Pitch pricing
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Surely the answer is to use C&MC sites 'out of season" and C&CC sites during busy periods, bank holidays etc. As the C&CC club are way cheaper than the C&MC at high season with the same level of facilities.
Thats assuming you don't want to stay at a CS. It is still not possible to see reviews of any C&CC CS site due to the cock up of the launch of their 'new' web site lol!
It is still possible to find a really good CL with all the facilities sensibly priced but you have to do your research as they are generally catching up with the club site costs.
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It is still possible to find a really good CL with all the facilities sensibly priced but you have to do your research as they are generally catching up with the club site costs.
Well if members are prepared to pay the price for facilities, who can blame them. My self all I prefer is hard standing, water point and CDP
peedee
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Us too, peedee. Don't see the need for all the extra facilities as we have them in pour van. Will use them on a site if available as long as the cost of the site is within our price range.
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I'm not sure the C&CC are "way cheaper" than CAMC in peak season are they unless you can find one of their, usually franchised, sites that still maintains the age concession rate (Polstead did when we stayed there a couple of years back.)
But yes, the secret is to use the club sites out of season when, for us anyway, they offer good facilities at reasonable prices, and mix them with CLs and smaller private sites, many of which still offer great facilities for £15 to £20 a night throughout the year.
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We have just returned from a Devon tour as we call it
left home 1 stop Warwick race course 1 night
2 stop Baltic Wharf Bristol. 1 night
3 stop Dulverton. 9 nights
4 stop Stover. 21 nights
5 stop Baltic Wharf Bristol. 2 nights
6 stop Warwick race course. 2 nights
These are not top charging sites indeed stover is a no toilet block site and ok it went over spring bank fortnight but in total it cost £800 + around £22 per night. My other observation was that non of the sites were full in particular Dulverton and Stover in fact we have been to Stover for the last few year and never seen it as empty including spring bank and weekends.
both Baltic Wharf and Warwick were last minute change to plan as I was taken ill the week before we set off and decided to drive shorter distances before a break. This in previous years would not as been possible.
I have been vilified on here for saying the prices are too high I think with what I saw on these sites the bookings must be down.
I looked last night at York and Chatsworth all got availability ok some Friday/Saturday showing full but in week plenty of availability, this has not been the case in previous years.
£800+ for the time we had is to me expensive but we had a great time and all the club sites were excellent so things will change for us we will have to look to CLs or not go for so long.
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Pretty much what we think too......more CLs or we would have to cut down on nights away....we are not willing to pay much over £20 for a site out of peak period.
We did a 4 week trip over Easter, we used 1 CAMC site, 2 CCC sites (Easter is not a peak period for them in Scotland) and 2 CLs, I think our average came in around £17 per night that way.
Our upcoming trip will be almost 5 weeks and we have booked 2 CAMC sites, 3 CCC sites, and 3 CLs, I think we will still be below £20 pn on average.
Still to decide where we are going in September/October, but we will be heading south.
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West country of England sites always have pitches out of the main summer school holiday period, available
We have been since leaving home in early May to Seacroft,Sandringham, Clumber Park, Thirsk racecourse and now at Hawes and all the sites were either full or had very few pitches mid week after the half term break, which out of season can be expected ,I have walked round this site today and there is not one vacant pitch, and 99%are couples
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Not quite sure that you were vilified Clarinet man. Probably more disagreed with as many probably though CC prices pretty much median much of the season.
As for sites being quiet I am not that surprised. My eldest rents out a 6 berth caravan and said that although she is pretty much booked up July and August June was slow. She charges £50 a night outside school hols and bank hols. Also called into a fish and chip shop lunchtime about 23 may. I was speaking to the owner and saying how quiet it was as it has been heaving when I called in Feb and early April. He said that after May school hols it went quiet until end of June as folk had spent up.
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