Price Overkill

Well I've said it before and I'll probably say it again, K, - we have more in common than you could possibly imagine! 

I would think most people feel the same way - why worry about what places cost when you aren't going to be there?

It rather reminds me of a guy we came across on a holiday in Crete a few years back who seemed to do nothing but ask people how much they'd paid for the week and then complain about the fact that they had got a better deal than himself. Didn't seem to be enjoying his holiday one little bit!

If you read the whole of my post you will have noticed the bit about specific reason. Chatsworth was to meet my niece after 24 years.

The fee at Chatsworth was £40.30 per night. Where have I said it was 'too high'? I have stated it was the highest fee we have paid in this caravanning lark. You are evidently supportive of the smoke and mirrors employed by the CC in your indefensible attempt to break out the £4.90 service pitch as an 'extra' in line with your attempt to paint non CC sites that charge extras, however the examples I use are fees paid for a family with a caravan, the pitch type and services used, as in my story.

In the days of yore when you had a family holidaying the CC may have always been cheaper. A common comment we hear on CC sites and amongst caravaners is how the fees at CC sites have gone up so much in recent years. However in 2015/16/17 in our experience CC is not the cheapest. We have also had no issues or concerns around quality of sites. Our second ever CC site holiday had porta loos in a muddy field at top price by comparison to the commercial site the previous week. Not had porta loos on other sites over the decades we have been camping in various guises.

Chatsworth, despite your constant inferences, was not pretty well booked up when we were there in the school summer holidays last year, my post gave the occupancy and the ease with which the booking was made 3 weeks prior to arrival. Were you on site that week in order to report a different fact of occupancy? No, thought not!! tongue-out
I've posted before of your modus operandi in respect of defending till the death your factually incorrect view through rose tinted glasses. My posts are relaying facts, not complaints around fees. The fact remains, as much as you may not like it, that in our experience as a family, the CC fees are the highest of what we have paid. My opinion, which you clearly are not interested in, nor it appears those of anyone else who dares to post different to yours in respect of the CC, is that as a family the CC is not attractive with their prices and commercial offerings in family holiday times provide more for less.

I hope you educated children to have open minds and question validity of what they are told tongue-out Not bollock them for having the audacity to even think to challenge outdated mindsets.
fwiw my view of Chatsworth is summed up in my site review. A glorified car park in a previous country house walled garden. 2 other country house CC sites we have stayed at are far better for ambience, facilities and fees in our limited CC experience, but each to their own views, hey. tongue-out

If you read the whole of my post you will have noticed the bit about specific reason. Chatsworth was to meet my niece after 24 years.

The fee at Chatsworth was £40.30 per night. Where have I said it was 'too high'? I have stated it was the highest fee we have paid in this caravanning lark. You are evidently supportive of the smoke and mirrors employed by the CC in your indefensible attempt to break out the £4.90 service pitch as an 'extra' in line with your attempt to paint non CC sites that charge extras, however the examples I use are fees paid for a family with a caravan, the pitch type and services used, as in my story.

In the days of yore when you had a family holidaying the CC may have always been cheaper. A common comment we hear on CC sites and amongst caravaners is how the fees at CC sites have gone up so much in recent years. However in 2015/16/17 in our experience CC is not the cheapest. We have also had no issues or concerns around quality of sites. Our second ever CC site holiday had porta loos in a muddy field at top price by comparison to the commercial site the previous week. Not had porta loos on other sites over the decades we have been camping in various guises.

Chatsworth, despite your constant inferences, was not pretty well booked up when we were there in the school summer holidays last year, my post gave the occupancy and the ease with which the booking was made 3 weeks prior to arrival. Were you on site that week in order to report a different fact of occupancy? No, thought not!! tongue-out
I've posted before of your modus operandi in respect of defending till the death your factually incorrect view through rose tinted glasses. My posts are relaying facts, not complaints around fees. The fact remains, as much as you may not like it, that in our experience as a family, the CC fees are the highest of what we have paid. My opinion, which you clearly are not interested in, nor it appears those of anyone else who dares to post different to yours in respect of the CC, is that as a family the CC is not attractive with their prices and commercial offerings in family holiday times provide more for less.

I hope you educated children to have open minds and question validity of what they are told tongue-out Not bollock them for having the audacity to even think to challenge outdated mindsets.
fwiw my view of Chatsworth is summed up in my site review. A glorified car park in a previous country house walled garden. 2 other country house CC sites we have stayed at are far better for ambience, facilities and fees in our limited CC experience, but each to their own views, hey. tongue-out

David thanks for your thoughts.

We used to go on the continent with the MH regularly using Aires, Stelplatz, small sites etc. Also lots of 'owner club' trips in the UK and continent, that were always very low cost as the group would bargain for pitches. But that was before our daughter was at school when we had no timetable!!

Yes we are tied to school holidays but don't actually know when we can get holidays, the downside of the business I'm in, either flat tack away from home, or flat on me back!!. So most of our bookings are last minute or at best a few weeks out. If lucky might get 2 weeks in the school summer holidays. Last year we had 2 weeks, first and last. The year before that we got a month and went to Oz & Malaysia, and previously Oz, NZ, Singapore, Dubai at very reasonable per diem fees.

We did say for the first year of caravan ownership we'd stick to the UK and see where we go after that. We want to go to France with our caravanning friends that gave us the shove to change from a small Mh to the full fat caravan, for 3-4 weeks, but it will be business dependant.

IMHO It is within one’s control to choose whatever company/club etc. to book with for the time when one is able to go away. Whereas pricing structure within CC is not within one’s control therefore like everything else in life it’s down to personal choice.

Geez, common sense if I thought the asking prices were too high-I'd not pay them. I wouldn't pay them-admit I paid them then complain, that certainly ain't common sense