Rip off Britain
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the cost this past week at SB would have been as follows...
fri and sat @£40 per night, sun to thurs @£15 per night
total for the week £155.
Broadway is £25.60 per night, total for the week £179.20
so, Broadway is £15% dearer for the full week.
so, we are not even in peak yet and the club is already miles out of kilter with better equipped commmercials...
yes, SB will be very expensive for a short period of time in peak, but the club has increased significantly the dates on which they charge their upper level prices...
throw in free wifi, access to things like bike hire, a 'village centre' with a shop on site, a restaurant, a bar, water and drainage on our pitch and the true difference starts to emerge.
the cc site formula of a pitch and a loo is not particularly good value, i would have been charged another £25 approx for the serviced pitch that week and even more for the wifi....
at Lytton Lawn now i am using free wifi and we have water on the pitch, again at £15...thats quite a difference from a std club price of over £25.
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"Try Sandy Balls in August and you will appreciate club sites"
what was SB like in the August when you tried it, WW?
did you find it crowded, expensive, interested to know your experience....
personally i wouldnt be on any campsite in August, club or commercial.
to get back on topic, the continental sites we have used are far nearer the uk commercial model, with more facilities for your Euro and, for the most part, fantastically good value.
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When we got the caravan after 9 years of MH ownership, we decided to join the CC and evaluate if we continue membership beyond the first year. As part of that analysis I'm writing an article that I'll put on here once the 1st anniversary passes at the end
of this month and I have the first service costs.I'll share the site cost side of things so far:
Lowest cost night = £14 on a CL with 10 Amp electric.
Lowest cost night with electric = £15 on a CC Rally.
Lowest cost night fully serviced pitch with leisure facilities = £18 on a commercial site.
Fully serviced pitch night in school summer holidays = £30 on a commercial site with leisure facilities.
Grass pitch with electric night in school summer holidays = £33 on CC site.
Fully serviced CC pitch night in school summer holidays = £40
Serviced pitch night in school holidays = £23 on a commercial site near Alton Towers.
Fully serviced pitch night with leisure facilities at Christmas = £23 on a commercial site.
CC Membership per night away = £2.71
As can be seen the CC is generally the higher cost for less facilities. There are few CC sites open in the winter for our needs ie weekends away after school on a Friday as we have a school age daughter.
Site cost is our prime driver. Standards of sites has been much of a muchness so far.
If the CC wants our exclusive custom, then it has to lower the costs and provide sites that are open when we want them, and in the winter have fully serviced pitches available.
We have renewed our CC membership so will use CC sites, but only when the costs are competetive with other offerings.
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"The CC will continue charging whatever it likes because it knows people will pay whatever it takes".
Those words, or very similar, have been used time and again by those who look for any opportunity to knock the club. And yet still they use club sites (even off peak at its excessive rates!) Why? When for pretty much any club site there must be numerous
alternatives within say a 10 mile radius. I just can't get my head round why they contine to stump up these "excessive" charges.We've only spent a total of 8 nights on club sites so far this year; including the early May bank holiday we've paid, on average £17 per night (2 adults, 2 dogs, HS & EHU) which seems reasonable to me. Next week we're having 4 nights at Lady Maragaret's
Park (a touch over £20 per night) and 8 nights at Penrhos where, by using some site night vouchers it'll work out about £16 a night. Is that excessive? Is it a rip-off? Well if I thought that I wouldn't be paying it, would I?(Incidentally, on the way back we're having 3 nights at a private site near Welshpool, recommended by friends at £22 a night plus £1 each for the dogs, more expensive but just within the £25 ceiling we use for July & August trips).
So come on, folks, if it's really such a bad deal, vote with yur wallets and your wheels - there are loads of alternatives out there - take advantage of them!
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When for pretty much any club site there must be numerous alternatives within say a 10 mile radius.
I guess then that the ones that don't are concentrated mainly in Scotland.
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When for pretty much any club site there must be numerous alternatives within say a 10 mile radius.
I guess then that the ones that don't are concentrated mainly in Scotland.
You may be right about that, Nav - it's a long way from Wiltshire so we haven't ventured that far with the van in tow. But then I don't think those sites in Scotland are the ones folk complain about the prices of, by and large, are they?
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When for pretty much any club site there must be numerous alternatives within say a 10 mile radius.
I guess then that the ones that don't are concentrated mainly in Scotland.
You may be right about that, Nav - it's a long way from Wiltshire so we haven't ventured that far with the van in tow. But then I don't think those sites in Scotland are the ones folk complain about the prices of, by and large, are they?
..probably not M, but with the club extending the peak season up here this year, to encompass both the Scottish and English school holidays we are having to pay much higher prices for much longer
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with less sites to take our business elsewhere. It doesn't affect me as I don't go away on CC sites at this time anyway but for some it must be as problem. I have to say that sometimes the complaints on here do sound very petty to those of us that live north
of the border. We generally have worse weather, a shorter season, higher fuel prices, higher food prices, much less choice of sites. Yes we can come down South but that is only worth doing for longer trips, so up here we are sometimes disadvantaged by all
these 'offers' that other parts of the UK benefit from, oh how I would like the choices down South gets.0 -
"Yes we can come down South but that is only worth doing for longer trips, so up here we are sometimes disadvantaged by all these 'offers' that other parts of the UK benefit from, oh how I would like the choices down South gets.. Yes
we can come down South but that is only worth doing for longer trips, so up here we are sometimes disadvantaged by all these 'offers' that other parts of the UK benefit from, oh how I would like the choices down South gets."
TG - some of us down here would give our right arm for one of the choices you look as if you might be getting shortly!!
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TG
An interesting perspective from a Scot !
I live in North Wales but will be spending over 7 weeks in Scotland this year, cos I love it.....!
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"Yes we can come down South but that is only worth doing for longer trips, so up here we are sometimes disadvantaged by all these 'offers' that other parts of the UK benefit from, oh how I would like the choices down South gets.. Yes
we can come down South but that is only worth doing for longer trips, so up here we are sometimes disadvantaged by all these 'offers' that other parts of the UK benefit from, oh how I would like the choices down South gets."
TG - some of us down here would give our right arm for one of the choices you look as if you might be getting shortly!!Not me, might end up moving south yet
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TG
An interesting perspective from a Scot !
I live in North Wales but will be spending over 7 weeks in Scotland this year, cos I love it.....!
I'm glad that you love Scotland, many do when they visit it
By the way I'm not Scottish, I'm a Yorkshire lass, OH is the Scot.
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"Yes we can come down South but that is only worth doing for longer trips, so up here we are sometimes disadvantaged by all these 'offers' that other parts of the UK benefit from, oh how I would like the choices down South gets.. Yes
we can come down South but that is only worth doing for longer trips, so up here we are sometimes disadvantaged by all these 'offers' that other parts of the UK benefit from, oh how I would like the choices down South gets."
TG - some of us down here would give our right arm for one of the choices you look as if you might be getting shortly!!Not me, might end up moving south yet
Might offer you a swap then. Lovely down here in Wiltshire!
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Scotland is a wonderful country. The scenery is stunning The people are very friendly and there is a great choice of sites. BUT the Wee Beasties don't like those from south of the border, so I would suggest that anybody crossing the border to caravan in
Scotland should only do so in high season. Forget the mid and quiet seasons, that's when we Scots like to caravan and we like the sites to be quieter so we don't have to book in advance.K
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Scotland is a wonderful country. The scenery is stunning The people are very friendly and there is a great choice of sites. BUT the Wee Beasties don't like those from south of the border, so I would suggest that anybody crossing the border to caravan in
Scotland should only do so in high season. Forget the mid and quiet seasons, that's when we Scots like to caravan and we like the sites to be quieter so we don't have to book in advance.K
.To be honest the wee beasties are not that choosy as my daughter can testify.
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Scotland is a wonderful country. The scenery is stunning The people are very friendly and there is a great choice of sites. BUT the Wee Beasties don't like those from south of the border, so I would suggest that anybody crossing the border to caravan in
Scotland should only do so in high season. Forget the mid and quiet seasons, that's when we Scots like to caravan and we like the sites to be quieter so we don't have to book in advance.K
.To be honest the wee beasties are not that choosy as my daughter can testify.
Write your comments here... Aye, but let's keep that to ourselves, The threat of the Wee Beasties keep hordes of southerners south of the border. A win- win situation for Scottish Caravanners.
K
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