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School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« on: September 30, 2013, 07:40:17 PM »
Just saw this on Facebook and over 14,000 folks shared it.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY RANT... - I am sick to death of being ripped off with this country.. I choose not to take my daughter out of school term away on holiday and stick to the set School holidays - but why should I be penalized by doing the correct thing as a parent??? its becoming a joke and its time parents should take a stance to these corporate money grabbing monsters... - Picture below is from CENTERPARCS Sherwood forest, and for exactly the same villa the week before the school holiday its £300 cheaper!!! Standard Villa £699 one week and then £999 for exactly the same villa the next...... do you get anything extra - NO same villa end off - no excuses - SHARE THIS POST IF YOU HAVE ALSO HAD ENOUGH....
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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2013, 07:52:00 PM »
As per my jollies 2014 thread. Just cost me an extra £100 to go a week earlier, and a further £100 to change the booking.
Think we got of lightly TBH  ::)

Our boss used to supply the taxis for our hols if we took them in the school hols.
This lasted for about 2 years, now he gives us jack.
We would have lost more than the £200 it's just cost us to rebook, by missing work.

Yes, travel companies do ramp up the prices  :(
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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2013, 10:09:33 PM »
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« Last Edit: September 30, 2013, 10:14:03 PM by simondjuk »
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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2013, 10:39:28 PM »
Market forces. Maybe the price during holidays is realistic and it's discounted it term time as it's better to let a property at loss making rent than no rent at all.
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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2013, 12:35:58 AM »
Fuck me, ark at Richard Branson... Lol

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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2013, 06:22:20 PM »
Thing is, whoever posted it on Facebook is wasting their breath. Wow, 14000 likes.

Getting that many likes is going to make no difference

If this person owned a villa in Spain (example) and rented it out, are they saying that they wouldn't increase prices during school holidays? Utter rubbish.

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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2013, 08:34:41 PM »
Quote from: Pete on October 01, 2013, 12:35:58 AM
Fuck me, ark at Richard Branson... Lol

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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2013, 09:49:01 AM »
Its annoying! Since the law has also been changed now with the whole taking kids out during term times it makes it all the more difficult. The holiday companies will not change their prices, and why do they not change thats my question. I would love to take Laura away next year with OH but i know that because I want to do it in the school holidays im going to be paying £200 more....
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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2013, 10:00:56 AM »
Don't tell school your going. Just send Laura to school the week later with a sick note  ;)
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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2013, 11:05:21 AM »
Simple case of supply and demand. It's a bit like the Royal Mail sell off. At one point when they floated on the stick exchanged buyers to sellers was in a ratio of 10-1 hence why the price went up.
There's about 10 million children in the uk not to mention 600 thousand teachers. If they are all chasing holidays in the same 7 weeks of the summer of course the price is going up.



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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2013, 11:06:10 AM »
Must learn to type on this phone. STOCK exchange!!!!


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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2013, 11:18:28 AM »
It's a no win for parents isn't it.
I don't think it would hurt to allow each child just two weeks a year for family holidays - why can't they knock it off the too long summer break.
If they closed for four weeks and left two floating weeks for parents to choose wouldn't that help??
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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2013, 05:27:19 PM »
Sounds like a good idea in theory oc but wouldn't all parents want to take them when the weather is more likely to be good ie the summer?


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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2013, 06:39:56 PM »
Outside school holidays is good time to take pre-school kids away as they have less patience when queuing. Granddaughter had 2 hols in Sept, one with us and one with her parents.
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Re: School Holiday Rant on Facebook
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2013, 06:59:10 PM »
Does it really matter though JR, maybe the only downside is that some children wouldn't get the two weeks and so end up doing more in school?
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