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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
http://news.sky.com/story/father-los...idays-10827099
There are two answers to this from my point of view.
1) Holiday companies must be rubbing there hands in joy at this. I went to a park last year. and l aid 150 quid. The SAME chalet for the HOT SEASON of July and August was 780 quid.
These holiday companies make there money from beer sales.
2) I believe that schools should allow SEVEN DAYS only, if the parents ask for permission, under the instructions that they do homework while on holiday. So they are fulfilling there education.
If you think parents on financial hardship can get cheaper deals out of season should be allowed to have holidays.
I look at it this was IF MPs are allowed so many weeks off on holiday, then so should we and we work very hard all year.
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1. Your holiday park has fixed overheads - staff costs etc - that it has to cover, 52 weeks of the year. Off season, it may let its chalets at cost, or at a loss, in order to at least partially cover those costs. However in order for the business to be sustainable, make a profit and generate capital for expansion, in the summer, when the market supports it, the price has to be higher. If they let you have the chalet for £150 in August they'd go bust within a year.
2. There is absolutely no way that any child is going to sit by the pool in Marbella and do their maths homework. Asking them to do so is a waste of time.
Holidays on the Med are not a human right. They are a luxury and a privilege. If you can't afford to do it during one of the 12 or more weeks per year that the kids aren't at school (and right now, I can't) then you don't. Simples.