Have CAMC over priced some sites
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we spend which is usually about £40 per day, but that doesn't include any food or drink as we always eat in the van so spend exactly the same at home or away with very little change.
Very little removed from us it seems Justus
I looked at our spending for two months of our last holidays (April/May and June/July) and credit card says £38 per day plus an average of £2 a day in advance deposits. That includes site, fuel, food and some eats out/coffee and cake
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Last visit, which was one of the most expensive sites worked out at £40 for site and fuel over 20 days. We don't usually factor in food as we have to eat at home as well, although probably more chips and cake. And we usually eat out a few times over that time but would do that as well at home.
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I'm obviously going to have to keep a closer eye on our spending next time we're away because I wouldn't have a clue what it works out at. Mind you, if I can wrangle Mrs M's credit card off her it'd probably be considerably less than it is!
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well we only record site fees and petrol and as they are the biggest and easiest to spot, we'll do a large shop once around but for day to day we use what we need to have a good time.
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Prices increased...level of occupancy decreased...revenue remains constant/increases even though level of occupancy has decreased. i.e. increase in price balances out decreased occupancy.
Rufs, If you check the report of the last AGM that is precisely what my interpretation is.
peedee
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Problem for me is that we don't always use a credit card - we do for (club) site fees and fuel, maybe a big food shop if we're staying for a week. Otherwise it's cash and I'm certainly not going to start checking how much we have got at the start and the end of a holiday (might be too depressing!
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All I know is that after our 4 weeks away the credit card bill was higher than usual. No surprise there!
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I arrived at £70 per day by simply subtracting todays bank balance from the one on the day I left divided by number of days away so far. Not used my credit card yet, cash and debit card only but I do record what is spent where and on what using an App.
peedee
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Must admit a nice lemon drizzle cake goes down well in the afternoons.
Generally we use a credit card for sites and feul and meals out while cash for day to day.
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fuel costs are a red herring, many Scots touring the SW will spend a shed load getting there and back, as will those from the south visiting (say) the Hebrides...
over there, vignettes and tolls aren't as important with 100 days to amble about. the roads are less crowded and better surfaced than here so travelling doesn't depend on tolls.
those with plenty of time will enjoy low cost motoring, low cost camping and low cost food/drink.
those who have only two weeks to travel and do it in peak periods will pay the heaviest prices.....sorry, but not representative of most of the continental touring described on CT.
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Alan, another throwaway remark which continues to highlight your 'fixed' style of touring.
each to their own (of course) but why are you 'unable/unwilling' to spend other than 5 nights in a place....if a place is nice why not have 7 for the price of 5?
folk go on about location being the main driver and it is for us (we just happen to find good value sites at the destinations we like) but some destinations on a new tour don't provide what we thought, so we move on...some we really find intriguing and we stay longer....sometimes much longer
to stay 5 days every time irrespective of how much interest a place holds seems strange, however I can attribute this to the 'fwd planning' folk have to do in the uk to secure pitches...ie, their itineraries are pre-mapped and rarely subject to variation.
our tours aren't like that, it would drive us nuts....
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fuel costs are a red herring, many Scots touring the SW will spend a shed load getting there and back, as will those from the south visiting (say) the Hebrides...
Hardly a red herring for many of us. Admittedly our tour route last trip was 900 miles not counting other motoring. Many will not be driving to Europe for a couple of weeks. I wouldn't as I would fly and hire a car as needed. For many working folk a third of their time away in a caravan is probably weekends and long weekends.
over there, vignettes and tolls aren't as important with 100 days to amble about. the roads are less crowded and better surfaced than here so travelling doesn't depend on tolls.
Not everyone as 100 days to spare.
those who have only two weeks to travel and do it in peak periods will pay the heaviest prices.....sorry, but not representative of most of the continental touring described on CT.
But representative of many members requirements who don't tour on the continent due, in part, to time available.
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"fuel costs are a red herring, many Scots touring the SW will spend a shed load getting there and back, as will those from the south visiting (say) the Hebrides..."
I’m possibly one of the few posters in this thread to have done that, BB, (as if you didn’t know) but I’m terribly afraid I can’t help you with providing any detail on fuel costs. When the tank's empty, it gets filled and that’s all there is to it. Whatever the cost, it was worth every penny.👍🏻
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BB - of course much of what you say is true for anyone touring abroad for 100+ days. That is the way you and others tour obviously and good for you. But for the vast majority, I suspect, it is completely impractical. Certainly nothing we could envisage (or would want to to be honest).
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