are Butlins ambassadors this year. This essentially means that we get to go to Butlins for a holiday in returning then for writing about how we got on.
Part of the reason I applied to be part of the scheme is that I don’t have particularly fond memories of Butlins. In fact, my enduring memories are of tedious days out, deserted windswept fairgrounds, barbed wire topped high fences… Not exactly the stuff dreams are made of.
Butlins has had a bit of a makeover over recent years though, and I wanted to see if the concentration camp vibe I remember from my youth is now a thing of the past.
We rocked up for four nights in the Easter holidays to the Wave Hotel at Bognor Regis and were pleasantly surprised. It wasn’t 5 star – I don’t think they would claim to be that – but the hotel itself was excellent, the staff very friendly and we enjoyed the break. Of course Butlins is all about the kids, so I thought the best thing to do would be to hear what we thought from the horse’s mouth.
And by horse I mean Belle.
Disclosure: We are Butlins ambassadors.
A lovely review from Belle, The games room sounds fab!
Ah, love Belle x
Those rooms do sound good. Big man would have liked the games room. I would happily dance to One Direction :-)
Belle was brilliant – should be on TV xx
Belle was so funny when she described the dirty fork as ‘previous food!’
Aside from that it sounds like you both had an excellent time with all the involvement!!
Great post and I love The Wave Hotel too- we stayed there last year!
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I had used this post in the BritMums Video Round-up for May (out this week!) as it contains video, so look out for it!
Nadine x