Club prices
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while non club sites offer something different?
well one could say they offer far better standards of cleanliness, I still often see the line up to caravan club site standards on reviews. The helpful and experienced warden system which is often commented on in reviews.
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The majority of those who post on here it seems are touring as a couple? and costings it also seems is Off Peak in the EU ,when looking at High season prices in the EU and the costs of getting there ,i do not see much difference with the UK ,that has it seems in the leisure industry considerably higher costs than some EU countries
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It's not that I don't want to hear your advice but we're talking about club prices and only club prices, not fees abroad or how great a holiday is. You consider club sites to be dear but can't tell me why🤷♂️.
You compare costs with overseas but that isn't telling me why you consider club prices to be high so I conclude it's just the usual mantra of knocking the club.
You will note that I have neither defended nor attacked the club. I just state things as they are while trying to ascertain why people consider club prices to be high yet still remain members of the club and flock to the sites regardless.
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So do I👍🏻, it don’t make the west any drier mind🙄
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True we tour as a couple but no dog now and seldom bother with an awning. If I was touring the Continent in summer, there is no need to travel so far as southern Spain and if you stay away from the hot spots it can be cheap and there is the added avantage of the Aires.
peedee
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I see your point MA🙁. I am Happy to holiday in Yorkshire’s forests & Dales, I like active holidays everywhere, the Sun is never a necessity mind👍🏻
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So my advice is perhaps ask them what is more important, location or time together on holiday.
Corners, The time together will be the same on a holiday here or there, the difference is sharing new experiences.
One example - one of our shared memories is once when we were shopping in one of the gigantic hypermarkets in France which sell everything from food, electrical goods of every description, swimming pool equipment, fishing, camping etc in fact almost everything you can think of and many things you didn't even know existed.
As a family, after my younger son said "Dad, look at this!" we were browsing when the shop assistant came flying towards us at what seemed a hell of a speed and came to an incredible stop alongside us. She was wearing roller skates!
Not something, ever to be forgotten and not something you would ever see in Asda
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"Not something, ever to be forgotten and not something you would ever see in Asda"
You do in some Tesco stores but the club prices aren't affected by it.
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I suspect if you looked at the expenditure of a family compared to a couple, they would be very much the same. It is just the families have less leisure time on their hands and cram their holidays into short periods of time with most breaks having to be in the peak season.
peedee
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UK weather in July into August has always been Unsettled as any check back at weather over many years will tell , being in the past the hottest months that can be wet
,Now we have as many experts keep advising ,the whole worlds weather is now getting more unpredicatable , as can be noted with news reports
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Yorkshireman, the costs are far worse than that.
Few people dare add up the capital cost of their vehicles, depreciation, storage, insurance and servicing - all on top of overnight site fees. It's actually cheaper to stay at the Ritz or Claridges , never mind Premier Inn.
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You got that right JV, folk flock to Spain to overwinter, the Worlds weather is getting more unpredictable🤷🏻♂️☹️-
PS-if it continues I may go to Spain for Christmas rather than Scotland👍🏻
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It’s called lack of Health & Safety🤷🏻♂️
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First of all we have a new van with large washroom, so every morning I fall out of bed, walk 3 m into the washroom, and fulfil all my ablutions and then I get dressed. Why would I want to follow the get dressed/walk to block/undress/shower/ balance one foot in the small drying area/ dress/ walk back to caravan. Even worse if it is bad weather.
So you can see from the above we don't use the facilites in this country unless I can walk there just wearing a pair of shorts ( like we can almost always do abroad). Consequently I don't think paying £30 a night is good value when I don't use them.
How many sites provide ( I know there might be a couple) provide table tennis tables so my wife and I can have a game. How many sites provide a largish swimming pool where you spend a nice peaceful afternoon.
I honestly don't think many British campsites can provide a relaxing pool experience and, in most occasions it is never warm enough anyway. So, in conclusion it's 5 van sites for us in this country and foreign sites for a more of a holiday experience.
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But you can get new experiences everywhere. It is not, as you appear to be suggesting, that this happens only abroad, or memories are better from over there.
Personally I wouldn't take my kids into a supermarket on holiday, or rather we wouldn't think that being in the world's biggest hypermarket is anything of value but we're all different.
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Mmmm, until one of your family got hurt then you’d call a lawyer, I’d prefer to be safe👍🏻
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But as they haven't got a Ritz or Claridges in Whitley Bay the views of St Mary's Lighthouse from Old Hartley will have to do won't they....and so will the "best" fish and chips at Seaton Sluice...because it's what people want to do that counts and it's a choice many enjoy.
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well I can think of about 25 club sites that have table tennis tables and definitely two that have heated outdoor pools.
And we do the relaxing by the pool thing abroad, it's just we use a plane to get there. Everyone is different but I'd rather not spend a few days getting there and let someone else do the driving and get to the all inclusive poolside bar in a day.
Although it has always been my dream for the does any passenger have any flying skills...
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The Club did not always have child prices up to age 18, I can remember, after we returned to caravanning in 1998, when DD was 13, we were at some point paying adult prices for her......possibly when she was 16?
As to the number of price bands, there definitely were not as many different bands back then as there are now, and the peak and shoulder bands have been stretched and stretched to take in every possible period when a few more people might want to holiday.
Value for money.........
Looking at 2 sites we were choosing between last September, a trip which we did not make in the end, we had invited DD and grandson (now almost 3) to come along. The Club site, standard pitch, tired facilities, very poor play area, would this year be £36 per night in September, while an affiliated site a few miles away, with an excellent kids play area, modern facilities, and access to an indoor pool, sauna and exercise suite (a £3 charge I believe) , on a serviced pitch would be £29.70 per night.
In August the Club site would be £40 per night, the other site still £29.70.
When you get to Early October, the Club site becomes £4 per night cheaper, only due to a mid week discount, but you are not getting the better facilities or a serviced pitch. If taking 3 adults and a 3 year old, I know which site we would be using!
Maybe we will get to try it out sometime.
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As AD says, for some reason lots of the vociferous supporters on here do seem to believe it is either here or abroad.
Why can't it be both? - what is wrong with a number of short trips here and a long one abroad.
Answers on a postcard please!
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That is pretty what we were doing up till I retired in 2007, a longer trip abroad, 3-6 weeks, anything left over was used in UK.
Since then we have done a long, up to 4 months, trip starting and ending with a week or two in UK, in spring/summer, maybe a week or so in UK in summer, then a 4-6 week UK trip in September/October.
One year we did 3 months in UK April onwards, and 2 1/2 months in France September onwards. Good to have variety.
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I didn't make it up just for the sake of something to post!
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No reason at all why it can't be both but what is the relevance to club prices?🤔
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when we had school holidays contend with every year 
, that you need to discuss it with Tesco before it arrives at a supermarket near you.