lake Beauregard France Review.
WARNING-DO NOT BOOK THiS LAKE. If you actually want you booking to be honoured.
Booked this lake back in 2019. For 2020. Paid the deposit of £600. Everything fine. Then Covid hit. No ones fault, so booking was pushed back to 2021 as deposit was not refundable. Second wave of covid in 2021 so booking was pushed back again to 3 rd Sept 2022. We all know how much planning goes into these trips, research on the water, travel arrangements, bait issue, given that we can’t take bait to France now we’re out of Europe, Given the fact that I am disabled aswell it becomes a logistical challenge ( left leg above knee amputee). So I had to make sure I had the help I needed to make this an enjoyable trip. H place. With gear, level peg, washing facilities. Spoke to the owners and they assured me that everything was good. We are now 8 weeks prior to going. Travel is booked, baits bought and paid for ( we’re picking them up from a dealer in France) , everything in place. Emailed the owner 14 weeks prior to holiday to ask when the balance was due and was told 2 July. All good Got an email from the owners 23rd June, just over 8 weeks before we go, saying that due to an oversight on their side, they have had another booking for the same week from Dream carp holidays, ( email from then went astray,) so our holiday was cancelled, but we can have another week over the next two years for the same price. ( REMEMBER OUR TRIP WAS BOOKED 3 YEARS AGO, WITH THE FINAL DATE CONFIRMED A YEAR AGO) so, travel is booked, bait done, and they have basically cancelled us even though we were first booked in , in favour of dream carp holidays ( not their fault, blame here is totally with the owners), as they are a big company they get more more business for the them. well lake Beauregard, This is absolutely no way to run a business. 6 people now, one disabled have lost their holiday due to the owners mess up and favouring the big companies even thought we were booked in first.
But you did offer to give us another week in a year or two for the same price. LAUGHABLE.
No offer of a refund, ( I had to ask for this and reluctantly they agreed to repay our money, which has now been done).
No offer of compensation for the nearly £1000 we have paid on travel arrangements and bait.
No offer of any recompense at all when this was all their fault.
So from a disabled person ( myself) who has not had a break for 3 years, and who doesn’t get to fish anywhere near as much as I’d like to, thank you lake Beauregard for ruining what I’ve looked forward to for 3 years, and costing me a fortune on the way. As mentioned, IF YOU WANT YOUR TRIP TO GO AHEAD, DO NOT BOOK THIS LAKE OR DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
