Preparing the base for the new bungalows

These last days, the old bungalows for 2 and 2/4 persons have finally been retired. And although we are having some very rainy days, the base terrain for the 5 new bungalows for 2 persons needs to be prepared. Next week the new bungalows will arrive, and by then new electrical lines, water connections... have to be ready.

Second adjustment

At the beginning of streets 20-23 there has been the 'Sector Grups' (Groups) the name coming from the fact that it has been used by groups of young people. From 2012 we change the name to 'Sector Cavalls' (Horses), because it will be used by normal clients and no more by groups. Outside the campsite, nearby, there is an area where horses pasture, and also a horses' farm, we simply apply that to the name of the sector.

From 2012 we are going to have much less groups of young people. In 2012 they will be restricted to behind the reception (as before), and to the end of street 19. That last place seems rather appropriate because they could be using mostly the small toilets building just beside.

First adjustment towards 2012

Campingplot 51 in lane 19 changes from 100 m2 to 120 m2. The size from this plot was changed 5 years ago together with the size of all the plots on that side of lane 19. At that time we did not have size 120 m2 as a possible category, and it did not make a lot of sense to have just 1 plot in a new category. Some 3 years ago in another change, we created all the 120 m2 campingplots in street 8 and then we classified those plots obviously as 120 m2 creating that category. At that moment we forgot then to put that other previous plot in the new category. We do it now ;-)

Follow us on Facebook

This summer, when preparing the name change, we anticipated having a presence in Facebook and started looking how to do it. In the last year Facebook has changed its policy for business and, instead of each business creating a normal account, wants them to register in Facebook Pages and the presence is then more limited than in a normal, personal account. The strange thing is that you have to associate it to a personal account, that I suppose everyone creates as fake since it is not practical to link to your very personal account. Anyway, we succeeded in getting a business page with our exact name, so you will find it in www.facebook.com/RubinaResort

This Facebook Page should be useful for posting informal comments, both from us and from you. You can, hopefully, post and share with us some nice picture of your holidays. Or ask us, suggest... in case you prefer Facebook than e-mails or fill the forms in our website. Any message will be welcomed and we will try to answer rapidly.

Here comes Rubina Resort

This monday we have finally changed our name to 'Camping Rubina Resort'. In the last days some camping guides have already been updated, but it will be a long way to update most guides, websites, blogs, and also the physical signs on the road, in Empuriabrava and inside the campsite. Apologises to all the clients that may feel that the old name was better, we hope that in the long term it is better to be identified with the name of the area (La Rubina) around us.

New brochure for 2012

We have just received the new brochure for 2012, with the new camping name and, new pictures of the swimming pool, and the details of the new bungalows for 2 persons. You can find it in our new web site for 2012, and in the reception they have replaced the old brochures.

Electrical heaters for the bungalows 4/6 persons

There are 17 bungalows for 4/6 persons located near the beach. These bungalows have relied on a nearby toilet&showers building to get the heated water. The distance from the bungalows to that building is not big, but anyway having a continuous circuit of heated water pass through all the bungalows consumes a lot of energy, and it doesn't matter whether the bungalow is full or empty. Additionally, having to supply heated water to the bungalows reduced the flow of heated water available to the showers in the building, and that is important mainly in high season when at peak hours .
Now Antonio modifies that system and installs an electrical heater on the outside wall to each bungalow. In that way, each bungalow will have its own heater system, it can be turned off when the bungalow is empty, and it should alleviate peak hours in the showers building. We hope it will work better than now.

Painting the pool deck

Lifeguards are just now painting again the pool deck, they are using a natural oil-based paint, without toxicity. After all the high season is over, with the people, a lot of sun... the wood needs some treatment. This time we are also trying an anti-gliding paint around the showers, in order to prevent accidents.

Repairing playgrounds

The children's playground near the Bar Amberes had a slightly damaged cord, and Vadim is now replacing that cord as well as the other cord beside it, in order to be easier to climb.

Gardeners early at work

Each year, around the end of the summer, the gardeners try to improve the grass, most of it in the campingplots. This year we are going to concentrate in the public zones, and as early as now the gardeners are already planting seeds of grass around the swimming pool, replacing areas that have been rather wasted. We hope that next year the swimming pool area is perfect from the beginning and that no more work needs to be done at the beginning of the season.