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  • SteveL
    SteveL Club Member Posts: 12,311 ✭✭✭
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    edited December 2018 #62

    Clearly enough folk think it is reasonable value. We have been several times for a week in the winter and there have always been plenty of folk in residence. Less popular sites with mid week discount work out at around £16.70. Both in my opinion are reasonable value, when you could well be consuming a fair chunk of your fee in electricity.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited December 2018 #63

    This year we have spent 62 nights away and our average per night price over the year was £22.20. this is a mix of CMC, C&CC and Commercial sites. The cheapest was £16.05 a night and the most expensive £26.00. We would have paid more had there been a site we wanted to visit. In total this year we have spent just under £1400 which is pretty good value for the equivalent of two months holidays? If I really thought that site fees were becoming unaffordable, personally I would be thinking of giving up and doing something else. 

    David

  • cyberyacht
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    edited December 2018 #64

    My average for the year was £13.66 for a mixture of Club,C&CC, Commercials, CL's and Aires. Previous years have averaged between £13 and £15.

    Keep cranking up the prices for a bit of field and a loo block and people will start seeing the attraction of an apartment in the sun with a pool for the same sort of money. Unless you tour on your own doorstep, the price of fuel could well be more than the cost of flights.

    I shall most certainly be voting with my wallet.

  • EasyT
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    edited December 2018 #65

    Given the relative cost of running a site in Winter with fewer users, more electric and little reduction in any of the outgoings compared to Summer I consider £22.30 to be reasonable.

  • peedee
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    edited December 2018 #66

    Don't need proof JVB. The fact that cancellations are allowed without penalty is good enough for me and mostly likely for many other members as well.

    peedee

  • EasyT
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    edited December 2018 #67

    I don't doubt that some may cancel due to weather and that concerns me not at all.

  • SteveL
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    edited December 2018 #68

    We have been cancelled twice by the CAMC because of the weather. Therefore it only seems reasonable we can as well.😉

  • SteveL
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    edited December 2018 #69

    Our directory just arrived. Having a scan through, I noticed the cost of a yearly WiFi pass has gone up by £2.50 to £27.50 However nice to see that dynamic bandwidth is now available on all gold / silver sites. It makes a real difference when there are not many folk using the system. We had 8MB download at Clumber the other day and similar at Tewkesbury in September.

  • EasyT
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    edited December 2018 #70

    From £2.50 to £27.50 is a hell of an increase!!

  • GVD
    GVD Forum Participant Posts: 175
    edited December 2018 #71

    As mentioned in past by members, Club is run by an accountant!

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited December 2018 #72

    I do hope and trust that an accountant is heavly involved. I would have considered such considerations an important element of managing such an organisation. Wouldn't you Nivag?

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited December 2018 #73

    That’ll be BY £2.50 which is a 10% increase.

    Perhaps that means it’ll perform 10% better next year. 😎

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  • EasyT
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    edited December 2018 #75

    In reality it has been at £25 for several years .... probably at least 4?

  • peedee
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    edited December 2018 #76

    If everyone or most cancelled a site due to weather the Club would have little or nothing in the way of income. At least with a non returnable deposit it will gain something.

    peedee

  • peedee
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    edited December 2018 #77

    WiFi was expensive at £25. I never used it then so I certainly won't be using it in the future.

    peedee

  • SteveL
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    edited December 2018 #78

    I think I am on my third £25, (could be 4) so not quite as bad spread over 3 years. I suppose improvements have to be paid for.

     

  • SteveL
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    edited December 2018 #79

    I certainly think it has improved by 10% in the last 3 years.😀

  • baileyvanman
    baileyvanman Forum Participant Posts: 106
    edited December 2018 #80

    Being a non member how come you have access to this part of the club website?

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited December 2018 #81

    It is an "open" website that several non members (some ex members) with their comments attempt to "disrupt?" without any success,mostly because of their lack of understanding that they are normally wrong with their commentswink

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited December 2018 #82

    Anyone can join the forum, BVM, whether a member or not. Apparently, the idea is to encourage non-members to join the club.

  • Tammygirl
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    edited December 2018 #83

    Same here, we have a mifi and use that all over Europe. We got sick of trying to connect to the wifi on club sites and then getting kicked out as more folk came on site.

    The wifi is too much as we don't frequent the C&MC sites enough to warrant the outlay. 

    The cost of sites IMO is not justified, I know others think differently but when I can get a site that has a swimming pool, lots of space, in a great location with great weather (yes over there) I will take it every time compared to an over priced C&MC site.

    As quoted on a previous page £22.30 for a gravel square, with no views, in winter, no thank you. Our average this year has been 15€ a night and that was in the shoulder seasons. So I would guess a 10€ a night saving  had we stayed in the UK. That works out roughly at 1100€ over the 2 trips we made this year, which more than covers the ferry cost.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited December 2018 #84

    Geez, TG, is there anything about the club you like?😂😂😂

  • baileyvanman
    baileyvanman Forum Participant Posts: 106
    edited December 2018 #85

    Thanks Tinwheeler, I wasn't aware of that, but I am now!

  • EasyT
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    edited December 2018 #86

    The cost of sites IMO is not justified, I know others think differently but when I can get a site that has a swimming pool, lots of space, in a great location with great weather (yes over there) I will take it every time compared to an over priced C&MC site.

    With respect Tammy, fantastic sites over there (with features that I do not particularly want) are damn all use to those of us looking to holiday within the UK. 

    There is a far lower minimum wage in Spain and  over the last 10 years, far higher unemployment. Just one of the factors leading to lower costs.

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  • EasyT
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    edited December 2018 #88

    I agree David but there are many economic factors in each country. My main point though is that it matters not what is available across the channel for those seeking to caravan within the UK

  • moulesy
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    edited December 2018 #89

    "The cost of sites IMO is not justified, I know others think differently but when I can get a site that has a swimming pool, lots of space, in a great location with great weather (yes over there) I will take it every time compared to an over priced C&MC site."

    Whether or not the cost of club sites is justified, the comparison with foreign sites which is so often made, is patently too simplistic. We stay in Europe (not on sites) each year; in the last 3 years fortnights in Croatia, Spain and Italy. We have noticed that accommodation, food shopping, eating out, visitor attractions, public transport and more are all significantly cheaper in those places. So why should the cost of sites be any different?

    Try comparing night for night costs on club sites with other commercial outlets  in the same area of the UK and the differences are minimal.

    We are actually using CLs more and more having discovered their attractions in the last few years, but if I was looking for a "full facility" site I'd pick a club site (consistent standards) over a commercial every time unless the commercial had been specifically recommended to me.

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  • Tammygirl
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    edited December 2018 #91

    Whether or not the cost of club sites is justified, the comparison with foreign sites which is so often made, is patently too simplistic. We stay in Europe (not on sites) each year; in the last 3 years fortnights in Croatia, Spain and Italy. We have noticed that accommodation, food shopping, eating out, visitor attractions, public transport and more are all significantly cheaper in those places. So why should the cost of sites be any different?

    I'm afraid I don't agree with you there M. I find France very expensive compared to the UK. I'm not sure about Italy as I've not been for a long time, last visit was before the euro. Croatia is probably cheaper again not been other than a day trip from a cruise ship. Spain I don't find it as cheap in the supermarkets as back here either, to eat out is cheaper but we rarely do that.  

    Why should the costs of sites in the UK be so expensive, the club have wardens on the sites that do all the work. Over there its employed staff to do the cleaning, reception, grounds work etc etc. 

     

    There is a far lower minimum wage in Spain and over the last 10 years, far higher unemployment. Just one of the factors leading to lower costs.

    I wasn't talking about Spain Alan, I was thinking about France. Their sites are half the price of the UK and yet have more things on them (even if you are not interested)  wages are higher there as is the cost of living and the camping season is much shorter than over here.

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