A SCOTS tenting and glamping website has formally been named among the best within the nation after being awarded a five-star ranking.
Drummohr Tenting and Glamping Web site close to Edinburgh was given the highest ranking by VisitScotland throughout its most up-to-date evaluation, with inspectors praising the standard of the services and describing the park and its grounds as ‘spotless’.
The ranking makes Drummohr certainly one of solely 33 five-star tenting and caravan parks websites throughout Scotland and certainly one of 4 five-star websites in East Lothian.
The ranking is a results of important funding throughout the previous two years since altering possession.
This has included a complete vary of enhancements throughout the location such because the refurbishment of vacation lodges with sizzling tubs, the opening of a licensed produce store, bigger touring and tent pitches, upgrading amenity blocks, a brand new indoor campers’ kitchen, improved gardens and landscaping, a brand new youngsters’s playground and excessive velocity free WiFi.
The staff have additionally personalised glamping pods to supply themed household lodging.
With a view to obtain a five-star ranking from VisitScotland, tenting and caravan parks should attain an general proportion rating of 87% to 100% throughout areas together with park services, cleanliness, rest room and washing services, and reception providers amongst others.
Lodging at Drummohr consists of self-catering and luxurious lodges with sizzling tubs, glamping pods and en-suite bothies, and each grass and hard-standing pitches for touring and tents, all with electrical.
The family-friendly campsite additionally has themed wizard, journey and fairy glamping pods, in addition to household bothies and a big playground.
Canines are welcome on the location which has its personal scenic canine stroll and dog-friendly lodging, with as much as two canines welcomed on its tent and touring pitches freed from cost.
Web site supervisor Angie Purves mentioned: “We’re over the moon to have acquired the five-star ranking.
“It’s one thing the entire staff has been working in direction of for a very long time and the sensation once we opened the e-mail to search out out we’d achieved it was simply superb.
“We at all times intention to go that additional mile for our company to make sure that their vacation expertise is a house away from house.
“From complementary welcome baskets within the lodges on arrival, occasion packs obtainable to have a good time particular events, to towels for drying off moist canines after a stroll, it’s the little issues that make all of the distinction.
“Our company appear to essentially recognize every thing we do as a result of lots of them come again 12 months after 12 months to stick with us and frequently publish nice visitor evaluations thanking the staff.”
Neil Christison, VisitScotland Regional Director, congratulated Drummhor on reaching its five-star High quality Assurance grading.
He mentioned: “Current analysis has proven that tenting and staying in a caravan are standard selections for households holidaying in Scotland this 12 months, so it’s a implausible achievement for this enterprise.
“VisitScotland’s High quality Assurance scheme can assist us drive up requirements throughout the trade.
“It represents world class excellence – serving to companies shine, enabling guests to make knowledgeable selections and driving up funding in high quality.”
Drummohr is a part of the WCF employee-owned household of companies which operates throughout the UK within the leisure, retail and logistics sectors.
The location is certainly one of three tenting and glamping companies operated by WCF, with sister websites at Herding Hill Farm near the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Web site, and Longnor Wooden within the coronary heart of the Peak District.
