Email regarding price increases
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As I said originally, having given advance notice of the price rise, the Club now needs to give far more detail of how they have increased prices, why the variation, what savings the Club is making etc. Also an explanation of their request to members to use less electricity e.g. by using solar.
We have one night booked in May at Ashridge Farm which has increased by £1.50. I think this is on the pitch fee.
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Shouldn't that last sentence be prefaced with the word "yet"?
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You expect a lot from them then!
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My impression is that they have slowly working through the price rises on individual sites throughout the day.
Last week I noted the prices on half a dozen sites that I may have the chance to use this summer. Early this morning, all the sites were showing the same prices, however as the day has progressed I,ve noticed the prices change. First was Cirencester, in the late morning, the last one I noticed change was Cheltenham, in the late afternoon.
I'm guessing all will be eventually changed to their new prices.
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I think (unless mistaken) the price increase might only become apparent on arrival. So you book at one price, the Club sends out an email telling folks that they are having to increase prices to cover fuel costs, but aren’t changing the prices on the website🤷♀️ You might get to know if you can contact the Site direct, but it’s a lottery as to whether or not anyone is picking up the phone. Happy holidays and that will be £x more to stay, thank you!
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From Jilly's OP.
From 5 April 2022 you’ll be able to see the exact new price you’ll pay by logging into ‘My profile’ and clicking on the ‘My UK Sites Bookings’ section.
Reading Davetommo's post it would appear that either that is not the case or that on certain sites there is no increase, although I can't believe the latter would be the case knowing the CC!😊
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As it is from 5 th April when you see the exact new price you would expect prices for bookings in April to be the 1st to show the new price. I was thinking they might do alphabetical order. But if that was the case the the site beginning with the B would be one of the 1st. Who knows how these people work.
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Thanks, I missed that bit. 😯
Deposits up next then. That will be fun😂
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Just a thought, has the club considered changing all the fuses on the bollards to 10 amps ? That way, low to moderate users would notice very little difference and pitch fee increases could be maintained at less punitive levels for all members.
Forgive me if this has already been suggested, but I couldn't find any mention of it upthread using google.
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Rates seem to have risen sharply and are now not competitive with private sites with same falcilities.
We stayed three times last year on club sites, this year we are staying only on private sites.
Yes, energy prices are rising steeply but site fees seem to be increasing more!! We feel it would be better if the club went back to the old way of charging seperatly for electricity. It only stopped doing this becaiuse of an EU ruling and now we have left it is an option. Some rigs can run without hookup so we should have the option.
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Jim
I think it has been suggested before as has the 6 amp option which many of us are used to in Europe. Whilst it might work for the bulk of the year I think that it could be difficult for some especially in very cold weather when heating is on at full strength which starts to make it a bit borderline with other appliances being used. I think there are probably only two ways forward. one would be to accept the status quo which means that site prices will continue to rise as long as we have an energy crisis or start charging for the use of electricity separately. The latter would mean that individuals would at least have a degree of personal control?
David
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Today I asked the club (via chat) how to cancel the automatic membership renewal as I was thinking about not renewing when its due in May.
I got the information I required but it surprised me that I was not asked WHY I was considering not renewing.
Surely this is something that the club needs to know. As a member it really doesn't make you feel valued, they keep spouting about being valued members, valued my eye.
Reasons why we might not renew, is it VFM anymore, deposit system doesn't bother me but they have now lost the edge they had against other operators. We are members of both clubs, so we need to be. We hardly ever use club sites these days only CLs.
This latest rise in prices which has not been dealt with very well has just put the icing on the cake. Everyone has to make their own decision but for us I cant see its worth staying members of both clubs.
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Would 10 Amps really make that much of significant difference.
Just because 16A is available doesn't mean you have to use it all or even is it possible to use it all of the time? I use EHU for heating and while it is heating the caravan up it's on at the 1.8 Kw but after that the caravan is kept warm enough at the 0.9 Kw setting. I can't think of too many times when I reach 3 Kw, maybe on a really cold morning when it's sub zero outside and the electric hob is on as well while cooking, a kettle? or a hair dryer? but these are short lived times although I suppose every little bit helps.
10 A would give 2400 W to 'play' with.
Just to add, if the club does this alone isn't there the danger that people will go to other sites that offer 16A? I personally feel that outside of CT people want as much power as they can for all their needs?
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Evening
Reducing the amperage is a good idea, it focusses the user. It would be cheaper to change the sites rcd's compared to installing meters to each bollard. Buying in bulk, 10 amp rcd's go out around £20 a pop, so on my site that would be £2300 plus labour at approx 1 & 1/2 days. I don't think that's the way forward though. Personally I'd like to see digital meters for each 16 amp pitch run remotely from reception, payable at departure through previously submitted details by the user. Very expensive. Second choice would be prepaid card meters preloaded online. Who knows what's around the corner
JK
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At least it would stop the constant complaints about this topic, might be worth it
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Reasons why we might not renew, is it VFM anymore, deposit system doesn't bother me but they have now lost the edge they had against other operators. We are members of both clubs, so we need to be. We hardly ever use club sites these days only CLs.
I fully agree with you, but using the cl sites is on condition of being members
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JK
I think those of us who have been used to lower wattages would probably cope as we are used to thinking in terms of wattage supply. However I would suggest that many in the Club would find it difficult to cope with such a change. Would people turn the heating down or off to enable them to heat up some soup in the microwave? The Club can't even ban heaters in awnings! I also think that CS has a point about it not making a lot of difference? The path is clear in my mind, the Club have to decide, fairly quickly I suggest, how they recover the extra cost of energy. Do they continue add it to the price of a site stay or do they charge separately for electricity. I appreciate its not as simple as I suggest but a decision has to be made.
David
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We have a booking on a CAMC site in November for 7 nights; having checked the confirmation email we received at the time of booking and now "My Bookings" the price differential is £8.10, so an increase of around £1.16 per night. At least the 50% pitch discount midweek has been maintained!
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I’ve just gone to book sites we visited many times last year and found a £10 per night increase!! WTH! Anyone else noticed this?
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Evening
It was adjusted at point of sale Wherenext
Jk
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