Pricing in the directory and online
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Harry, the locked thread is still there to read.
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This is the second questionable action by the club in two years, the renaming without widespread consultation of the membership being the previous one.
What the hell is going on??"
The Club is slowly dragging itself out of the dark age. It will get there one day with deposits, minimum stays at hot spot sites and even electricity meters but probably not in my lifetime.
peedee
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The absence of readily available prices is, IMHO, merely a ruse to disguise the inexorable increases in the cost of staying on a club site. I sampled a couple with which I am familiar to find that, for the archetypal unit plus two adults, they vary between around £26 low season to well over £30 in high season. I didn't dare look at the "honeypots".
All I can say is, thank goodness for the CL network as I would think it unlikely that I shall ever visit a club site again unless it was a 'no facs' one.
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I am less concerned about the variation between book and web prices than I am about the price online at the time of booking which is a binding price.
For example we want to go to see the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch railway again, perhaps early April 2019.. I've looked at a Caravan Club site near to Hythe and it is just over £26 per night and I've looked at a Camping Club site at Folkstone which is just a little over £18 per night with the age discount. If we stay for 5 nights that's a £40 difference between the 2 sites...
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I wonder if the club think that their members are in some way loyal and only ever look at or use club sites. Not in our case, we always shop around for a suitable sites at a better price in the same area.... Less than £20, is good, less than £25 is just OK, above £25 is look for somewhere else. Ah yes some will say, but you know what you are getting with caravan club sites... yes I do, I'm getting overcharged.
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I wonder if, with the rolling year round booking, the Club are able to get a better idea of when sites are popular and adjust prices accordingly? What sometimes happens at Easter is that schools will have different holiday times around the main dates which tend to extend the peak period to cover all those dates?
David
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David
Sorry for thinking the post had been Deleted User I had looked in the wron g section.
Thanks for the explanation. It does seem to be a point the could be addressed by the club. It is annoying to think you have posted a worthy reply only for the post to be stopped.
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I agree with you, the only way to get the dates needed is to book for the year and cancel those dates not required 72 hours before the deadline.
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Totally agree with your first sentence.
I have looked at 4 most popular sites and the difference in price from low to high season is up to £13.50 per night for two people.
Peak Off Peak
Black Knowl 35.30 23.40
Baltic Wharf 36.60 23.80
Chatsworth 36.40 22.90
Rowntree Park 36.50 23.20
That took a while using the new system of looking on line. If the price had been in the handbook then it would have been more instant
Yes, thank heavens for cl's
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Harry
Sad to say I wouldn't have any expectations that there will be a whole raft of improvements to the way this forum works! Even if we had a merge facility as some forums do it is not completely fool proof as it tends to merge posts in date order which can cause a bit of confusion.
David
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Above quote refers to Kinlochewe site.
The increase of £5.50 really needs qualifying Harry. It has only gone up by that amount for the days that midweek discount was available, as that is no longer on offer. Otherwise it is an increase of £1.90 from 2017 to 2019. The reason for MWD is lack of interest midweek, so if the site has become more popular of course the CAMC are going to discontinue it.
It was never available in May anyway, which in my opinion is one of the best times to go.
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CL prices are very rarely as per what is in the handbook
Certainly not true, JVB, and they are nowhere as different as the prices on CC sites between one year and the next.
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It was never available in May anyway, which in my opinion is one of the best times to go.
MWD was available in May, as we've been there twice at that time and have benefited from it both times.
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In peak periods there are numerous reasons that pitches seem to become available at short notice not just cancellations,ie damaged pitches/ previos power faults etc
That may well be the case JVB, but the main reason is and always has been cancellations. It will only get worse too with the opening up of the 12 month booking system.
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As very regular CL users we find that the price quoted in the SD is much more often than not the price that we are quoted when booking.
It was the use of the phrase "very rarely" that I was questioning.
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But there is no proof of that although the site staff on sites that i have the pleasure of knowing will not accept that either,, faults and damaged pitches when repaired are far more likely to be the reasons for pitches to become available at short notice,it does not show so much when sites are less busy at weekends
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Well they would say that, wouldn't they....sticking to the company line!!!
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It was available in 2017 but they ditched it for 2018, looking at my copy of the SD.
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I don't pay that even in June, certainly wouldn't pay that in winter.