Center Parcs holiday parks in the UK caused a stir when they said they would close for a day for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday, before agreeing to long-stay guests staying on site. The tourism group said in a statement on Tuesday that “all UK villages will close for one day on Monday … out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and to allow as many of our staff as possible to take part.” “. at this moment in history.”
Center Parcs has provoked the ire of its clients by telling them that they should have left their holiday village at 10 am on Monday and not return, in the event of a prolonged stay, until the following day, thus forcing them to find other accommodation in the last minute Travelers who were due to start their stay on Monday were also asked to make arrangements to arrive only on Tuesday.
“We hope that our customers understand this decision to accompany our queen on her last trip,” adds Center Parcs, which promises discounts or refunds to interested customers. On Wednesday, faced with an avalanche of complaints, the group reversed its decision to allow a minority of guests who will be in the middle of their stay to remain in their bungalows and in the park, even if all services will be closed. according to a goalkeeper Speech added by AFP.
“What are we supposed to do all day?”
Before the change from Center Parcs, Tracy Groome, 58, was worried about where her group of 9 would sleep on Monday amid a planned stay at the Elveden Forest complex in Suffolk, expected to cost more than £2,500. “I’m sure it’s not what the queen would have wanted,” she told the PA news agency.
Glynis Meloy, 68, is due to stay at the Longleat Forest center with six people, a stay that cost £1,800, asking, when asked by PA: “What are we supposed to do all day? Not everyone is a monarchist, Not everyone wants to see the funeral on television.
On Twitter, dozens of Internet users went there with his sarcasm. @thebobbyhealy flashed a terrified face from the horror movie ‘The Blair Witch Project’ with the caption: ‘Center Parcs guests in the woods Monday night.’ “We really lost the ball” in the UK with the queen’s funeral, his side @Simon Harris_mbd said.
Source: BFM TV
