Do pitch fees include one or two adults?
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It can work on the odd occasion when circumstances fall into place. Rail networks are notorious users of the “from” price. Usually a couple of tickets on a 6am train, in the depths of Winter. I once dropped on an £8 ticket from Doncaster to Edinburgh. It cost me double that for the taxi fare to the station😂
My best ever train bargain was the Riviera Sleeper from Paddington to Penzance, £45 for a sleeper cabin all to myself, breakfast, free WiFi and First Class Bar!🤩
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In the latest handbook it gives price for 1 adult +pitch, and also price for 2 adults + pitch and the price per child. One thing you must realise is the this is the least that you will ever pay. When you check out the price at the most expensive times it will make your eyes water.
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I always call her the bride. Stops me from forgetting my place lol
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I'm even more confused now. I was under the impression that the pitch fee includes one adult, so if myself and the bride attend I have to book a pitch plus one adult. Are you saying I have to book the pitch plus TWO adults?
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Do folk really take any notice of the from price? They are in use by many industries, not just leisure. I think most of us are wise enough to know they rarely have any relation to the price you pay and ignore them.
It would be interesting to know how many of the membership use the handbook as there primary means of site investigation. I don't, I use the web site. This shows the price variations by season and whilst often a little confusing, it at least gives you a reasonable idea of what you will be paying. Certainly enough to decide wether you are going to progress to the next stage and make a booking.
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Exactly that as Steve detailed above.
Go to the website or handbook page of a site and check the prices. You will see each element is listed separately by date as it has been for as long as I can remember. It's all quite clearly set out.
Ignore the headline grabbing example 'from' price which, as the small print says, is for the pitch +1 adult and will be for the cheapest day of the year. It is misleading. Calculate your prices only from the table of fees and you will arrive at something like the example Corners pictured earlier.
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"fairly recently"?
The earliest Handbook I have kept is 2013/14 where it clearly states
" Nightly fees are payable per pitch and per person for adults and children aged 5-17years"
so the pricing structure has been like this for at least seven years and I think well before then.
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I don't think that you can compare buying in M&S to a leisure industry booking at all.
Firstly the price in M&S is (allowing for inflation and 'sales') do not change when you buy it? The price will be the same the week before a BH as to actually on the BH. There are no 'peak' times from buying a shirt from M&S?
Secondly I know that you have travelled a lot having had a house over there and now a MH. So in booking a flight or ferry did you not come across the 'from' price ever? Did you take that as face value then get upset wen asked to pay a higher price? Have you been upset when you wasted your time in this manner?
You were a banker did your bank ever advertise a loan or other product using the same rate 'from'?
It is a misleading tactic (that you or your bank rather probably as a banker have used?) but as I said before I just ignore it, and I suspect others do. I choose my dates, site and look at the final price given on the booking screen.
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I agree totally. I suppose that being a 'full time user' of club sites (that's a point - am I furloughed?) I roughly know the prices anyway.
And yes I keep the handbook in the car and only ever use it when when travelling to 'investigate' and find a never been to site before. I do keep them and have my first from 1999.
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Two different things, YB.
1) The fairly recent change to the ridiculous example 'from' headline price.
2) The actual pricing structure which has been as you describe since goodness knows when.
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Great news that the new Sites Directory and Handbook has landed and you've received your copy. For those eagle eyed members who picked up on the positioning of the blue pitcher marker on the front cover image, we just wanted to reassure you that we gave permission for this as a one-off occasion.
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I would suggest forgetting what you think, and go to the prices for a Site, do a dummy booking......
Pitch fee
number of adults (in your case 2?)
Number of children (?)
Website will calculate your nightly fee for you, and the price of your total stay. Very little in way of thought, or maths involved, it really is simple.
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Oh Rowena, that could just be a huge mistake.....😂 Folks on here don’t miss a thing, the debate will rage shortly😂😂
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If you have a wife or partner at the same address, you should automatically get 2 cards when you take out membership, as long as you say you are a couple.
That way your wife/partner can use a site as a member without you being there.
As long as one member is in residence, additional people can stay without incurring the non member fee, including on members only sites
If you loan your van to a non member, they will have to pay the additional non member fee, and could not use a members only site.
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Except that there will be the reduction of 1/8th in any final price, up to the end of March, due to the change in VAT from 20% to 5% given by the Chancellor, which I suspect has not been deducted on the listing on the web page.
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Ah, well remembered Nellie. 👍I had forgotten about the Chancellor’s “get out, get Covid” bribe🤣
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I got out a few times and saved a few pounds as a result of the "bribe" and managed to avoid catching covid as well, so from my point of view it was a good incentive. I think it's all a matter of being sensible when you are out there and following the guidelines.
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We got it too on the last club site we used on our recent trip, which brought it to mind when reading tda's post. Agree completely with your second sentence Compo. I was hoping to get away locally again next week for a few days but we've just been promoted from Tier 2 to Tier 4 so it's definitely a no go now.
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Seems a little odd the price being just for the pitch, after all how can you use the pitch at all if a human being cannot access it.. You need one adult to site and hook up the caravan, so if you took this literally you could just buy the pitch for the caravan but you would be denied the use of it, so it would be false advertising by the club if it didnt allow a 1 adult free access to use the pitch i would say.
Not even sure why they charge so much per adult, costs do not rise that much for each adult, no extra space is taken up, no real extra electricity used, at most maybe a tiny fraction more water... Just seems a bit of a marketing trick that leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
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Steve was explaining the total cost is made up of the fee for using the pitch (ie pitch fee) plus a charge per person. It’s quite clear on the price breakdown on each site's webpage and the headline 'from' price explains that figure comprises of the fee for the pitch + 1 adult.
As for why the prices are what they are, that’s a whole different debate😀
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It’s not uncommon for an outfit to be on a pitch, but no one in it for a couple of nights, say to stay somewhere like Isles of Scilly. In this instance, only fee for pitch is paid, not for occupants. Remembering of course to advise Site Staff....
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It couldn't have been that recent as I joined the Club in 2013 and it was per pitch plus each adult, when I joined, which is why I prefer to stay on Club sites rather than CL sites or commercial sites. I think that the CCC would be even cheaper at certain times as they give an age discount for over 60s (or is it 65).
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I think ED is talking about the headline 'from' price I referred to earlier, rather than the actual charges.
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