UK Holiday parks

Rainy Day Planning

Posted on February 6, 2018

Rainy Day Planning

ABOVE: Specialist holiday park insurance is vital to ensure adequate cover.

ABOVE: Specialist holiday park insurance is vital to ensure adequate cover.

Luckily, 80-year-old park home resident Alan Smith was not injured in a devastating fire that wrote off his Essex Park Home and destroyed all possessions and contents inside. Even more luckily, Mr Smith had the extensive cover and benefits of residential park home insurance policy with leading specialists, Leisuredays, one of the leading holiday caravan and park home insurance specialists in the UK The Leisure days team was able to quickly pick up the pieces for their customer by co-ordinating the removal of the badly damaged property and then helping with the ordering of a brand new park home, replacing his contents and having a brand new unit sited, connected to services and creating suitable access. “Our team is best at making customer insurance easy,” says Gareth Walker, of Leisuredays whose in-house claims liaison team worked closely with the loss adjusters and a specialist team at our underwriters, RSA, to handle this high value claim. “The expert claims team always works hard with all parties to make sure claims are handled efficiently, guiding customers and park owners through the process so claims are settled as quickly as possible,” Gareth continues. “In this case, the park home owner was also quickly given some money to pay for replacement clothes and toiletries as most of his possessions were damaged in the fire.”

As customers await their replacement park homes, a robust insurance policy can also pay for emergency short term accommodation for family and pets that usually live with them. Other costs involved in this claim include demolition and site clearance, local authority charges for delivery of the new park home and the cost of a new park home. Customer insurance rates vary from park to park. When calculating a premium, insurers take into account the type of unit being insured, its value and the value of its contents.

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Company Contacts
Compass Insurance 01452511430 www.compass.co.uk
Leisuredays 01422396693 www.leisuredays.co.uk/park-insure
Wilby 01422358525 www.wilbyltd.co.uk/parkprotect
            

Kids That Play, Stay

Posted on February 6, 2018

Kids That Play, Stay

ABOVE: Wear out the youngsters with fun play opportunities such as this one from Brean Play.

ABOVE: Wear out the youngsters with fun play opportunities such as this one from Brean Play.

The UK’s notoriously unpredictable weather means that indoor play and amusement facilities can provide an essential ‘get out of a jail’ card for holiday parks. From soft play zones to amusement arcades, parks that offer exciting indoor entertainment are sure to stand out from the crowd. “For our commercial customers we have, for many years, had a mantra ‘kids that play, stay’ because when kids enjoy the play offering, the parents will stay longer and come back more frequently,” advises Mike Black SLKids – a division of Sound Leisure Ltd. “Where you increase the dwell time, you increase the pro rata spend per head,” he adds. David Robinson of World of Leisure agrees but cautions: “The price of play is very important in holiday parks, as a captive audience, who have to pay over and over again during their holiday, will choose to leave the park each day to fi nd their amusement and fun elsewhere, especially if park prices are seen as being too high. “Three to twelve year old children are still the biggest influence on a family holiday destination, and if holiday parks cater for this age group by giving them exciting and fully interactive rides, then they will always enjoy being fully booked,” David continues. “If the weather is inclement, then all our rides can be operated either indoors or outdoors, so no disappointed younger children, whatever the weather.”

ABOVE: A sure fire winner is this driving school by SLkids.

ABOVE: A sure fire winner is this driving school by World of Rides

World of Rides has been involved with the delivery of battery operated parent and child rides since 1969. “Always buy the best rides and play equipment that you can afford, as cheap equipment will always breakdown during your busiest periods,” advises David Robinson of World of Rides.

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Winning Park Is Wildlife Magnet

Posted on January 5, 2018

Winning Park Is Wildlife Magnet

ABOVE: Woodside Lodges Country Park’s green policies have made it a magnet for wildlife.

ABOVE: Woodside Lodges Country Park’s green policies have made it a magnet for wildlife.

Woodside Lodges Country Park’s green policies have made it a magnet for wildlife. The world-famous botanist, David Bellamy, has presented Woodside Lodges Country Park in Ledbury with his prestigious Conservation Award at its top gold level. Professor Bellamy said the park’s owners, Ken and Janet Davies and their family, have shown themselves to be true friends of the countryside through their careful eco-management policies.

It’s the thirteenth year in succession that the park has scooped the award – but this year David Bellamy announced a bonus accolade. He also designated Woodside as an official “Honey Bee Friendly” park as part of his new initiative to help protect the threatened insects.

The family, said David Bellamy, have created a ‘wildlife wonderland’ on the 28-acre park which was originally bought as a smallholding by Ken and Janet 50 years ago. Today it provides luxury Scandinavian log cabins for hire, plus camping pods and facilities for holidaymakers with their own touring caravans, motorhomes and tents. One of the lakes has been designated for ‘wild swimming’ by guests, and holidaymakers are also invited to help themselves to the old-variety apples and damsons in the park’s orchard. A converted barn on the park has also been provided with a special roof which will allow the resident bats to flourish and encourage nesting swallows.

Cornish Meet For Best Of British Parks

Posted on January 5, 2018

Cornish Meet For Best Of British Parks

Cornish meet

ABOVE: Best of British members undertook a tour of Newquay’s multi-award winning Hendra Holiday Park.

Members of the Best of British parks group were meeting for their annual conference at Hendra Holiday Park, just outside Newquay in Cornwall. Members enjoyed a tour of Hendra Holiday Park which was this year named as Holiday Park of the Year for Cornwall and for South West England. The family-run business, which has a host of attractions including an award-winning pools complex, provides a wide range of accommodation to rent plus touring pitches. On the agenda was a review of BoB’s 2017 activity which saw the consortium of independent family-run parks reach record numbers of new customers. A successful digital marketing campaign, members heard, had generated a raft of bookings and enquiries from holiday guests seeking top-end park experiences. The two-day conference heard from a number of specialist speakers on different ways in which they could help promote and market their businesses in the digital era. The conference was also an opportunity for BoB to welcome additional new park members to the group – and to usher in a new chairman for the consortium.

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Jacuzzi Hot Tubs Celebrate Holiday Park Success

Posted on March 13, 2014
The Darwin Group has chosen Jacuzzi Hot Tubs to premium rate its luxury lodge park offering.

The Darwin Group has chosen Jacuzzi Hot Tubs to premium rate its luxury lodge park offering.

Jacuzzi Hot Tubs Celebrate Holiday Park Success

The Darwin Group invests in a diversified portfolio of UK Holiday Parks, who look for the very best quality products and suppliers to ensure they receive excellent returns on their investments.
The Darwin Leisure Property Fund invested £8m to transform the Cheddar Woods Holiday Park in Cheddar, Somerset, from a predominantly camping site to a luxury lodge park with extensive leisure facilities.
With 60 lodges on the new development, Darwin placed an initial order for six Jacuzzi hot tubs for premium accommodation.
Thrilled with the quality and performance of the products, Darwin have since placed an order for a further 23 Jacuzzis for this particular site which were delivered in January.
They have also further requested 27 tubs for Woodside Beach Holiday Park, which is coming soon to the Isle of Wight, as well as 30 tubs for Piran Meadows in Cornwall.
“The Darwin Group is a forward thinking business that understands that hot tubs are an essential product to help increase occupancy of their lodges throughout the year,” comments Martyn Winstone, national sales manager for Jacuzzi Hot Tubs UK.
“They therefore chose the genuine Jacuzzi Brand to give them the edge against their competitors as well as gaining benefits of reliability and full product support, hence giving them peace of mind for years to come.”

 

Jacuzzi
Tel. +44 (0)1274 471889
Email. Martyn.winstone@jacuzziemea.com
www.jacuzzi.co.uk