点评:Following a call with the office at Berkeley Castle earlier I need to advise all potential guests around the restrictions with their '1 year pass' offer.
We visited last month with friends visiting from Yorkshire who kindly paid for the 4 adult tickets before handing over the '1 year pass' card for my husband & I to use as we are local (25 mins). We had an interesting visit & agreed it would be a great place to visit with the younger members of our family (under 7) to enjoy the outside space.
However on calling the office this morning & initially speaking to a very lovely gentlemen who was very positive towards my enquiry, I was subsequently advised by a female colleague that our pass was not transferable.
I asked why this was the case she said 'due to gift aid', so when I asked why this was not explained at the point of purchase (as I could so easily have paid instead) , especially when our friends postcode (which is taken) was very clearly not local, I was told there wasn't time to advise guests!!
This does a huge injustice to the very lovely gentleman who had been on the ticket desk & who had been extremely helpful & talkative.
I asked then why was there no signage but received no constructive response. Her suggestion was we visited again & paid the entrance fee which would allow us to receive a 1 year pass!!
So sadly rather than returning & spending money in the café etc we will stay away.
翻译:之前我和伯克利城堡的办公室打过电话,我需要告知所有潜在客人“一年通票”优惠的限制。
我们上个月和来自约克郡的朋友一起去了那里,他们好心地先付了4张成人票的钱,然后把“一年通票”卡给了我和我丈夫,因为我们是当地人(25分钟)。我们玩得很开心,一致认为这里很适合带家里的小成员(7岁以下)去,享受户外空间。
然而,今天早上我打电话给办公室,一开始和一位非常和蔼的男士交谈,他对我的询问非常积极,但后来一位女同事告诉我,我们的通票不可转让。
我问她为什么这样,她说“由于礼品援助”,所以当我问为什么在购买时没有解释清楚(因为我可以很容易地支付),尤其是我们朋友的邮政编码(已被占用)显然不是本地人时,我被告知没有时间通知客人!!
这对售票处那位非常友善、非常乐于助人、健谈的先生来说,真是太不公平了。
我当时问为什么没有标识,但没有得到任何建设性的回应。她建议我们再去一次,支付门票,这样我们就能获得一年的通票了!!
所以,很遗憾,我们不会再去,也不会在咖啡馆之类的地方花钱,我们还是选择远离这里吧。