2017 Site fees

I regularly critisise club prices (for me off season) and the lack of immagination shown by Ho following the increased movement by commercial enterprises intothe non static market. However with the advent of the internet, Google etc we can now assess all sites including Cls quite well and can make a good guess at the quality we can expect in any location. The truth is Commercialsbare as good, usually  cheaper than CC ( off season) and compare very favourably with the same price increases seen now on CLs. My conclusion is that unless the CC wakes up, over the next say 5 years matters will be out of their hands. A problem for the next generation of vaners as in the meantime I will select the best option for my needs.

Exactly the point that I've made several times. Well said!

..I have to agree.  Well Said. !!!

Those who cannot abide any post which doesnt toe the Company line on current CC prices and submit alternatives,,,, seem to forget that this is a Discussion forum and people are actually allowed to post their honest opinion on the subject indicated by the thread heading.

Cheers...................K 

When I last used a Club site it was full and I paid £21 to park on a sloping muddy grass pitch, this was at the end of a 77 night continental tour where I had paid an average of £13.97 a night . Judging by that I think they can charge what they like
and still fill the sites

Can't say that I have pitched on a sloping muddy grass pitch on a CC site. But for a hard standing I would be happy to pay £21. I could certainly find commercial sites of similar quality to the usual CC sites at dearer prices without hardship.

Seems to compare favourably with a £21 continental site giving the amazing reported cheapness of those sites. 

I think you misunderstand , the £21 site was Blaydon Chains and I was on my way home from Portsmouth. Whilst away  I had paid at 12 different sites between £10 and that  £21 .Like many consideration of  location and whether it suits us comes way before  price
but there is no getting away from the fact that we wouldn't have had 77 nights for £1043 using club sites

Write your comments here...you have to factor in ferry cost,and ins as well

Just had a look at some of the prices we paid last year. We stayed on Treamble Valley CC site in September this year cost £248.30. Price for the same time in September 2017 £277.20. That's £28.90 extra.That is a big increase on this year. Over 10% I wish my money would go up like this.

Is the holiday at exactly the same time? As looking at September prices,  they only seem to have increased by 3.7%

Only 3.7% ?

Only 4 times the rate of inflation?

And that is taking an optimistic comparison.....many are far higher increases.

I motoroam solo approx only 25% in U.K. and rarely use CC sites, preferring CLs, vinyards or Aires etc. However, I never stay anywhere for more than two consecutive nights so as long as there's (preferably but not essentially) a CDP and water I'm happy, regardless of pricing, and may return later on my tour if I particularly like the site. As previously said by others, it's my retirement leisure passion and the cost is not even a consideration. My choice is based solely upon location and availability. I only stayed two nights this year on each of two CC sites; Smedmore to walk around the Jurassic coast and Hunters Moon to visit Corfe Castle. Smedmore was very sloping (one could say steep) soggy grass and no loos or showers but that didn't concern me at all, and Hunters Moon was noisy and regimented so didn't appeal to me as a site to use again. I spend far more on diesel than I do on pitches.

I have the impression that tuggers tend to stay on one site for longer periods than motoroamers (I could be wrong so don't castigate me) and can see that to them the site's quality, price, facilities and location is more important than if moving on regularly. If I was a tugger and staying for a week or two with kids then immaculate showers and loos and access to play facilities, a pool and proximity to the seaside and cost would be important.

So if I made comparison on the price of Dunnet Bay, would I have to factor in the cost of fuel from the south coast to the top of Scotland?

Not at all. But if doing a comparison with CC sites and when looking at Dunnets Bay you should compare with a coastal site in that area rather than with somewhere in the Algarve. 

I have the impression that tuggers tend to stay on one site for longer periods than motoroamers (I could be wrong so don't castigate me) and can see that to them the site's quality, price, facilities and location is
more important than if moving on regularly. If I was a tugger and staying for a week or two with kids then immaculate showers and loos and access to play facilities, a pool and proximity to the seaside and cost would be important.

 

When I caravanned with kids we usually moved every few days. Although we did usually stay for 8 or 9 days each year on a particular non facility site. Most caravanners I come across tend to stay 4 or 5 days it seems although many do stay longer