11% increase in storage costs
I notice from the latest leaflet regarding storage prices that my current all year storage location with the Caravan Club will be increased in price by 11%
. It will now be £500 per year.
There have been no improvements to facilities provided and it isn't fully booked, so how can the Club justify such an increase.
Anybody else noticed an over-inflation increase ?
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How does the CC storage price compare with others in the locality? What are its advantages, if any?
It is already substantially dearer but is classed as a
CaSSOA Gold but my real gripe is that the price increase can't be due to demand as it is nowhere near full, nor have they provided any additional facilities, van wash or temp hook up to charge batteries and inflation
is nowhere near 11%It doesn't bode well for 2017 holiday site fees
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If it is substantially dearer than others nearby and does not have the facilities you want then I assume that there must be somethings in its favour?
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I notice from the latest leaflet regarding storage prices that my current all year storage location with the Caravan Club will be increased in price by 11%
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It will now be £500 per year.There have been no improvements to facilities provided and it isn't fully booked, so how can the Club justify such an increase.
Anybody else noticed an over-inflation increase ?
Write your comments here...I pay £400 for a full year Cassoa gold site , in East Midlands & we just had our first price increase for 3 years .
Unfortunately you'll have to pay the increase , unless you can find another suitable site , have a search on Google you might find another site . Good luck
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We changed storage sites last year after a change of ownership on our previous site, didn't like the tone of the new owners letter. Our new site is expanding and has new takers price up 20%
. No other gold site locally, not being on gold increases insurance premiums. Pay up I reckon, no chance of storing at home -
I don't want to look at it never mind the neighbours
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The increase is reflected in the price increases for Marmite and Walkers crisps as well as fuel so I guess it's the price of freedom.
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Yup, I said it'd happen. Brexit is the new climate change, something to slap Joe public with as a money spinner
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Cripes 11% is a hell of an increase though! I only pay mates rates to a friend @ £250 a year so I guess that that is very good.
TF
To further show the way the Club just increases prices with no regard to the current economic climate :-
My first years storage was £400, 2nd was £420, 3rd £450 and now £500. So a £100 increase in just three years and probably another whopping increase every year.
Makes you think whether it's worth carrying on motorhoming.
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Why are you keeping a motorhome in storage? if I had a motorhome I would just park it down the road. I definetly wouldn't be paying anything like £500 a year for storage.
I currently pay £3 a week (£156 a year) and I wouldn't want to be paying much more than that.
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Why are you keeping a motorhome in storage? if I had a motorhome I would just park it down the road. I definetly wouldn't be paying anything like £500 a year for storage.
I currently pay £3 a week (£156 a year) and I wouldn't want to be paying much more than that.
Wouldn't that depend on if you had anywhere at home to put it? If we switch to a Motorhome it will certainly be kept in storage. Ours is a similar cost, however if I have just spent £60K on a vehicle, I would not want to "just park it down the road".
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Wouldn't that depend on if you had anywhere at home to put it? If we switch to a Motorhome it will certainly be kept in storage. Ours is a similar cost, however if I have just spent £60K on a vehicle, I would not want to "just park it down the road".
Much my thoughts as well. Not convionced that I could get a moyor home into the drive. A 7.3m shipping length caravan would be do-able but not much longer than that. 7m motorhome would be tight due fooway and road widths
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Steve L has hit the nail on the head. Can't keep it on the road otherwise would block peoples drives and motorhomes parked on roads are sometimes targeted by thieves and vandals, hence the higher insurance premiums for parking on a public road.
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I wish our storage cost were the same as some of you state.
In London prices are very high, we are using a COSSA gold site at the moment.(will move if we find cheaper) which is £550 for 6 months. It has lots of facilites like most storage under cover ,EHU's , chemical waste point, Caravan washing bay with pressure washer, high steps, etc but still a lot of money
The site is full though and has as many MH's as Caravan's stored there and has a waiting list, which we are on to get an under cover bay.
You may think its a lot of money, but where we live a lockup garage rents for £150-£220 a month
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The joys of living in London and the southeast . As I posted earlier ours up 20% this year, asked questions via email but size of the increase question ignored, others all answered fully. Thankfully still not as high as yours. Yes we could move it but its close to home and there's a shortage of storage locally so put up and shut up!
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And as well as the high cost we have an 18 mile trip across South London which takes well over an hour just to go to the Caravan, as you say there is not a lot you can do if you don't have the space at home.
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Our caravan storage is on a cc site 3miles from us its £600 next year,up from £585 this year,and there are spaces but not for todays "normal" size vans, the site staff have in the last two years tried to make more space by asking us all if we would take "smaller" "pitches,but they have had a lot of resistance from some,,there has been a new updated washdown area built this year,
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One of the main reasons we do not want to move, we have plenty of space on the driveway for an up to 8m van. Would not have come back to caravanning if we could not have the van at home.
There is farm storage nearby, but much more convenient to have the van right outside.
Like AD, we ask the neighbours to use the drive while we are away, and our second car is there too.
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The old ways are often the best ways, we too have the caravan on the drive, as was the MH over the 9 years we had it; when away the neighbours use the drive.
When I first bought this house I was overseas a lot with work and neighbours used the drive.
To facilitate getting the caravan back on the drive in 1 swift action, cut down a tree that had been there for 28 years, needs must and all that. Before removing the tree had to pull up, unhitch, put mover on, put caravan on drive, turn car around and put
on drive.
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Our vans have been on a farm storage site for the last 15 years in South Yorks. We're currently paying £220 a year. We have seen more 'secure' sites but it doubles the price and so far (not superstitious at all and touching wood at the same time!) there
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I haven’t posted here for many months (I can’t say why), but I very occasionaly visit. I felt I must add a comment here. I read (here and often in other threads) that if in storage you get a discount on insurance
provided you are on a Cassoa gold site (or silver for less discount and so on). I am in storage and I am insured with arguably the most well known caravan insurer and they were not interested in whether it was a Cassoa site. I was not asked the question. Instead
I was asked in detail about the security arrangements in place. The site where I store, in the East Midlands (costing £415 this year for a 27 foot van), used to be Cassoa Gold but they withdrew from Cassoa a year or two ago due to what was rumoured to be some
kind of dispute. Nothing changed on the site and it had no effect on my insurance premium.The other point is I do get a bit exasperated with those who adopt a rather haughty tone questionning why some of us choose to put our vans in storage. I’d like to shout this, but it is not allowed:
some of us have no option!
For me, it is either don’t have a van or use storage. Also, the notion of parking the van on the street, as posted above, is surely inconsiderate and high risk. In most residential environments this
is both impractical and likely to upset everyone in the neighbourhood – quite a part from the obvious secuirity risk. I would not even dream of doing that.0 -
The other point is I do get a bit exasperated with those who adopt a rather haughty tone questionning why some of us choose to put our vans in storage. I’d like to shout this, but it is not allowed:
some of us have no option!
Can't seen I have noticed criticism over peoples choice to use storage. Each to their own and indeed some cannot store at home even if they wished to.
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Hi Filonian,
Our Seasonal & Storage facilities are priced based on supply & demand taking into consideration the location and competitor pricing in the locality. We believe our pricing is fair and reasonable in the locations they are in.
I hope this explains the increase a bit better for you.
Best Wishes
Tracy
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Hi Filonian,
Our Seasonal & Storage facilities are priced based on supply & demand taking into consideration the location and competitor pricing in the locality. We believe our pricing is fair and reasonable in the locations they are in.
I hope this explains the increase a bit better for you.
Best Wishes
Tracy
Write your comments here...Tracy, can I ask the location of the nearest CC storage facility to South London . I did speak to the Crystal Palace site but was told they don't have storage pltches there.
Thank you.
Ian.
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Sounds like corporate speak for 'what the market will bear'
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Hi Ian (Milothedog), we have storage facilities at our Alderstead Heath and Abbey Wood sites. More information can be found here......http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/club-sites/storage-facilities
Best Regards
Tracy
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Hi Ian (Milothedog), we have storage facilities at our Alderstead Heath and Abbey Wood sites. More information can be found here......http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/club-sites/storage-facilities
Best Regards
Tracy
Thanks for that, Alderstead Heath is full, and has a 2 year waiting list which is now closed to new applications. Gatwick is also full with a waiting list but they will only take up to 22ft vans as longer storage spaces are limited in number. My van is 23ft and it was explained they will measure the van on arrival
Rules is rules as they say Abbey wood is to akward to get to for me and in most cases will be in the wrong direction for most of our trips.
Ian.
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