Caravan & Motorhome Club site prices
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Presumably that is for pitch plus one adult? OH was looking at Crystal Palace the other day and commented it would be £35 for the 2 of us at the moment, going down in September to £26 for 2 adults.
Even better in October, when we were thinking of going, £23.10 per night for 2 adults.
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I may have omitted to include the 2nd adult. Even though, still excellent value. I like to get a ‘London fix’ ever now and then and this site is perfect with location and transport links. CAMC have got some great city sites like York, Edinburgh and Bristol, but unfortunately I think the tenure of some of them is a bit uncertain - enjoy them while you can!
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Beyond our (self imposed) limit at the moment, as are pretty much all the sites in the peak period, but having considered the travel distance and other costs of London, we have settled for a Monday to Friday in Edinburgh at the start of our next few weeks away instead.
Have been in London many times, twice at Crystal Palace, so we have seen the things we wanted to see.
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I paid £34.20 a night for 2 adults at Sandringham at the start of August. I was aware of this figure before booking and to be honest I wouldn't contemplate paying this much but I met my grandchildren who were holidaying nearby. The site provided nothing special and as it was full felt very claustrophobic. The pitch I was on was sloping so much that my Milenco ramps couldn't correct it. I am now making a conscious effort to seek value for money and my next stay will be £6 a night on a non EHU CL over the August bank holiday.
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For me I'm struggling with how the sites we have visited operate.
I'm coming back to the club from spending a few years on commercial sites, and I wasnt a member for that long before, leaving because of increased weekend fees.
I don't mind profits being made, but I hate being left feeling as though I've been had!
As the club fees approach or are the same as the commercially operated places I have visited, I dont think its unreasonable of me to expect similar standards of service and quality.
Now it could be me, I'm prepared to accept this, I asked and ask again for peoples favourite CMC sites so I can consider the value of membership to myself.
I'm also understanding to have the protocols around the booking of sites that there is, has a monetary value, this being the only thing that's keeping me booking CMC sites, but to be honest we lived without it before, and can do so again.
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W&M........
Having been members for 21 years, we have visited a large number of Club sites, but I cannot say we have a favourite, and we have tried to visit sites we have not used before as far as possible.
There are a few we have used more than once, but generally for a specific reason.
Banchory as we have relatives in Aberdeen.....Inverness as it is a good stopover after Banchory and an interesting area......Ayr as we have friends there.......Edinburgh to visit friends and the museums....Meathop in the Lakes as it is relatively easy to reach from the M6 and usually less expensive than the other Lakes sites.....Knaresborough as a stop off and visiting shows at Harrogate......York for the sightseeing and the shopping.......Chirk as we visit friends not too far away.......Ferry Meadows as it breaks the journey to the Channel......Black Horse Farm for the ferry to France.....Crystal Palace for the sights in London......and the sites near Wroxham, Tintagel, Looe and Hayle for the area.
We only go somewhere to visit the surroundings, the site is never a destination or a place to relax, that we can do at home.
We do like the booking system, once you reach your 70s, things can often go wrong without warning! We used to be fine with the price, but having retired back in 2007 on a pension that does not keep up with RPI let alone CAMC inflation, in the last 4-5 years we are using far more CLs and CCC sites so we can continue having at least 3 months away each year.
We have a large twin axle with all home comforts, so as long as we have EHU we are happy, no need for a full facility site. These days we use Club sites usually only when they are under £20 per night, unless there is no reasonable alternative in the area.
We rarely go away in peak periods, and we have in the past holidayed mainly abroad, with maybe 4-6 weeks in UK, so our timetable is I think very different to yours.
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KjellNN
It's always very interesting to read your posts, I do read a few peoples without commenting, it was my secret.
Location is everything I agree, but having a pleasant well thought out and presented site adds to our holiday experience.
This year we have spent two holidays with CMC, the first the site added nothing, in fact if anything our holiday mood so to speak, was reduced, the cost of the CMC, there are 3 sites in the area open at that time of year, was the highest.
We intend going to the commercial site same time next year weather permitting, it will be interesting to compare.
The second site was below Lowestoft, cant remember its name, chose it for the "Next to sea" aspect. The actual site layout was nice, the reception building seemed a remnant from the war. Two pairs of Husband and wife wardens, super nice, and what I'm posting next isnt by anyway a criticism of them, but taking the buildings, contents, decor, site items, it just seemed all a little amateur.
Can folk understand that?
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The actual site layout was nice, the reception building seemed a remnant from the war. Two pairs of Husband and wife wardens, super nice, and what I'm posting next isnt by anyway a criticism of them, but taking the buildings, contents, decor, site items, it just seemed all a little amateur.
Can folk understand that?
No!
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No, but unlike you I don't base my holiday experience on things like that.
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Was your other site Sandringham? I seem to remember there was a discussion on it......was it too sloping or something? We have also been there, but we were down opposite a toilet block where it was pretty flat.
For next year OH was just looking at the CCC site there, works out £3-£4 less expensive for us, being over 60, but otherwise the price is very similar to the CAMC site next door. Looks nice in the pictures, so we may try it.
She has just finished booking our next trip, 1 CAMC site, 2 CCC sites and 2 CLs, prices ranging from £14 to just under £20 per night as we have a couple of nights in the school autumn break, so averaging £16.90 per night apparently. She is a great one for figures!
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Yes,
It wasnt just the excessive sloping pitch, does anyone decide if a pitch needs ground working?, my Millenco leveller was at its max reach,
The way the site was operated, partly to save money, the other was the warden had worked out a way of doing less. It was February and quiet, a bit of a cheek to be honest.
Fish and chip's from the van where nice tho!
White house beach, yes that's the one.
Lovely laid out site, pitch size all good. Wardens very good, even though I was declined a request, lovely people.
Again trouble is, you have the swish new name, the swish new logo on swish new signage, hi tech electric barrier's, all very modern and presentable, to then enter the site and find a Nissen hut as reception, equally poor interior and tat dotted around the site!
I know folk are going to jump on me, but having what looks like things made in a blokes garden shed scattered around, isnt in my eyes, in keeping with an image being portrayed and the site fees asked.
My point as always, it's ok to make a profit, it's ok to charge equal to or a little more/little less than the neighbouring sites, but I look at the whole package I'm paying for, which includes aesthetics and service.
So if the CMC site price, I'm not that minded about finding the cheapest, is equal to the commercial site with high service, modern infrastructure and decor down the road, where do you think I and all the other I's are going to go?
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Mine was Cardhu Gold Reserve and that certainly didn't help, either, ET.
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My point as always, it's ok to make a profit, it's ok to charge equal to or a little more/little less than the neighbouring sites, but I look at the whole package I'm paying for, which includes aesthetics and service.
So if the CMC site price, I'm not that minded about finding the cheapest, is equal to the commercial site with high service, modern infrastructure and decor down the road, where do you think I and all the other I's are going to go?
No idea but I would be going to the CC site
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same here
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