Club rules outdated
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i guess many of the folk who 'don't like pools' don't/can't swim
In our case the opposite is true. We all swim well, two to county standard, and find leisure pools frustrating to use
I’m happy enough to use a campsite with a pool but won’t pay a premium to do so
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i guess many of the folk who 'don't like pools' don't/can't swim, yet it may be that the kids would love it...perhaps it's an age thing with older members.
Not true in my case BB. I swim several times a week at home. However, it is heated to a suitable temperature and more importantly adult only, so I can actually swim.
I really enjoyed the pools over there, at 17 / 19€ a night it was great and there was rarely more than a few in. Not so sure I would have liked it so much at double that and full of kids during the holidays.
A pool here, to be available when most of us caravan, would have to be covered, heated and attended. Very, Very expensive to run and could only increase prices above current levels.
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Well that clearly suits you David and if you are in an area with guaranteed good weather and sea on hand then I can see why you'd use it as a destination - not many club sites fall into that category.
But, to be honest, it would be anathema to us. When we tour overseas - and stay in hotels - we don't even stay in one place then, and we've stayed in some excellent hotels with every possible facility. To us the idea is to get out and about exploring new areas so we'd hire a car or use public transport. I can't remember the last time we spent a full day at any hotel.
Do you explore at all when you go to Cuba?
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so that they do find it attactive and then retain the desire to return as they get a bit older..
to quote Al Murray I think it's more more complicated than that
The 'standard family' as I have seen over the years is in their thirties and forties, Were the parents club users as children? If they were then they had even less of on-site facilities than there is now, not to mention no EHU perhaps, and no current van mod-cons. Why are they using caravan sites now?
As the current children row up and have families of their own I would imagine that a different mindset comes into play, one based on 'economics'. You want a cheaper holiday for your family, start with a tent and progress, or splash out on one big foreign holiday aboard or use that money to finance a caravan/MH that can be used more often over the entire year, we did the latter.
My own children half still like to come away in the van, the rest prefer more traditional holidays in hotels and B&B where they still travel out each day, I have asked and the actual site and facailties played no part in their decision .
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‘most of the 'mustnt Change anything' brigade will be long gone and it will be today's youngsters who will (or won't) using the club sites of the future’
BB, ‘the mustn’t change anything’ brigade, does that include those who don’t want the C&MC to extend the Service Pitch numbers?🤔
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Ah, somebody else spotted the anomaly.
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Not what we generally found David. It was usually breakfast, kids off for a wash whilst I make butties and then out. Back around 5pm, mucky kids off for a shower whilst I made a meal. After evening meal a game of boules if weather was good or tennis rackets and sponge ball. I would usually sit down for a glass of wine after the kids were ready for bed
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BB...you nicked my suggestion made in another thread....I said convert all to SP and make a standard charge across the board of £50 pn per pitch....in fact the club has gone further by keeping the per person/child ratio increase which realises more income than my suggestion of £50 per pitch... (£52+ on standard...+ supplement for SP... is creeping up to the £60pn mark)..At this rate of £70 pn will be the norm by 2020. Better start looking for some blue chip that will help me pay for our hobby...
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It always surprises me that the Club sells one sort of site here in the UK and sells a completely different sort of site overseas. So inconsistent !
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the club owns or runs sites over there? when did that happen?Might be tempted
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of course if they were run to the same high standard, and as safe as sites over here, why not?
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Throw in a few 5* pods & I may be interested👍🏻😊
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It's a fact of contemporary life that most people want the rules changed to suit their current situation.
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