I Visit EVERY Pontins In The UK - I Was SHOCKED!

I Stay at EVERY Pontins in the UK to see the accommodation and what the parks are like.
It's famously got a bad reputation and Brean Sands in Somerset famously hit headlines when it was branded the UK’s worst holiday park - with more than 3,000 terrible reviews on TripAdvisor
I stay in the last 4 in the country
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[@WalkWithMeTim]

What has been your experience at Pontins?

[@econ1240]

Very bad tim! When I went to the brean sands one, we litteraly seen dead rats!! Never returning!!!

[@WalkWithMeTim]

@@econ1240 omg

[@blakeredding-martin]

Amazing

[@blakeredding-martin]

Cheap basic but great!!

[@Cheeseburgerandfries2006]

Awful been to two so far Southport and Prestatyan

[@ZenzeroCAM]

Always wanted to visit Chernobyl but obviously due to recent events in Ukraine it will be hard to do so. However, it seems I could just go to Pontins and have the same experience

[@Juliukas101]

I hardly think so.

[@ZenzeroCAM]

@@Juliukas101 I do

[@edlittle8831]

I was thinking myself when I was watching that it does remind me of pripyat!

[@nickyphoenix2470]

Definitely convinced me that I will never visit a pontins 🤢

[@robertwilson214]

That's an unfair comparison.Some of the swings are working in Chernobyl.

[@artsed08]

Going to one of these nightmarish dumps is tantamount to self-harm. Taking kids there is basically child abuse... They need to be condemned, bulldozed and forgotten.

[@scottbutcher9093]

It's absolutely shocking these parks are allowed to operate like this. Is there no industry standards 🤔

[@declangaming24]

Maybe they should send a government inspector who makes sure if its clean if it isn't ask the owners to clean up the attraction or close and condemn the premises.

[@scottbutcher9093]

@@declangaming24 something needs to be done. It's crazy how they can operate like this. And people say butlins is s#"t. Clearly you have never seen a pontins.

[@declangaming24]

@@scottbutcher9093 I've been to butlins but pontins just looks worse reinvent and clean the park would get costumers back.

[@scottbutcher9093]

@@declangaming24 seems like a huge job. A lot of damage has been done to the name. That would take a huge investment.

[@sarahstrong7174]

Well I wouldn't want to stay in any of these places. None of them looks at all fun. Sometimes you can find B&B.s that are low cost & quite nice. I have stayed in low cost B&Bs & just bought sandwiches & fruit when I couldn't afford to eat out. Sometimes I have even taken my own bread & peanut butter etc & made my own sandwiches. Nobody cares about the accommodation at these holiday parks at all but in small B&Bs the owner often does care.

[@traceymitchell6619]

I feel so sorry for people who turn up for their holiday and this is what they end up with. I can imagine there are a lot of disappointed kids walked in there and taken right back out again. For the price you are not going to expect much but you would at least expect the place to be clean and well maintained. Why are these places not better regulated? There are some serious health and safety issues in those parks. Thank you for taking the time to showcase the hell that awaits visitors to Pontins, many will read the reviews and ignore them so at least if they come on KZbin they can see for themselves how bad it really is.

[@Juliukas101]

Why are you sorry for them? They can read the reviews if they want to! Sod them!

[@traceymitchell6619]

@@Juliukas101 people still go even after reading reviews because it's all they can afford so they book and hope for the best. These places have a responsibility to their guests to provide a clean, safe environment no matter what your budget. You can't always trust reviews and when it's all you can afford you look for the good bits so I understand why people still visit pontins

[@matthewlaunchbury265]

@@Juliukas101 I mean the reply to your comment sums up what I was going to say. the people there have a job of maintaining a acceptable and safe standard for it's guests when they stay there and of course provide a happy and entertaining experience too..

[@TheFoxyb]

I agree, the places are disgraceful and I feel sorry for those who can't afford anything else. There should be a standard set that is acceptable, especially when it comes to hygiene and safety. Yes, the room is mostly just to sleep, but at the very least it should be clean and welcoming.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

Agree altho it's still not that cheap this time of year .. that makes it worse

[@AlexEwan1]

The vibe I get is of a place that was once very popular but has closed and since fallen into disrepair. Someone then came along and opened them back up for business without any sort of refurb first. I'm surprised these places actually passed a heath and safety inspection especially the accommodation. Why anyone would go on holiday to any Potins site is a mystery to me.

[@xr6lad]

Starts to make me think money change’s hands if inspectors don’t see this; but every one else does. That’s the only reasonable conclusion as who if they were honest healthhealth inspectors etc pass this to allow to be stayed in.

[@johnjo7778]

Palms were greased!💷💷💷

[@DaedalusYoung]

Some of these things may be false advertising. If they say they have go-karts, but they've clearly not operated them for years, then they're not following the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (for example, false or deceptive messages or leaving out important information; they say they have go-karts, but they don't tell you they're permanently out of order-that's a clear violation). They should be reported to Trading Standards. Health and Safety Executive might also want to pay them a visit or two.

[@barrywood2806]

When you look at Pontins and the Britannia Hotels you have reviewed, is it any wonder that people prefer to go overseas for a holiday? From your videos elsewhere I'd say that standards outside of the UK are infinitely higher. And why hasn't anyone sued Pontins for advertising things that, when you arrive, are closed? I suppose they could argue that in their literature they say those things are there, but not that they are open.

[@mrsmith9650]

OK where to start. 26 years ago I first visited Brean sands on a football tour and I can tell you this place was brilliant, accommodations were good, go karts were good, the crazy golf was brand new and swimming pool was brand new and the park was out of this world with the first zip wire any child had seen before, it was big, all the facilities were open. Fantastic experience when I was a child. We came here loads of time 3 football football tournaments and many times for new year etc. 2002 was the last time for a long time, we came again in 2015 and this year, they haven't updated anything and that's the big problem. This place and many more I think could do so well if they up the price slightly and up the maintenance. I can't see why they can't compete with butlins because its got the size. I know butlins is way more expensive but surely pontins can meet somewhere in the middle. Just abit of cleaning and painting will make a difference. All the site are in great position. Pontins I think need new owners with big ambitions to turn this once a great place to go.

[@ve2vfd]

Canadian here and the whole concept of UK style "Holiday Camps" is foreign to me (no such thing here) so your videos about those places is fascinating to me. Some of the camp accommodations you showed honestly looked like long abandoned cheap road side motels in areas where tourism died in the early 80's. I'd be curious to see a proper well maintained still operating camp.

[@samdale2012]

Haven is a good one to look at. They aren't all perfect but they are 100% better than this!

[@Properbellend]

@@samdale2012 We have stayed in Parkdean,Haven and Pontins Southport. The kids entertainment at Pontins is far superior. Accomadation not so much .

[@samdale2012]

@@Properbellend I used to be an entertainer at Haven so I guess I have to say the entertainment is better there, or rather it was before they did away wirh the Funstars...lol

[@johnmitchell2269]

@@Properbellend Yeah I was just about to say, the accomodation at Haven is 1000 times better than the ones at Pontins, but the entertainment they put on at Haven almost drove me insane, not to mention the most expensive round of drinks I've ever gotten 😂 Also the small supermarket at Haven's are really expensive. I go to Haven as they are dog friendly, plus have indoor and outdoors swimming pools.

[@RushfanUK]

Have a look at the Potters Resort review Tim did, just shows what can be achieved.

[@chickahn]

Since 2011 Pontins has been owned by Britannia Hotels. I don't think it's a coincidence that both are underfunded and run down.

[@johnlawson2036]

As has been written elsewhere I cannot believe any of these places has passed a health and safety inspection. This level of squalor and filth surely deserves to be condemned and the owners could have no complaints. How any business could have the nerve to charge people money for these crumbling health hazards is beyond me.

[@johnlawson2036]

As a footnote, a family of four could stay in a Travelodge .... Simple rooms but always clean and tidy ... for a similar amount of money. No they wouldn't have the "entertainment" but I'm sure they could make their own and feel a heck of a lot safer and cleaner doing it.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

I stayed in an awful travelogue recently it was disgusting

[@Jim-so3zm]

​@@WalkWithMeTim I'm late but I still have memories of staying in a Travelodge as a kid which had stains on my mattress and rubbish underneath the bed. To their credit though they do seem to have improved in recent years - at least, from my experience.

[@simonlove9178]

Its so sad to see pontins holiday parks like tht ,as they were so popular and all the go back in the day with huge crowds year after year ,,great vid 🎥🎞️

[@dannytennent253]

Britannia Hotels should be ashamed of themselves, they have owned Pontins since 2011 and by the looks of it they have not pumped much money into those holiday parks that are just falling apart, I bet Fred Pontin is turning in his grave!!! Well put together Tim.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

Thanks Danny

[@johnkelly1083]

Wow, that explains a lot... everything Britannia hotels touches seems to turn to sh@t.

[@marshgirl]

Aw Pontins Brixham ( now a housing estate ) was awful , the pool smelled of raw sewage , nothing worked or was clean , the security guards made it feel like a prison . Dreadful holiday. We went back to camping ! 😆

[@ianz9916]

It was nice when I went there but that was 1966.

[@neilhilton35]

Wall Park is now a Bloor Homes estate. However it was still a good holiday village in the late 1980’s when I was there.

[@GamingMuchTerry]

I saw of all the videos individually as you posted them. Southport in particular needs tearing down. It's an absolute disgrace that anyone on any budget should have to put up with those facilities. All these parks must be failing so many health and safety rules and it's mind-boggling how they have not been shut down.

[@garymarshall-gleghorn]

Hi, I was a blucoat 1983 until 1987, things were different then, well kept parks, great entertainment, visiting cabarets, but before they all closed they were just left to rot!!! Such a shame, but thank you for your honesty....

[@jamnmikefx]

We used to swim at the Hemsby location every day after school 20 years ago and it was a lovely place. Now it’s left abandoned and desolate. Me and a friend were given permission to go in and do some photography of the abandoned site and it is just sad to see it in such a state. They refused for years to sell the land too so the site was an awful blemish on what is quite a nice little village

[@robertsharp5863]

100% agree absolute disgrace owners should be ashamed and managers be sacked

[@MC-emmcee]

Knickers on the chair really sums up the type of clientele that "Pontins" rely on... those who do not care.

[@hayley7090]

A friend of mine was at Brean Sands a couple of weeks ago with her family. She was horrified at the state of the place. She complained but it fell on deaf ears. She's trying to get a refund but doubt she will. How do they get away with this? They're quick enough to take your money but should be prosecuted under the Trade Description Act 2011!

[@Vapidity]

Funny on the Southport fencing, the barbed wire is angled in. This gives the appearance that actually the fence is there to keep people in, rather than out.

[@martingeary2310]

U missed one pontius sand bay Weston-super-Mare holaday village that one aparntley is very nice u should check that one out

[@EK.entertainment]

I will forever stick to Haven, it's always clean and worth the money. I'm glad I saw your videos because I was contemplating Pontins at one point 😶.

[@MWV_Music]

I worked at the Southport Pontins in the early 90's, it was bad then, but doesn't look like it's been touched since. It might be a better idea to buy a tent, much cheaper, cleaner and more fun

[@Rookiewill]

I imagine being a manager of a Pontins must be the easiest job in the world, because clearly they do fuck all work when it comes to managing the park lol

[@TheTimmynatoRex]

They look more like abandoned places than still-operating hotels.

[@alanpeaker1803]

To be honest they need a bulldozer to improve the pontins holiday park,maybe what they should do is knock down all the chalets and turn all the pontins parks into a camping site were you can to your caravan or motor homes,conveert them into pitches.

[@Leo77779]

Loved your review. Just came over your channel not that long ago and must say I'm really enjoying the content! Take care!

[@WalkWithMeTim]

Thank you a s

[@alexdavis5766]

The car park has netball courts lined out as years ago (like 2003/04) I went to a netball competition long weekend the. The accommodation then was so appalling that our coach got us our money back because it was so disgusting and the ‘healthy catering’ they had for a load of semi pro athletes during a competition was fatty beef burgers with the promised veggie options was the plastic cheese from the cheese burgers shoved into a bun on its own… Our coach went out and bought us food and other coaches did the same to the point that on the second day we took over catering! Still won the competition though! Looks like it hasn’t been touched since I was there then and it was awful then!

[@Ribeanie]

1:04 Look at the door: * *massive knob drawn in dust on said door* * 😂😂

[@WalkWithMeTim]

lol

[@LegoLloyd83]

You are a brave man staying at these Pontins😅 I know it’s a budget holiday and most can’t afford anything else but basic cleaning is not to much to ask regardless of what you pay Honestly tome they were shut down because they aren’t going to improve anytime soon I think the only way you can improve these videos is by doing a video the next morning after you have slept there 🤣

[@bran3662]

just had a look at southport there for prices. £70 odd on average for a room!!! iv been homeless before and some of the places offered on crisis are looked after better than this.

[@stevessweets..2445]

You missed one mate 😂 sandbay in kewstoke but honestly don’t worry about going there lol! Great vid 👍

[@WalkWithMeTim]

its an adults only holiday village now

[@gentillydanny]

I'd worry about the cleanliness of the food prep areas. If the rooms are in that shape then the cooking areas are probably not up to the standard.

[@twistedcoasters1533]

People who go just need to know what they’re getting themselves into

[@joepenn427]

My family and my cousins family went to Brean Sands in 1962, I was 10 years old. It was a good holiday. Everything was open, lots of people. It looks nothing like it did then. If I went there today I would turn around and go home.

[@sneakyprawn131]

We've just been to Shorefield Holiday park in Ringwood (Forest edge with free access to Oakdene) and it was lovely, clean and a great price 😀👍

[@thisperson5294]

It might be interesting to go there in the high season and witness what people are actually doing in these places. Maybe they just go to the seaside or on trips every day?

[@matthewconnor6817]

I’ve been and there’s either 1. Chav families drinking all day, fighting, swearing and shouting until the early hours. 2. Normal families handing their keys in, complaining about chavs and leaving early

[@JohnLvideos]

My next door neighbour has just stayed at Pontins Brean Sands, and they were not impressed. It was so dirty that had to get cleaners in first before they could stay there as it was so unhygienic.

[@lindamcmahon3577]

Hi Tim, OMG, you are braver than I am if you actually stayed in any of those supposedly resorts, what those places need is a load of bulldozers mind you think they are past saving. Worst of all they are still charging people for it with everything closed or example are they waiting on a child to get hurt badly in the broken skate place. Absolute shambles shame on them 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@WalkWithMeTim]

at least one of the parks was not too bad :-)

[@lindamcmahon3577]

Yes I'll give them that 👍

[@MystiKal76]

I first went Pontins Camber Sands in 2011 and it was absolutely disgusting. Thought I'd give it a chance 10 years later as I believed it would have improved, but I was wrong. The condition of the rooms and site is bad enough, but the cleanliness is abysmal. The problems are 2 things; 1) greedy owners, and 2) people in Social Media groups who slate anyone who remotely insults Pontins, as they are saying Pontins is perfect and everyone is making an unnecessary fuss.

[@mikecorrigan763]

I know exactly what you mean about the people in social media groups - they keep using phrases like "it's fine if you just use it as a base", "just take your own cleaning products with you" and "your kids will have a great time". Obviously this mindset is what's still keeping Pontin's alive.

[@MystiKal76]

@@mikecorrigan763 exactly mate!!! They make it seem like people are making a fuss over nothing.

[@kizbartlett]

I've been to both camber sands and Brean. Camber sands wasn't too bad, but I went over Christmas so I never expected anything to be open. For Brean it wasn't too bad either. While the sofas are deceptively comfy when you sit on them, they're a nightmare to sleep on. I don't think I got a single good night's sleep on them. We would also go out everyday including eating out, because there really was not much that interested us on site. The benefit to Brean is that we realised just how lovely a place it is to stay if you're not in Pontins. They have some beautiful sites you can stay at which don't look like a refugee camp. In fact I said to the wife once we came home "Brean pontins is good to stay just so you can check out other places, to make sure you don't stay there again"

[@evevening7995]

I used to have holidays in Warmers camps years ago and they were far better than what I have just seen on your video tim, I would definitely NOT stay at any of them pontins camps, when covid was at its highest point why did they spend there time doing up them sites .

[@londoninflames]

oh yeah, one funny thing from camber sands pontins one year at atp it was really cold and we were sitting around the chalet with the curtains open... as the windows steamed up we saw a pair of handprints and smears on the window and realised that a couple had been fucking doggy style up against the window with the curtains open. good times!

[@MINKIN2]

I think we might have found an answer for the refugee crisis... We give them a pot of paint, a bush, gardening shears and a plasterers trowell. Then give them a living wage to rent somewhere else. ;D

[@danieladams9950]

It seems astonishing that there are still Pontins resorts. Stuck in the 1970s.

[@karldavis7]

I have heard the Brean downs Pontins will be closing for two years for EDF to use it as accommodation for the workers working on the Hinckley Point power station

[@pheart2381]

They would have to pay me to stay there. Disgusting.

[@cubequeengaming4614]

I personally wouldn't wanna stay here. However i do recommend john fowler holiday parks in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. They are so much nicer and you get sheets and dont have to top up electric like u do at pontins

[@bexhil7]

Yes Tim you are right wat you are saying about I Visit EVERY Pontins In The UK - I Was SHOCKED!🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@johnrider5701]

It looks like something from east Germany in the 1960s rather than holiday camps so I'll give them all a miss thank you...😮

[@traceybeerling4776]

Hi Tim ! Pull them all down and start all over again. Disgusting that fact they even charge for this dump . Surely health and safety should be involved. Well done Tim for suffering these for us . Thankyou for sharing with us love to you as always Tracey 💕 xxxx

[@WalkWithMeTim]

thanks for watching Tracey

[@michaelbarnett5455]

We holidayed many times at Hemsby Pontins and though not 100% it certainly was a lot better than the rest you have visited. Seems strange this was the one they shut down. I can't see them trading for much longer. Shame really.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

that was such a big site

[@francisraffle2948]

Pontius at Southport is referred to as a prison camp as it looks like one front the outside my cousin from Kent took her children and husband to pontins Southport and spent more time out of pontins going to Blackpool and going to our house in st helens she said she would never stay at pointins again

[@markwright8118]

That’s the same shower that they have in prisons! (I used to be an officer not an inmate!! )

[@WalkWithMeTim]

no way!

[@jamespearse4736]

I think if completely honest the best Pontins parks are the ones aimed solely at adult only breaks. I recently went to Sand Bay and didn’t know it was run by Pontins till I got there and after all the horror stories of the other parks I was really surprised with how decent it was.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

yes my experience at pakefeild was good

[@AlvinOfficial-UK]

Just think, Southport, Prestatyn and Camber Sands are closed down now.

[@Clappers89]

It's sad to see how bad they've become the money to renovate them doesn't seem to be forthcoming, I guess it'd cost millions they don't have

[@philippinnell7154]

it looks so bad even in the sunshine what must it be like in the rain.

[@evo5dave]

Never wanted to go to Pontins or Butlins. Always sounded like my idea of hell, with forced jollity and awful acts. Having said that, I had no idea just how horrible they are! If these were council flats, they'd be torn down.

[@edenmoon8275]

It is very sad the state of these holiday parks, they need a whole new makeover and re-market. Think of Haven or even Centre Parcs. Pontins has potential, always has done and I don't believe that their time is up, they just need a makeover

[@22seanmurphy]

Hi Tim a lot of my favourites all in one, brilliant 🍻🙏

[@WalkWithMeTim]

:-)

[@maddybrown7726]

Wow, just….wow! I can not believe places like these are allowed to be open to be honest. Really sad to see them run down like this 🤔

[@danielgch2]

You missed the pontins at Pakefield so you haven't been to them all. That was the Pontins I went to as a child.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

Because that's not a pontins anymore but have reviewed it on my channel

[@bigman2352]

The crazy thing is that it actually wouldn’t take a lot of money to fix all that is wrong and any good builder worth their salt could get it done in a respectable time frame. So why on earth don’t Pontins do something about it?! I seriously wonder if they would consider selling one of the parks, it probably wouldn’t take much to put a consortium together to buy one and fix it up. Humm 🤔

[@charmaindavies7568]

Brean sands now is being used by the electric company EDF, they have taken it over for 3 years to house its plant workers.

[@paulwilcox9184]

The business plan is quite obvious. The accommodation is sub-standard so you spend more time in the club house (spending money) . Closed go-karts and skatepark so you spend more time (money) in the clubhouse.

[@vikkilawson1095]

I live in Southport

[@mikekenworthy]

After this little trip, I hope you have had a good shower. Wandering about where the SAS would think twice of going :)

[@WalkWithMeTim]

lol

[@86BPM-MUSIC]

Surprised Pontins is still going to be honest. Never stayed at one, never will.

[@77sun222]

Hi Tim Oh dear😕What on earth is going on? This coming winter won't help their issues either🍩🍩

[@WalkWithMeTim]

We shall see

[@johnkelly1083]

I'm suprised that this company hasn't been shut down by environmental health. Not only that, but the accommodation looks like it could fall down at any second. What a dangerous dump. Better to bulldoze the place and start again. No matter how cheap, families deserve safe, clean and comfortable accommodation.

[@sharonsmith583]

Thanks for doing this so the British public doesn't have to! As an American, I am just fascinated by your channel.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

lol thanks Sharon

[@deanos102]

Sand Bay and Pakefield are also Pontins sites

[@WalkWithMeTim]

they are owned by them but no longer pontins sites

[@deanos102]

@@WalkWithMeTim your new video is Pontins Sand Bay Tim 😅

[@kofiross3229]

Surely we are gonna get a walk with me tim centre parcs edition now?🙏🏾 just tell them you have 100k subs for some discount 🤣

[@WalkWithMeTim]

yes but expensive

[@callumengland198]

Thing is pontins knows there going down hill so that's why they don't bother fixing things but I would of at least painted the doors and windows

[@galaxy___gxy]

Years ago it was much more cleaner then that they need to take more care of it I went 2 weeks ago at Prestatyn and everything was out of order and the room was filthy the entertainment is great but it need taken care of or shut down and that hurts to say because everyone loved pontins but it just stupid that it’s not taken care of and fix the arcade coz every kid was sat watching bingo until the kids entertainment came on

[@Bobmcjoepants]

8:02 uh that fence is designed to keep you in not someone out since it's pointed inward

[@rayaspo4893]

Pontins is a disgrace. People who can only afford a little still should be given clean accommodation. Is that too much to ask. As for most of the parks I’d say it’s potentially dangerous. Should be closed down.

[@declangaming24]

Yes mate I agree with you I stayed at a hotel a few weeks ago on holiday in Skegness nice hotel called savoy breakfast was included and dinner is £20 a head the room itself 2 dated chairs I didn't use standard kettle also bath and shower connected together bed is comfy overall a good stay.

[@gazancfc]

You get what you pay for

[@Juliukas101]

One gets what one pays for in life! I would never go to such a ghastly, horrid and common place! I prefer to stay in my own holiday homes.

[@darkvader7231]

@@Juliukas101 Not everyone can afford their own holiday home though!!

[@jeanettedavies8665]

I was going to say exactly the same, watchdog should be involved and trading standards. It's basically a sh**hole of a place ripping familys off false advertising.

[@johnmitchell2269]

Being cheap to stay at should never mean it's acceptable to have unhygienic, dirty, damaged or unsafe accommodation. I've stayed in plenty of cheap hotels/b&b's that were much better than this. There should always be standards regardless of price or location. Hopefully people stop going to Pontins. Turn them all into housing for the homeless. People can still go to Haven or Butlins.

[@JD-nd1oz]

Pontins seriously need to do a reality check and despatch their CEO on an *Undercover Boss* to really understand what mess they are flogging to families who have to save their hard honest earned cash to give their family a holiday, in the middle of an economic crisis. I hope Pontins watch this great exposé video! Well done Tim. 👍🏾

[@WalkWithMeTim]

Thanks JD

[@stuartrayfield1448]

Unfortunately Pontins is owned Britannia Hotels who are as seen in Tim's other videos notorious for sweating their assets and doing the minimalist possible to just keep them running

[@katbryce]

@@stuartrayfield1448 Ah. I should have guessed.

[@cobweb1989]

That would be a good idea if all of the problems you see in the video weren't what they wanted. They don't care and as long as they can make a profit they don't care about the heritage or longevity of the holiday park. Fixing the problems would eat into their profits.

[@johnmitchell2269]

It's all intentional. Minimum investment, cost cutting etc.

[@mattsmithlon]

Makes you realize why the British hotel industry is on its knees at the moment! If that's how they are going to run it they deserve to go bust. Not just Pontins but all the other dreadful hotels you have reviewed! The whole industry needs a major shake-up! Time for a huge Health and hygiene policy overhaul would help!!!!!

[@johnmitchell2269]

The British hotels on their knees are all owned by Britannia (including Pontins)

[@selinaCC1]

I'll never get over the wee stain mattress and having to buy your own electricity also laughed at Tim pointing out the knickers drying outside on the chair 😂 thank you for suffering for your viewers Tim 👏

[@WalkWithMeTim]

lol cant beat it getting a sun tan and having those in eye line lol

[@selinaCC1]

@@WalkWithMeTim ha ha 😂😂

[@EssexResident2000]

Then again, why should we be surprised given Pontins is owned by the worst hotel chain in the UK?

[@shanehall98]

I didn’t know you could film in prison what was you in for Tim? 😂.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

lol

[@runaravenscraft5314]

I see Pontins are offering the quintessentially British experience of decline, dilapidation, and disappointment. The sense of a crushing depression pervades every shot, filtered through the only on-site activity option of day-time drinking with dead-eyed dinosaurs

[@johnmitchell2269]

Just as well really, because if these Holiday parks were actually good, then countries like Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria and Greece would be bankrupt and empty. Because it's the British holiday makers who keep these countries alive. Without tourism certain countries would have nothing. And these countries get more British holiday makers than anyone else.

[@runaravenscraft5314]

@@johnmitchell2269 thats one of the most absurd claims ive seen today

[@johnmitchell2269]

@@runaravenscraft5314 The vast majority of tourists who go to these countries, are Brits. If Brits stopped going to these countries (completely) then the economy in these countries would be dead. They know it as well.

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

All Pontins resorts are a public health hazard. I have personally responded to calls at their parks that we completely avoidable had the parks been safe for the public. The problem is that Pontins is owned by Britannia Hotels…. Never, ever stay in someone that is owned or opened by Britannia Hotels.

[@converse_inverse_reverse]

I've been thinking about what it looks like and the state of everything, big gates and wired walls, chairs and duvets lying around... It looks like a refugee centre. Not a holiday park. That's what it reminds me of.

[@jamesgravil9162]

"It looks like a refugee centre. Not a holiday park. That's what it reminds me of." Maybe it's a holiday park for refugees?

[@colin.d]

These places should be condemned. Absolute disgrace.

[@TheADPOL]

It's tragic how much these places look like 1970s council estates.

[@aclockworkcranberry]

This looks like something from the fall of the USSR. I can’t believe they are charging people for this. I’ve stayed in many so called third world countries and it looked like a palace compared to this. What a shame. I hope they improve

[@michaeldowd8422]

The barbed wire is still there but they took the watch towers down in the 90s after too many holiday makers were shot trying to escape.

[@ThesecitydaysUkblog]

No experience of Pontins other than seeing brochure pics, had no idea it was this dire, they are like some severely run down depressed council estates. Compelling videos though... The Hotel Inspector would have a field day if she was sent there. 🤣🤣

[@WalkWithMeTim]

Definitely

[@declangaming24]

The inspector would be like stains there, grime on the door, mold here, charging for electricity should be included in your stay.

[@tonyadeney1245]

Pontins is a British company operating holiday parks in the UK, founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin. Since 2011, it has been owned by Britannia Hotels. (and waiting to sell land to property developers possibly)

[@socialghost4400]

I still don’t understand how Pontins can stay in business or why people keep visiting them…. I seriously don’t get it

[@grahammark357]

Great work Tim exposing these health & safety hazards, would the MDs pay for their families to stay in these places I think not

[@WalkWithMeTim]

I know but people still stay and I think one was not to bad :-)

[@michaelm5741]

@@sandyneedham6499 Managing directors maybe?? Not sure.

[@ChrisScott464]

Why not just make these places into 50s/60s/70s retro holiday camps where people can stay & experience nostalgia for real & go back in time & enjoy a holiday like our parents/grandparents had. Nostalgia is a big market & i for one would book to an authentic retro holiday camp as it would be like back to the future. There are so many things you could do with these places if one second of thought went into them.

[@Steve-Cross]

I really don't mind the retro feel of an old holiday camp. It can be quite nostalgic. However. There is absolutely no need for it to be dirty and run down. There is absolutely no way I would want to visit a Pontins again. Not even a day pass. I don't know how much they charge to stay these days, but I think they should start paying people to visit, with paint and paint brushes and of course, lots of cleaning equipment. I am surprised any of these camps are allowed to stay open. They look like a serious health risk to me. What a shame the owners don't care.

[@nightie69]

Honestly Tim, it’s an absolute travesty what’s happened to Pontins and to a certain extent Butlins. I’m 55 in 88 I worked at Minehead (Butlins) and Pontins in Weston Super Mare (that was an adult only site). They were a joy to spend time in, as a worker or as a holidaymaker. My childhood memories of Butlins Filey are still somewhere in the recesses of my mind/memories. So for an old fogey like me it’s hard to watch these videos, heartbreaking but I know what to expect. The days of knobbly knees or Miss Butlins contests are over now, what we are left with are husks of what once were places of joy and happy memory makers. Red or blue coats were our celebrities for the week, sorry I could go on but I’m in mourning for a past that’s gone. RIP the great British Holiday Camp ☹️

[@WalkWithMeTim]

very good points .. so right

[@cocolade99marmie]

Warkle ....Your an old fogey at 55???REALLY!