issue no 4
June 2017
Barmouth bay holiday park presents
park life
what’s happening at barmouth bay sandy balls
Storage boxes Just a gentle reminder that all storage boxes must be purchased through the park. Plastic or wooden ones are not permitted. If you require a quote, please pop into Guest Services.
Ordering gas bottles Don’t forget to order gas bottles before 3pm to ensure delivery on the same day. Gas ordered after 3pm will be delivered the following day. We’d hate you to run out so our tip would be to have 2 bottles so that you have a spare for unexpected emergencies and it doesn’t ruin any plans.
A welcome addition to the Away Resorts family, the five-star holiday village is located between Godshill and Fordingbridge. It has a wide range of accommodation including luxury woodland lodges, static holiday homes, camping pods and safari tents as well as fully serviced touring pitches. There are also plans afoot to introduce some new accommodation to Sandy Balls that will be available to buy so if you are looking at new locations to own holiday homes, look no further than this little piece of heaven in the New Forest. It’s been a busy year for our amazingly hard-working team at Away Resorts HQ and across our six parks – yes, six parks. At the start of 2017, we acquired the much-loved and extremely well-known Sandy Balls Holiday Village in the New Forest National Park.
New App 12:00
arriving soon
The brand new Away Resorts App will be launched very soon. With fantastic features including; booking activities, checking out what’s on, owners event listings, ordering a gas bottle, and more – watch this space!
It’s hard to believe that we are already half way through the year and it’s great to see how busy our park has been already. Easter was particularly busy this year for us and it seems it was nationwide too with VisitEngland reporting that 6.6 million Britons opted to holiday in the in the UK during the long bank holiday weekend, up 10 per cent on last year’s figures.
Contact details Once again, as we do every year, can we please remind our owners to pop into Guest Services when you are next on park to check your contact details with us. It might be that you have moved address, changed your telephone number or e-mail address over the winter and we need to know. Sometimes we need to get messages or updates out to you quickly either by a text message or e-mail so it is important we have the right details so you don’t miss out on relevant park information.
Summer bookings are looking strong too, which just goes to show there really is no place like home. If you are looking to sublet your holiday home, please get in touch as it’s a great way to earn some money to help towards your fees. Guest services have all the information you need on this. Finally, if you fancy yourself as a keen photographer, check out our photography competition and you could be getting your hands on a £50 Love2Shop voucher. As always my door is always open if you need anything
Stacey Taylor
1.5% Credit Card charges We have recently introduced a charge for payments made by credit card. The 1.5% transaction fee applied to credit card payments covers all costs associated with processing the transaction of which the bank charge is just one element.
Maintenance team No job too small.....sounds like an advert, however it’s true! If you would like us to quote on any maintenance issues or one of those “I’ll do that job later” scenarios, we’ll be only too pleased to help. Pop into Guest Services to find out more.
Health & safety
Use of images
A gentle reminder that use of any Away Resorts images or text from the website, social media or any other marketing source is copyright without permission. We kindly ask that no information belonging to Away Resorts is used without prior written agreement.
Any Owner that requires contractors to visit them on park will need to be authorised by Stacey Taylor. Please call Guests Services to obtain the necessary paperwork and to find out more.
Keep in touch with Away Resorts latest news with our NEW online experience ‘Goodtimes’
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www.goodtimes.awayresorts.co.uk
local
events There are some amazing off-park events happening around barmouth throughout the year
RNLI Dog Show 2nd July
Outdoor Cinema dates for your diary
Join us at our fabulous outdoor cinema, Midsummers Night Screen. Settle back on a hay bale, get comfy in a giant deck chair, grab a blanket. Wait for the marshmallows to toast, wrap your hands around a hot chocolate and nibble some popcorn as the screen lights up and we entertain you with a great film in a truly a stunning outdoor setting.
Sunday 18th June Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Sunday 13th August storks
Sunday 16th July Shrek
Wednesday 16th August Secret life of pets
Wednesday 19th July Bolt
Sunday 20th August bfg
Sunday 23rd July flubber
Wednesday 23rd August Tinker bell & the legend of the never beast
Wednesday 26th July jungle book Sunday 30th July the book of life
There are two days of canoe, kayak and Celtic longboat events in the dramatic setting of the Mawddach estuary and Barmouth harbour. www.merionethyachtclub.co.uk/ Paddlesports.htm
Llanbedr Beer Festival 15th - 16th September This weekend of real ale (including local brews), live music and splendid Welsh hospitality is always popular. It all takes place in the picturesque village of Llanbedr on the banks of the Artro river, approximately seven miles north of Barmouth. www.llanbedrbeerfestival.co.uk
on park
events Primo - Family music festival Friday 16th June For the first time ever, Primo Weekend is coming to Barmouth Bay. We are turning on the entertainment with two nights of live music, featuring a 5-piece band and guest performances, all presented in a relaxed festival outdoor space. During the day, there will be brilliant activities for all the family. My active and PLAY will feature throughout the weekend, including brand new activities for the family to enjoy. A weekend you would be crazy to miss!
Sunday 27th August finding dory
Wednesday 2nd August Kung Fu panda 3
Wednesday 30th August night at the museum 3
Sunday 6th August home
Sunday 22nd October Panarnorman
Wednesday 9th August Space jam
Wednesday 25th October Hotel transylvania 2
owners events
2pm at the RNLI boathouse. Classes for large, medium and small dogs. There will even be awards for the dog with the waggiest tail - and for the dog that looks most like its owner!
Mawddach Paddle Sports Festival 15th - 16th July
Sun 25th JUN
Bacon Baps | 10am They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and we agree. Pop along for some fuel to start your day in the right way and enjoy a natter with other owners. All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast!
Colour festival Saturday 22nd July A lively colourful weekend featuring our brightest Saturday of 2017. Inspired by the famous Indian ’Holi Festival of Colours’, there will be a programme of family events during the daytime centred around colour throwing powder. These will include ‘colour gathering’ events; a fun colour run for adults and children where guests can run the track while being covered from head to toe in a rainbow of colours. You can choose to run, walk, skip or dance your way around the course. There will be an awesome mix of DJs, MCs, the famous ‘Colour Throws’ and plenty of ‘Colour Crazy’ give-aways. Presented outside. Cameras at the ready, this weekend is as fun to watch as it is to take part.
Cream Pie Fight Sunday 27th August The annual tradition that is the ‘Cream Pie Fight’ returns. Our largest gathering of guests, armed with cream pie plates, have the biggest, messiest fun fight of the year.
CREAM PIE FIGHT 2017
Do you fancy a holiday at one of our other
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beautiful locations?
Competition
time!
Calling photographers of all ages, backgrounds and experience. You are invited to enter our photography competition for your chance to win a £50 Love2Shop voucher.
As an Away Resorts owner you will receive a 10% discount at any of our six locations.
This month’s subject is How you relax in your holiday home There are just a few rules; All discounts are subject to availability, holidays need to be booked by calling 01442 50 88 50 and selecting your park. You, our lovely owner, must be present on holiday. Your owner’s account number must be given at time of booking and ownership photo ID passes must be shown at check-in.
Send your picture (at least 1MB), along with a brief description, your name, address, telephone number, the date and location of the photo to holidayhomes@awayresorts.co.uk. Competition closes Monday 10th July and winners will be announced in our next newsletter.
What you waiting for?
By sending us your pictures, you agree for Away Resorts to use them on social media and for marketing purposes. Good luck
Visit www.awayresorts.co.uk and see what takes your fancy
Fancy £500, £750 or £1000 off your pitch fees?
a secret
Don’t keep it A great many of the Holiday Home Owners here at Barmouth Bay have joined us because they were recommended to the park by their friends or family members. You can’t keep a good thing secret for long!
Love is… a holiday home! If you find yourself falling in love with Barmouth Bay and always counting down the minutes until your next visit, then you may also find yourself telling your nearest and dearest about it too. Whether you want to enjoy holidays with family or friends or you just want them to have as much fun as you do, don’t hide your light under a bushel. For a start, the bushel might spontaneously combust from your excitement. Secondly, it’s nice to share.
How about £1,000 in Pitch Fee Credits? Do we have a deal for you? You bet! If you recommend a friend who becomes a holiday home owner here at Barmouth Bay then you get some additional benefits. Not only can you enjoy holidays together, we will give you an account credit of £500 once they have taken
over their holiday home. The second person you refer will earn you £750 and the third is worth a whopping £1,000. Bring your friends and help save on your pitch fees. For referrals to escalate, all sales must be complete within a 12-month period.
How it works All you have to do is complete an owner referral form and send it in to us and let us do the rest. Alternatively, you can bring them along or even call to make an appointment for them. Simple!
No hard sell promise Yuck, don’t you hate a hard sell? We do too. It’s not our way. We think we have a great offering which doesn’t need a hard-ball pitch because you don’t need a sledgehammer to crack a walnut. We promise that we will treat your referrals with absolute respect and courtesy and that includes giving them the option to say ‘no thanks’. No pressure.
earn thousands simply by letting your holiday home Last year some of our owners earned up to £6,500 from their holiday homes – without having to do any hard work. We took care of it all for them, from marketing to handing over the keys and even the cleaning. We can do the same for you too. Just imagine what you could do with that money – help towards the annual running costs for your holiday home, treat yourself to something nice, maybe build up some savings for later on.
A complete service from the people who know your holiday park Some holiday owners manage the lettings themselves, and that’s certainly an option. The down side is that you have the stress of being responsible for everything, from start to finish. We’ve deliberately designed our service so it takes care of everything. It means no worries for our owners and a perfect stay for your holiday guests.
HOW OUR MANAGED LETTING SERVICE WORKS:
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You decide the dates you wish to let your holiday home out. You decide how you would like your sublet money paid to you three times a year. You sit back, relax and let us do all the hard work!
What can we do for you
Look after all the advertising Work with reputable agents and tour operators Handle all the marketing, brochures, flyers and letters to our extensive database of previous guests Invoice all the customer correspondence including confirmations Arrange the collection of holiday payments Look after the linen, including delivery, pick up and launder. Carry out a full clean after each sublet of your holiday home Take care of the key hand-over and collection Look after any enquiries before, during and after each stay Provide a full letting statement three times a year Pay earnings into your bank account three times a year Give you a lettings coordinator as your personal contact
Away resorts managed letting
Private letting
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visit guest services to find out more and to help you decide if letting your holiday home with us is right for you
issue no 4
June 2017
Barmouth bay holiday park presents
luxurylodges
Fancy something a little
bigger?
2017 Willerby Mawddach
3 Bedroom | 40ft x 20ft Ultimate comfort and space Family bathroom with full size bath En-suite to master bedroom Fully equipped kitchen
only
£125,000
When you decide, you want to think about a new holiday home, simply get in touch. Our Holiday Home Sales Advisors can chat to you about, what you like and dislike about your current holiday home and show you all we have on offer that could be ideal.
Intergrated decking area to both front and side
They will give you a quote on what it would cost you to part exchange. You may even consider moving to another pitch on the park. Moving is very easy and can often be done in the same week, what are you waiting for?
Call now for your part exchange quote
2017 Willerby Mawddach Outlook
Caravans now
£39,995
3 Bedroom | 40ft x 20ft Fully equipped open plan kitchen Master bedroom with ensuite Integrated kitchen appliances
only
£185,903
Stunning views of the sea and snowdonia from the stunning roof terrace
web price £41,820
only
£55,523
2017 Willerby Clearwater 2 Bedroom | 40ft x 20ft Fully equipped open plan kitchen Master bedroom with ensuite shower Large family bathroom with full bath and shower over
only
£138,303
only
£61,445
2012 Carnaby Finesse 2 Bedroom | 39ft x 12ft Luxury holiday home with light modern colours Front opening doors Integrated fridge freezer and microwave
2016 ABI Harewood 2 Bedroom | 40ft x 12ft Double glazing and centrally heated Luxury holiday home finished to the highest standard
2017 Willerby Sheraton 2 Bedroom | 40ft x 13ft Free standing sofas 2 Bathrooms Log burner effect fire
Close to the beach with outside decking
only
£47,450
2015 BK Bluebird Caprice 2 Bedroom | 40ft x 12ft Undercover integrated decking area Outlook french doors En-suite bathroom to the master bedroom
pop into the sales office to find out more | open 7 days a week