Is it a rip off?
Hi I have a rant to get off my chest
Just booked a site for 21 nights for an eye watering £540! After I got back on my feet I was informed that Caravan and Motor home club have increased their Easter fees this week two weeks early. Why I ask. even the management were embarrassed and thought it were shocking.
I spent 5 nights last week on a fabulous caravan and camping club site in heart of Northumberland with all the facilities and with over 60s discount £8 pn!
After only just re-joining I cannot see the benefits of staying with C&M club prices are beyond out reach.
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You could have searched out a cheaper deal instead of booking the club site. Perhaps a C&CC site or a CL… It’s just a suggestion and the good thing about club site bookings is that you can cancel up to 72 hours beforehand if you do find a better price elsewhere.
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"... even the management were embarrassed and thought it were shocking..."
Not sure how you came to that conclusion? Actually, an average of £26 per night over Easter doesn't strike me as being outrageous, although it's not an amount we'd be willing to pay. Which site was this?
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have increased their Easter fees this week two weeks early.
Depends on who's definition of "Easter" you use.
Some, but not all, varieties of Christianity define Easter Sunday as first sunday after the full moon after the spring equinox. Which was actually LAST sunday.
Many local authorities realised this wandering date upset school, and other, routines and fixed the dates to be consistent year after year. The Caravan Club seems to recognise these dates in the pricing.
The confectionery industry starts easter in mid-December.
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I only paid £3 less a night at the end of March for a club site so £26 a night at peak time doesn't seem too bad? Are you sure you would get the C&CC discount at peak times, I didn't think you did. On the timing of Easter peak charges I expect they are aligned with school holidays and with Easter being quite late it is possible that some schools take both weeks before Easter?
David
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After only just re-joining I cannot see the benefits of staying with C&M club prices are beyond out reach.
Presumably you had a reason for rejoining? Otherwise it seems a bit odd. The prices are there on the web site for all to see and shouldn't really have come as a shock.
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I can only guess that you have to go away at Easter, and have chosen a site at that price. So, walk to a mirror, take a long good look, and tell yourself.........
”This angst is self inflicted. I can do something about it, if I want to!”
😂 Life is full of choices.
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I have just returned from a fantastic stay at Black Knowle campsite in the new Forest. However due to the massive price increase of £10 per night from the 1st April we went a week earlier leaving on the 31st March saving £60..... I cannot understand why there was such an increase just because school holidays are approaching. The prices seem to yo yo throughout the year.
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"Serviced" pitches here at Black Knowl are £39.20 per night for a couple over this period, needless to say most nights they are full and the majority of users are motor caravans
Ps I have found that I can still service our c/van without out the add cost
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A serviced pitch at Hillhead next Easter is heading towards £50 per night for two. You can see the prices ahead, I feel this is hard on those who can only go away for school/works holidays and the only way to reduce costs is to take up the offers on cheaper sites (club or elsewhere) or use CLs or go on a rally.
Like BB I checked Hillhead as it seems to be the marker for higher prices, Knaresborough and Seacroft are similar. I don't how much the basic £15 will be next year?
Yes, from a personal viewpoint I think it's getting expensive but as a retiree on a fixed income I am choosing this type of holiday at present because I like it. I often tot up what alternatives there are and I'm realistic that most types of holiday will cost more at times like Easter.
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Really find it strange that motorhomers use serviced pitches....why ? they have fresh and waste water tanks, some are vast others not so big, but all would last at least a couple of days before a trip to the MHSP is needed. Another of life's little mysteries.
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We were in conversation in the men only area last night (dish wash room)and it included site prices, the consensus was that us oldies do not seem to realise how costs in all areas have increased since retiring also how much saleries have increased,the two younger men thought that what they were paying per night here including their children now on school holidays was very favourable and were quite happy with what it was costing
Min wage is now £9.20 an hour £368 per 40 hrs
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Good point, JV. We’re out of touch these days.
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All down to personal choice, of course. At Cirencester last week, where only the HS pitches are in use at the moment, the serviced pitches were pretty much full all week and split roughly 50/50 between caravans and motorhomes (and also roughly 50/50 between those hooked up to the water and those not).
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