How Grim is a Haven Saver Caravan?
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- How Grim is a Haven Saver Caravan? Haven Saver Caravans are the cheapest holiday homes that are available on Haven Holiday Parks. Often available for only £49 for a 4 night midweek break, how bad are these budget caravans? I booked a 7 night Haven hideaway break at Riviere Sands Holiday Park in Cornwall to find out.
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Why dont you rename your video to how GOOD a Haven Saver Caravan. We really need to highlight the good points of the UK rather than hoping to find bad points
@brushstrokes68 I'll try your idea with one of my upcoming videos and see how it affects the number of views 👍
@@BigTedsTravel sad reflection on society at the moment but probably the numbers will be WAY down with a positive description, people go out of their way to find negatives, take the pish, point fingers moan etc.
I agree, so the idea of this title was to tempt viewers in and then show them that these caravans are much better than they would expect.
@@BigTedsTravel Really ??
All you do in a caravan is wash and sleep. The rest of the time you should be out enjoying a holiday. This is a lot better than a tent or an old motor home.
If you are flexible with dates, it can actually work out cheaper than camping
Plus you've somewhere dry and fairly spacious when it, inevitably, rains
We are regulars to saver caravans and never had any issues, always spotless. They're a base for getting out and about. Couldn't afford a week's hotel prices in Edinburgh, so we stayed at Haven Port Seton for £69 off peak and travelled in by bus from the park entrance every day.
We've not tried Seton yet, but I like the idea of getting the bus into Edinburgh. Thanks 👍
If I go to Edinburgh I stay at the Hostelling Scotland's youth hostel a 5-10 minute walk from the city centre. Depending on the time of year, you can usually get quite a good deal. Private, no frills rooms are also reasonably priced. However, it's best to avoid Edinburgh in August!
Not particularly a regular customer but compare this price to taking your own van to a campsite and you would see what an absolute bargain it is. Nice to the point vlog.
@brianhaines5835 Thanks Brian 🙂
We use these caravan often. They are just a base. As we are retired, we go outside peak times and get great deals(Mon-Fri £49). Far cheaper then we can get a pitch (let alone the bedding/electric/etc/no towing) for our own van!
@@salan3 You would struggle to get a tent pitch at that price!
I was expecting grim and then was like 'wow, that's pretty nice actually'!
I wasn't sure what to expect, but the caravan was great, and the location was even better 😃
We book a Haven Saver twice a year in either Kent, West Sussex or Suffolk. We go in mid May and then mid September and we only pay £45 per week for us both, this value cannot be beaten as it is the same unit as the one shown in this video. So believe it or not the two of us get two holidays for just £90 in total. Tremendous value if you book at the right time of year and we have never had bad weather. 😆😆
If you can go outside the school holidays, Haven caravans are fantastic value for money. We haven't tried any of the sites in the South East yet. Are there any in particular that you would recommend/avoid?
That's a winner.
That's not GRIM ... we did camping ( in COLD rain ) .. a MOD childhood experience ( Ha - Ha ) .. DAVE™🛑
@@davidfalconer8913 Camping in the rain is character building Dave 😁
I go to havens every year. We've never had any complaints. We love it.
Nothing wrong with that...looks great
@@ssd7922 It was great 😁
We’ve got one booked at Primrose Valley in Filey in September. I have the mindset of, we only use it to eat and sleep.
@billybattams-scott Primrose Valley is a great base. You can walk into Filey along the beach, and it's an easy drive/bus ride to Scarborough or Bridlington.
We don’t eat very often on site. Gonna bring our slow cooker, National Trust is what we’ve mainly got planned.
This is always a cheap holiday for us staying in a caravan
We have had some great caravan holidays as long as they are clean and good weather is a bonus. Mind you there is nothing like the sound of rain on a caravan roof
Or the seagulls on the roof 😂
We always stay in a saver caravan on that site when visiting Cornwall mainly only use it as a base, our last visit was this May this year, with our Daughter and family, also this time spent most evenings in the club house. I am approaching my mid 80’s my wife late 70’s., we first started visiting this part of Cornwall over 40 years ago when our children were young, they now take us.
We're both retired, and our kids have good jobs, but I'm still waiting for the day when they offer to take us 🙄
Love a Haven!
I watched this with no intention of ever going but i still really enjoyed it❤
@@TimelordUK Thanks for the great feedback 👍
@@BigTedsTravel I think it's because you are northern, like me!
Looks great, got a good size TV, and a dishwasher, looks great
@johnwhite2293 it was great. Having a dishwasher in a Saver caravan is unusual though.
Had alot of hols with Haven when kids were younger. Look at where you are too, Cornwall ...wonderful ❤❤❤
There is so much to see and do in Cornwall 🙂
We always use Saver at Haven , both st ives, Perrenporth and Devon cliffs. Hot water and a bed, that’s all I need. We’re out all the time and I simply don’t understand why people would pay £1000 for 4 nights in one of these bigger caravans over looking the sea.
It's nice to have a veranda if you can get a silver or gold caravan at a good price, but with the weather in the UK, you would be daft to pay hundreds of pounds extra for one
Quite nice and better than I expected too!
We've stayed in a few Haven caravans since, and they have all been nice. This was the only one with a dishwasher though!
Great descriptive video, we have been to Berwick=upon-Tweed haven site for the last 2 years and love it, your caravan was on par with our Bronze version we normally get. Looking to go further afield next year in this amazing Country of ours.
Berwick is my go to site with the grandkids, it is amazing.
Thanks Andy. We've not been up to Northumberland for a few years so we will have to try out the Berwick site next year.
@juliekulatunga4188 we stopped at haven Berwick-upon-Tweed 2 weeks ago, exact same caravan as this. Loved it 😊
I can tell you from personal experience when i go on holiday with my niece who's 14 . Where you stayed Its better than Butlins & Pontins combined .
@@JohnLukins-bk1ce They have closed most of the Pontins sites down now as they were so bad 😂
@@BigTedsTravel That's what happens when Brittiania group is running things .
@JohnLukins-bk1ce I can't stand their business model. They should be made to restore some of the beautiful old hotels that they have allowed to deteriorate so badly 😡
@@BigTedsTravelTotally agree
Excellent, thanks, may well treat my daughter and her young family
That's a lovely idea. I'm sure they will have a great time.
I think you’ve had an upgrade as the dishwasher and larger tv are not usually available in saver vans , I could be mistaken though.
@patriciaclark6171 It was definitely a saver, but we were lucky with the dishwasher. We've had to wash the dishes by hand in Silver and Bronze caravans 🤷♂️
I deliver food there from Penzance (11 miles away) still waiting for my first tip😅 but hey ho if I was to be living of tips per week I wouldn’t be able to buy a child’s portion of fish’n’chips 😂😂😂
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Riviere Sands in Cornwall is our go to holiday every year (apart from this year, at seashore Great Yarmouth this year, but allready booked Riviere sands for next year)… when my daughter was younger we booked the sea view caravans out of season, but she’s school age now so instead we just book bronze during the school holidays.
Where did you go to when you was in Cornwall?
We liked Riviere Sands that much that we went back again this summer. This year we went to Falmouth, Carbis Bay, St. Ives, and we went to see a play at the Minack Theatre. We also managed to fit in a couple of beach days 😃
I stayed in one of these with my little girl in Exmouth, it was a lovely comfortable little break. She keeps asking when we're going again. 😊
Thanks for commenting.I hope you get the chance to go again soon 🙂
big ted tell you what m8,,,,,im hooked on your channel look forward to more vids thanks ....Edwin
@edwinthompson6510 Thanks Edwin, there will be more videos soon 🙂
Haven cheaper caravans are just fine and provide good and affordable holiday accommodation.
@@geordieceltic2 We've stayed in several saver caravans, and they've all been good 👍
I stayed at Haven at burnham on sea with my friend we should have stayed in 1 bedroom saver but they up graded us to a 3 bedroomed instead.if you use the back gate the beach is just across the road.also you can catch a bus into weston supermare.we went in may most places were closed also it gets cold at night heating on all night.
@@jackiesmith145 We were at Burnham in April: th-cam.com/video/rHcuz-u6Vd8/w-d-xo.html. I hope you had as good a time as we did 🙂
You said you would be going back, will you then do another review and compare the visits?
@@johnbolton8606 I'm intending to produce a video comparing the 3 saver caravans we have stayed in during the last 12 months (inc. 2 at Riviere Sands).
My husband and I went to this camp in May this year. Same type of caravan. Couldn’t fault it.
@janetkulbat5692 We went again in June. Lovely caravan again 😃
Love a caravan holiday.
We plumped for a long weekend in May up at Scarborough ( 4 adults for 3 nights ).
We ended up at Parkdean's site at Cayton Bay after initially wanting an AirBnB'. We foubd that we could upgrade to a 3 bed extra wide van with 2 bathrooms and a veranda and save ourselves £150-200 over an Airbnb. We've srayed in dozens of sratucs iver the ywars, but rhis one blew them all away.
@@6ettinold That sounds really good. Haven't been to Cayton Bay for over 30 years!
Absolutely nothing wrong with the caravan. Somthing to think about
We have stayed in several Haven caravans recently, and they have all been very nice
Dishwasher in a saver!!!!!!! I have had never had a dishwasher in a saver and have been many times
We've stayed in Silver and Bronze caravans as well as several savers, but this was the only time we've had a dishwasher
Same size as an average British house but it doesn't look like you can wash your face in those sinks.
The sink in the en-suite was small, but the one in the shower room was fine.
I once stayed in a Saver caravan and didn't have a very positive experience with it and got put off, so we've gone for Bronze or higher ever since and they are so much better. Although this Saver one definitely is something different and actually pretty nice, just two foot narrower in width! Occasionally, some features found on Silver grades and higher CAN make their way into Saver and Bronze (such as the 40" TV in lounge, bedroom TV, dishwasher, hairdryer, en suite, etc.) if you are lucky! :)
I think we were lucky with this caravan. It was nicer than the Bronze caravan we stayed in recently at another Haven site.
Looks better and cheaper than camping
@@malcwhite We have stayed in several Haven caravans recently, and they have all been good
Stayed at several Haven sites around the UK. As someone has already said, It is just a place to eat and sleep unless you have kids and use the site facilities. Unfortunately a lot does depend on the site you choose. Some have caravans packed together and you can hear everything going on in your neighbours van. Other sites the parking is an issue especially when some holidaymakers turn up with two or more cars. At other sites l have used, there is a lack of staff. Generally the vans are clean, but l have experienced issues and now always take some floor wipes for the kitchen and bathroom areas. The remote tv controls are usual broken. Haven also money grab as you can't select the location of your van until you have paid for the holiday. They then send you an email saying choose your location but you will have to pay more. All these issues l have reported back to Haven over the last few years to no avail. So choose carefully which site you stay at and read reviews.
@@rolymier8659 Which sites would you recommend?
@BigTedsTravel Personal choice is Littlesea near Weymouth, Burnham on Sea and Flamborough. Would never go back to Perran Sands.
@rolymier8659 Thanks for the tips. We've been to Burnham but haven't tried the others. We liked Berwick and Riviere Sands but weren't that keen on Primrose Valley (vans packed in really close together in some areas).
Looks more like a bronze
It was actually nicer than a bronze we stayed in at another site.
I would stop in that, looks great , I have stayed in a lot worse .
It was very nice. We have stayed in several Haven caravans since, and they have all been good 👍
We stayed in a saver caravan in St leonards near hastings a couple of months ago and going again in October. They're great for the money ❤❤
@@RobinMartin-nj2cx We haven't tried St Leonards yet. Would you recommend it?
@BigTedsTravel Yes we highly recommend this site. It's on 3 levels and a bit hilly, but if like me you've got a mobility problem, speak to them when booking and they'll try to locate you near the amenities. The site is clean and the staff are brilliant, that'swhy we're going back for our 3rd stay this year. Have you tried The Orchards in Clacton? This is another lovely site belonging to Haven.
@RobinMartin-nj2cx We haven't tried St Leonards or the Orchards yet but will certainly consider them in future. Thanks for the tips 🙂
Stopped in one last year and we thought it was great for the money
You can get some great deals if you are flexible
I’ve stayed in worse.
I've stayed in much worse 😕
Loverly for a savers caravan
@@stephaniemurphy3443 All of the Saver caravans we have stayed in recently have been nice
Nothing grim about that
We've stayed in several others since and they've all been nice 🙂
Just stopped in one at cleethorpes £59 mon-fri can't go wrong I've paid more than that for a bnb for night
The midweek breaks are fantastic value 😀
I think they're great value for money, always clean & well equipped. Only been on the east coast but would love to visit Cornwall, Devon etc. Great video thanks
@discodiva8879 Thanks for the great feedback. It's a long journey to Cornwall but it's a beautiful area with loads to do.
Great video, caravan looked nice. Family hol at a reasonable price.
@@thedieiscast9729 Thanks for the great feedback 🙂
Too many of those horrible things called humans.
Too many of those horrible things called humans.
If it’s clean and moderately comfortable, I don’t see what the problem is.
@@Whippy99 We've stayed in several saver caravans this year, and they have all been clean and comfortable 🙂
We stayed in one of these for the first time in Skegness, and it was brilliant.
It cost us £109 for four nights, and other than the double bed being a bit sponge, I can't fault it.
It was clean and tidy, with all the things you need to have a great self-catering holiday.
We have two dogs, and there are not a lot of places where you can go that accept pets, but some Haven sites do, and it was in with the cost of the caravan.
Would I book again, 100% yes, in fact we have, it'll be our go to destination while we still have our dogs.
I believe that there are only 2 Haven sites that don't accept dogs; Riviere Sands and Burnham-on-Sea
Not grim at all, in my experience. A perfectly fine base from which to explore your surroundings.
As a base, I think these caravans are excellent value
They seem to have upped their game considerably since I had one in Challaborough Devon back in the 90's.
We went with the kids 20 years ago, but the caravans seem much nicer now
We go with haven every year and never had to complain
@@elainesturch1524 We're at Haven in Berwick this week and have another lovely caravan 🙂
Has anybody been to the all hallows site along the Kent coast? If so what are your thoughts?
We’ve had a saver caravan at Seashore and it was fine. The only problem I have with Haven is they charge so much for dogs.
@bezstarling8419 I wasn't aware that they did charge for dogs. They probably charge because of the extra cleaning needed in some cases. I'm sure kids make more mess though 🙂
Call that a saver van? I call it luxury!
We were very pleased with it 😀
Nothing wrong with that clean tidy why Grim
I agree, the caravan was very nice, but would you have watched the video if it was called 'How nice is a Haven Saver caravan'? My videos on Bronze and Silver caravans have much lower viewing figures than this video 🤷♂️
@@BigTedsTravel well my aunt when alive had a few holidays in caravans when the sun had cheap caravan holiday tokens in the sun news paper a few years ago never had a bad one had a great time
@DeanTalik That's nice, I'm glad your aunt enjoyed her caravan holidays.
For the cheapest Haven site prices, book direct with the site not, the company.
Used to have a couple of breaks each year when the kids were small oh, and don’t go mid summer when it is expensive.
The “all action” sites are the most expensive, the smaller family sites are good enough and all have swimming pools.
@stevenmoran4060 Thanks for the tips Steven. We used to book direct with the site when our kids were young, but I didn't know you could still do that. I will look into it 👍
we have a chalet opposite haven, get our fish n chips from haven it is a well presented holiday park
the bluff pub has concessions for haven guests meals drinks
etc
@edwinthompson6510 I believe the Bluff Inn is owned by Haven. It's got fabulous views from the beer garden but the drinks are expensive. We prefer to go to the Bucket of Blood.
I stayed in a Haven Saver caravan at Mablethorpe a couple of years ago - I was very impressed too. I did miss the balcony though - but everything was comfortable and spotless. I believe the double bed was actually a king-size too which I always think is a necessity these days. Best wishes.
It's nice to have a veranda, but I find that Silver caravans are often too expensive to justify the extra cost.
Big Teds Travel,,,,,, yes we have a chalet on the Towens overlooking Carbis Bay ,,from St Ives to Godrevy The Bucket of Blood to popular can never get a seat and im for ever bumping my head on those low beams "gaffa sits on high bar stool edge of bar" great meals there " we book a table ,best to when kids are on school holidays Bluff is convenient shot walk 2mins,,, door to door,,,,Ed
@edwinthompson6510 I'm quite tall, so know exactly what you mean about the low beams in the Bucket of Blood 🤕
Our daughter works at the Haven Park in Hafan and I can assure you that the staff work tirelessly to ensure all holidaymakers have the best experience. Your comment about the sticker on the door, isn't 'crime scene' it's to signify that the caravan has been cleaned and ready for occupancy. Our daughter will often help (even though she has a managerial role), along with other office/managerial staff, going into caravans to clean and prep them for incoming guests when there's a shortage of cleaning staff.
@helendashwood2081 Thanks for commenting Helen. I've seen how quickly the cleaning staff have to work at Haven sites, and in all my videos on Haven caravans, comment on how clean the caravans are. If you look at some of the comments below, you will see that I am very supportive of the work the cleaning teams do.
That isn't St Ives to the right! It's Godrevy lighthouse and Gwithian. St Ives is round to the left
@coasttocoastcaravanning6138 If you look straight out to sea, you are correct, St Ives would be to the left and Godrevy to the right. If you look across the estuary towards Carbis Bay from the Bluff Inn as shown in the video, St Ives is on the right hand end of the headland 🙂
We always go to Primrose Valley and there Haven site is bustling with stuff to do and always clean we’ve been every year for 3 years with my little one and he loves it ⭐️
@@MikeSlater226 Primrose Valley is a fantastic site if you have kids.
We go, it’s pretty good. Don’t forget these were a few years ago the best caravans, they are just a bit older.
We've had 5 different caravans in the last 12 months, and all have been good.
I've visited haven camps a few times ,never any problems ,only thing I could say is the beds could have been better made
I agree, but I would rather have a clean caravan than a perfectly made bed. The cleaners don't get much time to clean the caravans and generally do a great job.
lovely
Looks like a great way to spend a few days, hope the beds were comfortable
The beds are fine, just a bit smaller than we are used to.
Just back from saver caravan at greenacres wales.very clean,very comfortable.
@MyJohnred I hope you had great holiday 🙂
The cleaners could of done better with the pillows
To be fair, when you see how quickly they have to work, the cleaners do a great job.
I know what you mean about the cleaners I work for Haven in Hopton on sea in Norfolk
@alanshelly7068 My wife's best friend comes from Lowestoft. Used to love winding her dad up by asking if he'd always lived in Norfolk.
@@BigTedsTravel I work as a cleaner it takes seconds to put a pillow straight
I want this holiday just my self and little son o yes
@@sarahmore4146 You can get some really good deals if you can go outside of the school holidays
What a fantastic blog
Thanks for the great feedback Corina 🙂
We had a caravan at Park Dean holiday park Carmarthen Bay site
in June.
When we got to our designated caravan there was a really awful smell outside the van.
Guess what ……. It was only right next to a sewage works.
The stench had permeated all through the Caravan, we went to reception to complain and were told
“ well nobody else has complained!!!! and there were no alternative vans available.
Half hour later they had found one, we went to look at it and quickly realised it was a sh..t pit.
Awful to say the least which was a shame because I must admit most of the park is quite good.
Putting a holiday caravan next to a sewage works is ridiculous. We were looking at Pembrokeshire for our next trip, but we won't be going to Carmarthen Bay now!
@@BigTedsTravel It’s a nice site but if you do go there make sure before hand you don’t get placed
next to the sewage works!
Honestly it was awful 😢
Turned up with 2 small children to find an uncleaned caravan with two huge pools of sick on the floor. They begrudgingly moved us to another....next to the race track! NEVER again!
@@JamieW-o7b That's terrible. Which site was it at?
@@BigTedsTravel Near Yarmouth, Caister I think. It was some years ago.
@user-nx8ii4ef7f Thanks Jamie. I'll give that place a miss then 👍
If it was next to a race track, that was Seashore.
Looks great!
@@posypoodle6034 It was 😀
South coast haven are usually the biggest tips…never known so many parks to have so much security because of fighting.that was the one and only time we decided to stay British! Fuck that,3 weeks after then canary isles.
You get what you pay for!
Found these a couple of years ago, when not been in a caravan for a long while. Had 4 nights for under a 100 and 7 nights for less than 150. Really can't fault , excellent value.
@@KarlCator They are great value if you can avoid the school holidays 👍
Looks good, thank you. Can anyone tell me what happens in the "clubhouse"?
@MrAcook61798 The clubhouse has a bar and stage and is where the entertainment programme is delivered in the evening. This link gives more detail: www.haven.com/discover/entertainment
@@BigTedsTravel Many thanks for your kind help.
You get drunk 😂
@@iandawson7373 😂
Probably been said already but that is not a saver caravan. You may have booked and paid for a saver van but you have been given an upgrade to a much better spec one, probably 2 up like a silver or whatever they are called these days. Savers have no central heating and certainly no dishwasher, en-suite or tv in the bedroom.
@retrogeezer It was definitely a saver caravan and not an upgrade (you can tell from the seal on the door). Most saver caravans do have central heating, we have only had one that didn't. I think this one was classed as a saver because it was quite small (bronze and silver are guaranteed to be at least 12ft wide). The dishwasher was a bonus, we have stayed in silver vans which didn't have one.
This kind of caravan, is a tinder box. Looking at the back of the hob confirmed that its only a matter of time. The cost is very cheap.Other than that, as they say its just a base-but what if it pours with rain? No not for me thank you. I'd rather save for a better accommodation.
Where did you drive from to make it an 8 hour journey?
The Wirral
It’s not Grim…. It looked banging 👌👌👌👌for the price
They are great value if you can go outside the school holidays
Haven's are always the best caravans and facilities out of all of them. Cant go wrong, always a good location, for us, its the perfect holiday. Thanks for this and letting people know just what great value for money these are especially if you pick the best off peak times to go. Not been to this one so will give that a go for sure next year. Cheers
Thanks Darrell. Riviere Sands was perfect for us but it's a lot smaller than some other Haven sites if you are looking for lots of facilities.
No bath,so its not a bathroom
I take my own bed linen quilt and mattress protector when I stay at these static caravans sites I don't trust the cleanliness of them or what might be hiding in the mattress. There are some dirty people around.
@Azureecosse I can see why you might want to do this, but we haven't had an issue with the cleanliness of the caravans.
Just come back from mablethorpe. We loved it. haven holidays was not a disappointment
We are looking at Mablethorpe for next year. I'm glad you liked it 🙂
@@BigTedsTravel if you go in season its a wonderful kids holiday. We went first week in october just me the hubby and our dog. It was very quiet but we were very impressed.
@madelinebryson Thanks Madeline. Our kids have grown up now so a nice, quiet out of season break sounds perfect 🙂
We and the family have been to many many of Haven sites. Only once have had 1 issue with the van. And many times we have been upgraded. 👍
Haven are the absolute worst! Their clientele leave a lot to be desired in the way of manbers and watching their kids
Skeggy.is.bad.so.is.mablethorpe
@@Steven-c9j The towns or the Haven sites?