We bought a Luxury Bell Tent experience for a member of our family for their birthday, and unfortunately she didn’t have a good experience with aspects of the stay ranging from disappointing to unacceptable.
The most disappointing part was nobody available to facilitate check when our guest arrived at 7pm, despite the confirmation booking saying check in was between 3pm-8pm, which led our guest had to find the tent by themselves. When Newfold Farm called us earlier in the day, we were asked “where we were” and we were told they “finish early on Sundays”, despite the booking confirmation saying otherwise. Unfortunately this set the tone for the standard of customer service we received.
Other issues on arrival ranged from the the tent not being secured properly, having only one match provided for lighting the hob, no milk provided despite tea and coffee being provided (some UHT capsules would have remedied this), and inadequate lighting inside the tent, and many other issues which we highlighted in our complaints to Newfold Farm.
Some of these issues were remedied during the stay, however we’re extremely disappointed not just by the poor experience that was provided for something billed as a luxury experience, but how this carried on afterwards with the lack of response to our complaint.
We’ve tried contacting Newfold Farm three times over this to give them an opportunity to address our concerns and requested a partial refund, but did not receive a response after giving them over 2 weeks to address these. Unfortunately we now have no choice but to leave a disappointing review. If you manage the campsite and are reading this, we have sent emails to campsite@newfoldfarmedale.com, and we are still awaiting a reply to resolve the issues.
Overall we feel that Newfold Farm is chasing luxury money, but not providing the experience and customer service to back it up, and I hope that these issues are resolved not only so we can settle the complaint, but also so that future customers can have a better experience.
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