AVOID this campsite or you might DAMAGE your caravan!! - Sandford Parkdean
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- We spent 3 nights at the end of July 2024 at Parkdean Sandford in Dorset, staying on the Star - Meadows pitch, this is a fully service pitch. We paid £260 for the 3 nights which is expensive but we do appreciate it is summer holidays. We was very unhappy with our pitch, it seemed to be raised up on a platform. That made getting the caravan on the pitch very hard with out scraping the bottom of your caravan or motorhome. Not all pitch's were like this, but we can only go by our experience at the time. We witnessed other people having issues getting on and off pitch's too and there was no room to park your car. The rest of the site wasn't to bad, toilets where old and in desperate need of a refit. Areas like elson point, washing up area and toilets could of been a lot cleaner.
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My idea of hell that type of site , it's vlogs like yours that help choose a place , gives a good insight, thanks for the tour and getting on that pitch
Thank you yes it’s definitely one we will not be going back too!
We had a few days here last year. Whilst we enjoyed the facilities, we had pitch 1, just to the left of the barrier. It was dusty bare earth, under a tree, with large metal drain covers where your awning was supposed to be. Walking people cut the corner across our pitch constantly, even late at night. I managed to get my car on at at angle under the tree. The pitches, as you point out are very steep, luckily we had a motor mover, or we’d have struggled.
Because we were next to the barrier, we had to endure the constant noises of traffic revving away once the barrier lifted. Pitch 1, should never be a pitch, full stop.
I will add, tops marks to you for your caravan reversing skills, it’s puts mine to shame, even after 30 years! Well done getting onto what must be the most difficult of pitches in the UK 😀
Funny you should say about the pitch you had because off camera me and Claire was talking about them and I turn to her and said it could be worse we could have one of these 😂 agree a lot of these pitch’s shouldn’t be pitch’s and if they wasn’t so greed and maybe take every other pitch away it would be a nice site especially for families with younger children also they should state on the website motor mover recommended
Well done getting on that pitch mate
Thanks mate, pitch’s like these they should say when booking we advise you have a motor mover fitted
Thank you for the great video 👍🏻 we’ve tented, folding camper, single axle touring van with the kids. Now sited in a big van, kids slung their hooks, hate the summer holidays 😂 anybody else feeling me 😂
😂 we feel you we have 3 kids but the oldest refuses to go away with us in the caravan and the way the other 2 was talking when we got back next year I think it be just me and Claire hate going away in the holidays thanks for watching and for your lovely comment 👍
Thanks were we stay i 2 miles out Weymouth absolutely gem 23od night we been going years if yiu need place contact me nothing there 9 vans spotless friendly rhats all we need deer comebto your van
They dont care less just interested in your money. We don't use those sites.
So true they couldn’t at least said on the website motor mover recommended
Nice reversing that chief 👌🏼 crazy tight pitches!
Thanks mate it was tight I was just hoping it came across like that on the video sometimes the video can make it seem there is more room then there is. what makes it worse it’s a dead end!!
Great video..... This is exactly why we don't go on these sort of sites, we love the CL sites.... Loads more room and freedom 😊
Thank you 😁 your 100% right there CL we went to was massive!
I think I'll not be going down that way, too sodding expensive/busy, I'm used to sites around £25 a night and empty beaches, I hate big crowds.
We are going to go back next year but not in summer holidays think that added to the crowds we will not have the kids with us next time so hopefully we can find a nice peaceful campsite at half the price
Serious reversing skills 👍 those pitches were really cramped 😢 I really enjoy watching site reviews it helps when choosing where to go
Thank you for watching and glad it helps you 😁
You did well to get on that pitch buddy 👍
Thank you 😁 I am just thankful I didn’t have a bigger van or don’t think it would of
Really enjoyed your video and looking forward to visit UK and hopefully before this coming winter. Greetings from Riyadh
Thank you glad you enjoyed the video wow safe trip if you do come over and try get here before the winter if not make sure you bring umbrella ☂️ as it rains a lot 😂
Badass at reversing!! 😂 perfection!
It’s amazing what you can do when your trying to impress the wife 😂
@@CaravanTrails 🤣🤣🤣
Good driving, but glad I bought a caravan with a motor mover, makes life so much easier.
Thanks 😁 yes motor mover would make life easier this is just our starter caravan though so next one will have one 👍
Great reversing that mate, we have just come back from France, stayed at two sites both of them had pitches that were about 160m2, absolutely massive neither of them cost more than £35 a night
Thank you we want to try France in a few years once we have got other caravan
Caravan and camping club must be 6 metres away from each other for fire safety not good were you are thank you but won’t be going there with my buccaneer cruiser I wouldn’t fit glad I’ve seen it first thank you both great videos though keep them coming Kev.
Exactly what I was thinking kev you be lucky to get 3 meters between you on the grass pitch’s. Our caravan isn’t that big and it was very tight sadly the camera didn’t pick up how steep the pitch was also what makes it difficult they are all dead end rows so you can’t turn around!
Cor 26 ft long and 8 feet wide I wouldn’t stand a chance thank you both take care Kev.
A concrete base seems like a great idea until it comes to pegging the rear of an awning down. I ended up using cord from the ladder straps tied to the corner steadies.
Love watching your videos down too Earth you two great information
Thank you for your lovely comment 😁
Well done you are a good driver to get in there
Thank you 😁
Hi guys, another great vlog. I always enjoy watching your videos. Looks like you had a great time. Apart from reversing onto your pitch. Great bit of reversing. Wish i was as good as that. I probably wouldn’t of even attempted it and gone somewhere else. I would have lashed that right up😂. Ps, I purchased the cadac carri chef 2 bbq after watching your video on this one. It’s perfect. Keep up the good work on your videos and reviews. Andy from Norfolk. 👍
Hi Andy thank you for your great comment overall we had a lovely time it was disappointing how small and awkward the pitch was one thing I forgot to say in the video was that the road your pitch was on is a dead end road so the only way to turn around is on a pitch or reverse it all the way back. I am glad your enjoying your BBQ we love ours and we haven’t cooked in the caravan since we have had it and saved bit of money on take aways 😂
Another great and honest video, we really appreciate the tours of the pitches and the hints you give. Very helpful indeed!! I'd recommend you try Southview in Skegness.
Thank you 😁 glad you have found them helpful, we have stayed at south view before but that was in a static caravan what are the tour pitches like? In our last 3 Parkdean sites all the pitch’s have been very small
@CaravanTrails Ours was massive. We had a serviced pitch surrounded by hedges. We had the car parked, awning and more grass for the dog and kid to play
We're local, well 8m from Bournemouth, and i promise, if you didn't want the pier and the site entertainment, there are lots nicer beaches, less crowded, and better sites. Thanks for being so honest. Even we didn't realise they were charging for the pier.
Yes I am sure it’s a lovely place and does have some lovely beaches, it was kinda a last minute decision to go as we was only 30mins away so we just picked the main bit on google maps with the pier and next time I think we would look somewhere a bit quieter 😁
Great video, plus your reversing was very impressive!!! We haven’t tried to reverse, new to Caravanning but have a motor mover thankfully. We have been to this site in a static and didn’t really like it. Don’t think we would go with the Caravan. We just came back from Hollands wood New forest campsite, which was good, give it a try 👍
Thank you 😁 I was under pressure the wife was watching so had to pull my best reversing out the bag 😂 the camera didn’t really pick up how steep the pitch was but not sure even with a motor mover it would of made it up the steep ramp, yes we can definitely advise given this one a miss 😂 thanks for the new site to try 👍
Honestly, just too commercialised for me, reminds me of VW Camper Weekends, everyone crammed in, pot smoke everywhere, loud music from every direction, rip off prices, and one cold tap and portaloo for 5,000 people... nah, that got old very quickly, and I sold the VW.
We remember staying at a campsite in Lulworth Cove that I think is now the car park where you parked and had your picnic. Your video brought back memories of that holiday. Wasn’t so busy 37 years ago 😂
We are off to Dorset soon and don’t think we will be visiting Bournemouth or Durdle Door at those prices! Everybody is so greedy nowadays 🙁
Hope you’re slowly recovering Lee, stay safe.
I did see a small campsite at durdle door in the car park didn’t film it though. It was so busy it was kinda scary especially when you was near the edges worried about getting push over the cliff 😂 The car parking fees was a joke to be honest no matter where we went. Thank you slowly getting there hopefully me and Claire can get out in a few weeks for a few nights 🤞
Wow, that is an expensive park per night, and looking at it, I'd be struggling to get the twin axle on that pitch.
Yes it was expensive and what you got for the money was not worth it at all, twin axle don’t think you would of had much of a chance
I don’t think you’d get a twin axle on tbh. We have stayed there, the roadway is very narrow
You would have thought that if parking was so awkward on your pitch that you would have to park in reception carpark out of the way....if I had to get on there without a motor mover I would have pood myself several times😅 very tight!looks like you had a good time tho ba the cost of everything and good weather....another great vlog.
I hear you Steve yes could of parked in reception it was a fair distance away but didn’t even cross my mind to do that 😂 we did have a lovely time and next year we will do a lot more research to find a nicer campsite thanks for watching 😁
I mean as some kind of policy so nobody's units or cars are ever at risk of damage like the big car across from your 1st pitch. Luckily, you did have a second option, oh by the way, how's the ribs mate?
@@steveholmes4329 we did go to a CL once and you had to park your car in a car park once you had unpacked and it worked well, yeah ribs are getting there mate hopefully in a few more weeks I be back at work and we can get back in the caravan 👍
£85 a night to sleep in your own caravan. Insane.
Yes it is expensive which makes it more outrageous that the pitch was how it was, we understand you are paying because it’s a big holiday park and the use of all the facilities but they really need to show some investment in the Tours or just get rid of them altogether
I was like that booking all the big parks to stay on then discovered small little ones with pool and clubhouse that actually take pride in the customer
Yes I think you are right, if you do your research you can find come really nice campsite
All Parkdean sites are the same. We stayed at the one in Cornwall and the pitch was not big enough for our caravan despite giving them the size when we booked. No where to park your car, the area where your awning was supposed to go was made of clay which when it rained became a mud pit and the toilet block was very tired.
Its like Parkdean dont relly want touring caravans and shove them in a forgoton cramped area but charge top dollar for the pitc h.
Wouldnt stay at any Parkdean site in our tourer again
Can’t agree with you more, this was our 3rd and the last one was a tiny pitch, that’s what we thought in till we came here! Like you said they seem to use want top money just greedy
That's Parkdean on my "don't go "list
Like your videos. Thanks
Thanks 😁
Yes, we tolerated the pitch because it was a last minute booking, and only for three days. It was however the most awful pitch we have ever had in 30 years. A mover is a must, I totally agree with you.
We totally agree, luckily it was only for 3 nights for us as well but we will never return
We went to a Park Deans site once felt like we were packed in like a tin of sardines try to avoid them now. Although we had motor movers fitted which are great when trying to get into small spaces.
Yeah think we are going do the same this is our 3rd and all have been the same, motor mover would of helped and will be getting on on our next caravan 👍
Thanks for this. Never going there!! Not nearly enough room
We would recommend you save your money and not go here, next year we will be finding somewhere a lot nicer in the area 👍
The pitch was tight. The only site I've been to where the pitches were as tight was the Haven Perran Sands site at Perranporth in Cornwall. A motor mover is a game changer. All these councils are getting greedy these days. No wonder so many are going bankrupt. All onsite shops are expensive wherever you go. The last Parkdean site I sayed at (Withernsea Sands) had some activities included with the price of the pitch. Lulworth looks to be a beautiful place. It looks like something on a picture postcard or the lid of a chocolate/fudge box.
We have stayed at 3 Parkdean now and all been the same very small but this one was the worst it just need a whole new re think but I get the feeling they don’t really care as long as the money is coming in, lulworth is lovely and worth a visit if your ever in the area
I would never book my tourer on a Parkdean sight. Too expensive and heard too many bad reports about them.
It’s a shame the company are so greedy and have to pack you in like sardines if they took out every other pitch that would give you a decent pitch size people may come back we certainly won’t be returning
I’d get a motor mover if I was you bud. Makes life so much easier and takes the strain off your clutch. I’ve had one on all the vans I’ve had. Couldn’t cope without one 🤦🏻♂️ Fair play getting it on there tho 👍👍
Definitely agree with you a motor mover is a great bit of kit to have on your caravan the only reason we haven’t is we only planned to keep the caravan for a year or 2 just to see if we like caravanning but our next one will definitely have one 😂
@@CaravanTrails good thinking. We started without a mover but couldn’t get the caravan back on the drive without asking the neighbours for a push so I had to get one. 😂 Bought it off eBay and fitted it myself 👍
@@Jase73 😂 if that was the case I would do the same, well done for fitting it yourself though that will save you a few ££s 👍
love the vids watch when we not in ours only being touring a year and love it🎉
Thank you 😁 we would of been caravanning a year in November and we love it even thou this site I would tell anyone to avoid we still had a good time
Nice reversing.👍 But big sites are not for me, thanks
Thank you 😁 yep I wouldn’t recommend the site at all and well not be going back thanks for watching 👍
Had the same issue at lady ediths in Scarborough. Tiny pitches car was virtually touching caravan to get it off the road.will never return.
It is a shame you shouldn’t have to go through all of this before you even start your holiday!
Love both your honesty to us viewers about your experience at these club sites- Thankyou.
Would you recommend CL sites?
This we a Parkdean site, club sites do you mean like caravan and motorhome club sites? We have stayed on a few CL and yes lot nicer we had 3x the room on our CL pitch then we had on this one!
@@CaravanTrails sorry yes CL sites as opposed to the bigger, more corporate ones
@@Bessie66I've stayed in about a dozen CL's and never had a bad experience. Just do your research coz I'm sure there must be bad ones (like everything in life 🙄)
Hi Guys just subscribed to your channel just watched this Vlog very informative really enjoyed it
Thank you very much glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for getting us to 2k subs 😁
We had a really small pitch allocated to us at Milestone, the awning ropes went through the hedge onto next doors pitch and the only place to park the car was in front of the caravan
We were there for a week
This annoyed us because there were many larger pitches, you live and learn
it does seem that all Parkdean have small pitch's this is our 3rd one and the worst
Excellent vlog, Try Golden cap nr Charmouth highest point in Dorset, Bet you didn't do the tank museum! 10 mins from Durdle Dore.
Thank you very much glad you enjoyed the video, we loved our time in Dorset but just ran out of time to do things so thank you for your suggestions and we will be back very soon and keep in mind what you have said 👍
Better than me at reversing. I'd have used the motor mover.
Wish I had one 😂 but I believe they should tell you on the website motor mover recommended
We like Poole only 40mins away were we stay Weymouth we go actoss on the chain ferry to sandbanks. We been going our site 15 years plus theres 2 toilets and a shower hit grwat spotless sight all friendly 2 miles out weymourh
Thers also a camping field its so nice we members caravan motor home club but se would not ho 9n there difhts yes yiu know what you getting bi so expensive vans these days well ours is 20 years old we had grom new its got allbin in what we need we only kept membership going in fact its due and i daid ti hubby ste you continuing i think we will everybody so friendly you choose rallies we keep clear chikdten sporta etc. Ee cone that bit yoj fam join any centre werever you live and go tk any off them certainly cheaper
Hi Lee & clare as a fellow caravaner and a dorset yolko durdle door is owned by the rip off Lulworth estate check out south lychett manor campsite poole great facilities friendly staff bus stop out side the site which takes you in to poole an back outside catering
Hi Paul this is really helpful as we didn’t even get to go into Poole or do anything around the area so we said we going to come back next year and it would be nice to find a lovely campsite so we will definitely look into this site 👍
@CaravanTrails will have to have a meet up when your down
@@paulhunt1836 👍 definitely want to come back next year to explore before the summer holidays probably early July
@@CaravanTrails just reading down your comments ours is a gem of a sight nothing fir children hur price brilliant we stayed 21 nights under 40quid family owned nothing there but piece and quiet
The grange leisure park mablethorpe you will love
Mablethorpe beach in car 5mins walk 15mins
Parking in mablethorpe all day £4.00
Leisure park is really lovely
Has aqua park there as well
Plenty of room around caravan for awning with or without pods car and barbaque
Salty fish and chips with peas you will have to share as so large
Order on line as easier than queuing just walk in dont queue say on line order pick up less than 5mins
Sounds lovely we definitely have a look, £4 parking all day like the sound of that 😂 thank you for sharing
You pay for Bournemouth pier once and can return as many times as you like for the year on the same ticket.
Oh ok that wasn’t the impression we got thought you paid for the day and that was it but we could be wrong as like I said we got on free with the zip line
We won’t be visiting a Park dean again we were at Skipsea site it is crap toilets were disgraceful never cleaned and whole touring area was so packed we had to use their so called emergency pitch due to someone else on ours but they didn’t go and move them
This is our 3rd one and like yourself we have found the pitch’s to be tiny, toilets old and most of the time dirty seems like they just after as much money as possible I can’t see us trying anymore Parkdean after all the comments we have had on this video seem like they are all the same!
We live in Wareham and wouldn't go on that site. we would go to Hunters Moon Wareham, Wareham Forest Wareham, Birchwood, Wareham, or Lytchett Manor. Everything is expensive in Dorset, but the cost of the pier goes towards the maintenance
This is a great help because we do want to come back next year and having some sites recommended is really helpful thank you 👍
Nice driving mate 👌
Thanks 👍
Wh have a double axle elddis caravan, my female partner is the motormover, but then again she is drives class 1 and 2 lorries for a living 😅
😂 same as me then does make life a lot easier
Hi
I think all parkdean touring site suffer with lack of care and attention we stayed at sea view in Skegness last year the touring site was is so untidy and the toilets and showers are a disgrace we complained so many times but no change we stayed in a static on there this year and that was no different van was bad went to see if any change on touring site also no change so no what your saying and the bars and restaurants are so over priced
I think you are right this is our 3rd one now and like you said they all seem to be the same small pitch’s old out dated toilets not very clean, we only stayed here as we had the kids with us but I don’t think that will be the case much longer they are getting bit old 😂 if you have any recommendations for Skegness campsite I love to know as we do want to do a weekend up that way.
Hi we can recommend tattershall lakes and country
Park near RAF coningsby jets are great there is only a fence between you and the planes not far from east coast Skeggy look it up 👍
We have stayed at the Camping and Caravan Club site in Mablethorpe. Lovely, well kept site. Shower block is oldish but spotless. Nice friendly wardens and you choose your pitch. You can visit that coastline from there.
@@Tugga74 yes I agree it is a fab site stayed couple of times there staff were very helpful
Although these club sites are getting over priced for reasons unknown 👍
Sorry this might sound mean but it not a large caravan I am use to twin axel hobby and two of use manually move it. Onto pitches like that. Come on and the caravan was never going to ground
Mean 😂 don’t worry I am thick skinned! The camera didn’t really pick up how steep the ramp was to get up onto the pitch there was no way I was going be able to push my caravan up that if you and your wife can fair play! We didn’t ground our caravan out but someone with a longer caravan and a lower car might do. Just ask the people next to us with the motorhome they scraped that real good
Went to Weymouth earlier this year and like you totally shocked by the car parking charges .its now getting stupid ..they will kill there holiday trade with greed
You are completely right as we went out most days visiting we spent around £70 just on car parks
Were are you are thought so durdle door we stayxweymouth ever year for 3 weeks fabulous family only 9 vans 23pd night with electric suits us
Good bit of caravan controlling skill, but l do like my caravan mover when things to get a bit tight on these sites. They cram to many pitches into small area, just to make as much money as possible. Great video and review, but not for me.
Thank you yes our next caravan will have a mover for sure lol, it’s a shame these big companies are so greedy if they took out every other pitch then it would of been fine and we would of probably gone back but as it stands we will never go back
If you had turned round and used the extra corner of concrete on each pitch you could have got on either of those pitches
What I forgot to say in the video that all the rows are dead ends so the only way of turning around is on an empty pitch and you can’t even stop before you enter the row to have a look because you end up blocking all of the road
Reversing the caravan is the number one Insurance claim year on year my advice would be to purchase a motor mover pull up alongside your pitch unhook and use the motor mover to drive the caravan on this way you avoid all those nasty insurance claims.
It amazes me that Caravan is paying absolute fortune and making their Caravans secure Difficult for people to steal and then they go reverse it onto a pitch or into Storage far more likely to damage the van.
Sorry you had such problems
James
Only reason we haven’t got a motor mover is that it’s our first caravan and we just wanted to get a cheap one to begin with to see if we liked it so only planning on keeping a few years before we upgrade but when we do we we’ll make sure we have a motor mover 👍
Did you say 89 per night our friends jyst had a .month on site were we go
Yes it was £260 for 3 nights very disappointed for what you got for your money but you live and learn and we won’t be making that mistake again
Buy a mover, it makes life easier 😂
😂 yeah I heard you and your probably right but as it is our 1st caravan and only planning on keeping it a year or 2 to see if we like caravanning then I wasn’t to bothered but the next one we get I make sure we have one 👍
Yep youre probably going to hear this a lot, but you’re positioning and reversing skills need some work, not the pitch. Additionally the wardens should be checking the site and preventing people from parking like that to block your pitch like that. I improved my reversing skills a great deal believe it or not by playing a free game called “RV & Boating towing simulator on the ipad. I’m pretty effective now! Good luck!
😂 not sure if your having a laugh but thanks for your comment 👍
@@CaravanTrails No serious!
@@cemeteryguestrob9745 Yours is the only comment I have seen criticising the driving skills in this video. He did a grand job.
@@T4TipsGuides yawn
@@T4TipsGuides Yawn
dude you reversed it wrong
How?
Have you ever thought of rallies ee done them.over 40 years wnd day l you want is to get legs down and they cheap you do what you want when you want plenty space most 15pd night it changes we have nebrr used the big sights wven whennour don was small
Do you follow lynn and rob ask them about rallies
Never done any rallies but would be willing to look into them and seeing what they are about. We only really chose the big campsite because we had the kids with us
@@irisbaddeley1405 rallie are ok but these guys are young
With kids so they won’t fun for all rallies can be clicky with the older generation and it won’t be long before there prices go up
And you get nothing for £15 other than muddy fields and rough facilities it’s 2024 not the 1980s
Sorry just try then we are older generation now our 70plus itsnot click ss you stste loved it muddy fields no the narsbalks ate aware of it if orobjem always help at hand my sons now joun us so before you state your opinioun tryvthem out you do what you want tiu dont have tp get involved its uo tk you asy ed done it over 40 years our childen loved niw they bringing there childre up sane way theh make so many friends on a rally
Moan moan moan moan.....
Ok
A complete display of being woke. I’m
Embarrassed you have actually published this
😂 woke mate you don’t even no the meaning read the comments!
I fucking do, it’s you ffs absolutely pathetic and you should be embarrassed
Good bit of reversing I’m a class one driver assessor want a job ?
Thanks and as you can probably guess I do drive class ones for a living lot of London so helps a lot in situations like this 😂