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Fancy a Haven holiday? Testers needed – free stay plus £80 shopping voucher, £75 activity pass and £80 meal vouchers in return for feedback NOW CLOSED

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AnnMumsnet · 10/03/2014 11:47

We have been asked by the team at www.haven.com to find three lucky MNers and their families to enjoy a free stay at a Haven park and report back on MN.

Haven say "At Haven you'll find plenty to keep all the family happy and some things we think you might not expect including climbing walls, fencing and archery. We also have some exciting new activities with professional players from the BBL Basketball team teaching ball skills during the school holidays. But when the big kids are at school our parks are just great to take your tots. This year we have some lovely new interactive sessions with the Seaside Squad, our very own fun loving characters. All parks have heated pools many with flumes, water slides, lazy rivers and space bowls and plenty of additional fun like Aquajet Racers and Water Walkerz.

At Haven it's not just about activities... there's plenty of green space to run around and many parks have beautiful nature walks and trails to explore and access to some stunning coastal walks"

For more information: www.haven.com

We're looking for families who are able to visit a park on the following dates – they are not set in stone but are a guide:

w/c 31 March – term time – so a family with pre-school aged children
w/c 4 April – holiday time – so a family with school aged children
w/c 21 April – term time – so a family with pre-school aged children

You can pick the park you’d like to visit: for a full list see: www.haven.com

Selected families will be booked into a Prestige caravan for 4 nights – these sleep up to 6.

You will need to make your own way to the park.

Each family will be also offered a £80 Tesco voucher so they can stock up on food for the caravan before they go, or pay for petrol to get there (there's also a Spar on site to top up any bits you have forgotten about).

Each family will be treated to a meal in the onsite restaurant (maximum £80).

In addition they will receive 12 activity passes, which can be used to book lots of different activities see www.haven.com/experience/park-life

In return for this free trip (worth up to £710 Easter break/ £494 March – April break) each MNer will be asked to:

~ Make a video diary of their trip and submit this to Haven. These videos will be edited and will be shown on the forthcoming Haven pages on MN, on Haven.com as well as possibly elsewhere. They will be hosted on YouTube.
~ Add feedback to a thread on Mumsnet – at least three times. We're looking for feedback before you go, once you're there (you'll need to be able to post whilst you're there – there are WiFi hotspots available) and when you return. Please note tips and comments may well be used by Haven on their (forthcoming) pages on Mumsnet as well as possibly elsewhere (including on social media, in the press etc). Your MN name will not be used.
~ Add photos to the feedback thread (these don't need to show the children/ yourself, eg they could feature the caravan, food, footsteps on the beach etc)
~ Tweet about the stay including photos
~ Add a review on Mumsnet to the Self Catering pages

If you'd like to sign up please add your details here.

We will be in touch with selected testers asap and their details will be passed to the team at Haven so they can make the booking arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

Fancy a Haven holiday? Testers needed – free stay plus £80 shopping voucher, £75 activity pass and £80 meal vouchers in return for feedback NOW CLOSED
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MyLeftElbow · 10/03/2014 15:59

Signed up, fingers firmly crossed!

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ilove · 10/03/2014 16:04

Done!

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Llareggub · 10/03/2014 16:05

Worth bearing in mind that school holidays vary across the UK. I'm in Wales and the second date you've listed is still term time for us.

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Manchesterhistorygirl · 10/03/2014 16:14

Done

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pinkangelita · 10/03/2014 16:30

Done!

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TurnOffTheTv · 10/03/2014 16:34

Bugger. Completed the survey but we are still in school on the 4th April Hmm

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MyGastIsFlabbered · 10/03/2014 16:35

Darn it, we've just booked our holiday, doubt that we'd want to go twice in a year!

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MyGastIsFlabbered · 10/03/2014 16:36

We've just booked our Haven holiday my post should say

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ThePortlyPinUp · 10/03/2014 16:48

Done, would love to go away this year, starting my nursing degree in September and think holidays will definitely be on hold for the next three years.

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dancemom · 10/03/2014 17:51

Done, would love this, dd loves Haven!

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InMySpareTime · 10/03/2014 17:57

Done

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AnnMumsnet · 10/03/2014 18:03

Oh yes don't worry...dates are a guideline. You can add a note about the dates on the form.

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RudolphLovesoftplay · 10/03/2014 18:38

Signed up!! Fingers crossed

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Kneedeepinshittynappies · 10/03/2014 18:38

This would be amazing, we had to cancel our haven holiday last year due to chicken pox! Kids were gutted!

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LESuffolk · 10/03/2014 18:44

Shouldn't you be asking Local Editors to do this? Smile.

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kazzawazzawoo · 10/03/2014 18:48

Done. We would love to do this Smile Hope we will find out soon, as I will need to apply for time off work Smile

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PandaFeet · 10/03/2014 18:51

I can't go. But here's a bit of feedback.

The UK includes Northern Ireland. If Haven don't have any parks in Northern Ireland they shouldn't really have "UK" all over their website.

Great Britain. That's the term they need.

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Dirtymistress · 10/03/2014 19:00

Signed up. We can but daydreamSmile

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SweetPeaPods · 10/03/2014 19:04

Done. Fingers crossed I can dream

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trickydickie · 10/03/2014 19:15

Done. I am living in hope.

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idleweiss · 10/03/2014 19:24

This would be great!! We are yet to go on a family holiday together, and it would be lovely to do so before my 3rd LO makes an appearance! Have everything crossed! :)

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GuineaPigGaiters · 10/03/2014 19:43

The only time I've ever been to haven we found a pair of the previous occupants dirty undies under the bed...the staff were less than helpful. Never again...shudder

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aprilanne · 10/03/2014 20:02

all done so here,s hoping

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IAmNotAPrincessIAmAKahleesi · 10/03/2014 20:15

Wow this is an amazing one!

Done Smile

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lottietiger · 10/03/2014 20:28

aahh power went off near the end and im not sure im it went through or not, now it wont let me back on :( id love to go on our first family holiday ..

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