点评:We arrived with our family looking forward to spending some time browsing the garden centre and café, and potentially making some purchases. However, we left almost immediately after discovering, very unexpectedly, that the garden centre is not dog friendly.
We often travel with our small, very well behaved dog and have visited numerous garden centres, both large chains and independent businesses, and have always found them to be welcoming to dogs. Because this is something we have never previously had an issue with, it honestly didn’t occur to us to check the policy before arriving at Burford.
Whilst we completely appreciate that individual businesses are entitled to have their own policies regarding dogs, we found the experience particularly disappointing because the policy was so unexpected and meant that our planned family visit was cut very short.
Perhaps most disappointing, however, was our interaction with an employee outside. They appeared genuinely taken aback that other garden centres allow dogs and showed very little empathy or understanding that we had been inconvenienced by the policy. A little understanding and a more welcoming response would have made a significant difference.
It’s a shame, as we had arrived intending to browse, spend some money and enjoy the café, but instead we left almost immediately. If you are planning to visit with a dog, be aware that dogs are not permitted.
翻译:我们全家一起前来,本期望能在园艺中心和咖啡馆里逛逛,或许还能买些东西。然而,当我们意外发现这家园艺中心不允许狗进入时,我们立刻就离开了。
我们经常带着那只体型虽小但非常乖巧的狗狗一起旅行,也去过很多园艺中心——既有大型连锁店,也有独立经营的小店——它们向来都对狗狗敞开大门。因为以往我们从未遇到过类似问题,所以说实话,我们在前往伯福德之前根本没想到要去查看相关规定。
虽然我们完全理解各商家有权制定关于宠物的政策,但这次的经历还是让我们颇为失望——毕竟这项政策完全出乎意料,导致我们原本计划好的家庭出游不得不提前结束。
不过最令人失望的,还是我们在外面与一名员工的互动。他们似乎真的很惊讶于其他园艺中心竟然允许带狗进入,对于这项规定给我们带来的不便也毫无同理心或理解之意。倘若能多一些体谅并给出更热情的回应,情况就会大不相同了。
真可惜,我们原本是打算去逛逛、买点东西,顺便享受一下咖啡馆的美味,结果却几乎立刻就离开了。如果您打算带狗前往,请务必记住:那里是不允许带狗入内的。