Price drop on over 1.5 million pitches

RowenaBCAMC
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edited October 2023 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

Great news – we've lowered the price of 1.5 million pitch nights at 60 UK Club campsites, so you can now get away for less in 2024*!

Plus, book by 31 December 2023 and you could save an extra 10% with our 2024 Getaways offer^!

So whether you’re looking for somewhere new or heading back to a favourite spot, you’ll find a campsite that’s just right for you, at a new lower price!

Find out more HERE

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  • LLM
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    edited October 2023 #2

    😕 Very confusing saying both here and in the big ad "Price drop on 1.5m million pitches" when in reality it is "Price drop on 1.5 million pitch nights".  Just saying 😉.

  • Hja
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    edited October 2023 #6

    This is actually quite appalling for an organisation like the CAMC. Doesnt anyone proof read these things?

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited October 2023 #7

    Plus all that cancelling and rebooking also puts a strain on the system? I can only imagine that there is no option within the system to make such changes as logical as it would seem.

    David

  • SteveL
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    edited October 2023 #10

    Indeed. Buxton at 1300 feet above sea level is the highest site on the network. Including it in East Anglia is just bizarre.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited October 2023 #12

    Clearly not as they’ve spelled Carnon Downs incorrectly as well as the other errors.

  • RowenaBCAMC
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    edited October 2023 #13

     Hi Martyn,

    If you have already made a booking for 2024 from 1 January 2024 onwards you can take advantage of the new lower prices. All you have to do is view the new lower prices online, review your booking, and if you wish, simply cancel your existing booking(s) free of charge and rebook at the new lower price (please remember to cancel and rebook a minimum of 21 full days prior arrival).

    Our team can help you amend your booking if you want to give them a call on 01342 327490.

  • RowenaBCAMC
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    edited October 2023 #14

    Thanks for highlighting this, we tried to group campsites to show 6 regions maximum. Our team have updated the region headings and moved a few campsites around now. Please let us know if you spot anything else. 

  • jpt853
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    edited October 2023 #15

    Seems straightforward to me.

    Cancel and rebook at the new prices.

    Keep an eye on the promotions and when they get more desperate and offer 20% off cancel and rebook again. Simple

  • Cornersteady
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    edited October 2023 #16

    This does tie in with the statement in the AGM review about helping members out so could be that and then again not.

    I think the different reductions are made based on how well one particular site is doing, I think it's fairly obvious, at least to me, that there no point in giving bigger discounts on sites that are doing fairly well and no pint is giving any for some sites.  Chatsworth isn't on the list (reviewed as overcrowded today), York RP and neither is Melrose which is always full or very full when I've been no matter no what the season, and neither is River Bremish which are two sites coming up for me so no savings there frown and a few others.

    So in essence it's a form of dynamic pricing but whatever the reason it's a win if you want to go to one of those sites or have already booked.

  • InaD
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    edited October 2023 #17

    Deleted User by me, incorrect post

  • young thomas
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    edited October 2023 #18

    Some organisations are making their discounts very easy to get...

    the well own Morris Leisure commercial group, which we will be using in a few days time, has just a simple 3 for 2 offer which runs from October to end of March.

    There's even another chunk off for being a CAMC/C&CC member...

    The basic pitch price is £39.40, the CAMC site we are on (courtesy of a voucher👍) is £46.10...that on its own is a real difference as the commercial also has wifi included. There is no viable wifi here....(yes I know you have to pay for a dog or an awning....we have neither, so not relevant ...)

    throw in the discounts as in the copied text below and the total for three nights is just £70....£23.33 a night...almost exactly half the current site price.

    now that's a pretty hefty discount and so easy to get.

    Booking Summary
    Ludlow Touring Park
    Adult Hardstanding Pitches
    17 October 2023 - 20 October 2023
    Nights: 3
    Occupants: 2
    1 × Adult Hardstanding Pitches £118.20
    Sub total: £118.20
    1 × 3 for 2 Offer STAY3 -£35.00
    1 × Member Discount -£13.20
    Total: £70.00
    Deposit payment: £30.00
    Balance: £40.00
    Due by 15/10/2023

  • Wherenext
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    edited October 2023 #19

    Bit perplexed by your reply but thanks for it.

    The 6 regions mentioned were sufficient to have those sites that were wrongly placed put into their correct region. You have a heading for Wales and the Midlands. At least 5 of those sites that I mentioned can be found in the Midlands and Southport could easily have been placed in the Northern one. The errors were not made due to trying to shoehorn sites into a region that may be not have been categorised, merely someone being incompetent. If they didn't have any oversight then they could quite easily have consulted a Site Directory. However there does seem to be a team so probably not a lone person. Does anyone proof read these things?

    BTW - As I write the "team" do not seem to have updated anything.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited October 2023 #20

    I’m puzzled by there being the Midlands and Central England. Is there a difference?

  • babyrhino
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    edited October 2023 #21

    All cancelled and rebooked saving £110 on two sites for 30 nights Ding Dan do

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited October 2023 #22

    🤣 Most organisations use West Mids, East Mids. If you draw a line from Welsh Coast to East Coast, you usually get (W to E) Wales, West Mids, E Mids, East Anglia. For information of Club HQ, there’s even a very big airport called “East Midlands”. It’s not in East Anglia though👍

  • Briang
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    edited October 2023 #23

    We have just come back from Hillhead Caravan Club Site my wife was talking to a warden and he said that the prices are coming down and that there will be metered electricity put in.

  • Oscarmax
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    edited October 2023 #24

    We have booked Blacknowl mid June for 21 days works out about £950, the New Forest site normally the same price for the same period is now just over £200 less ? that a big drop

  • SteveL
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    edited October 2023 #25

    Can’t say I’m surprised. Whilst we have been to the New Forest site  with a caravan, it’s not very appealing to those with a MH. Very little to do without leaving the site in a vehicle. Black Knowl  on the other hand is great. We have visited with both a caravan and a MH and there are so many options directly from  the site that the vehicle can stay put.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited October 2023 #26

    We have only stayed at the Centenary Site once, en route to the IOW. If we hadn't  been picked up and taken out for lunch I suspect we wouldn't have bothered. Can see the attraction for caravanners who want to set up for a while but unless you are into cycling or serious walking you really do need a car. I suspect its one of those sites which is popular in the school holidays and maybe weekends but can see that discounts might be needed at other times?

    David

  • allanandjean
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    edited October 2023 #27

    Whilst we have in the past used club sites a lot we don’t now so it’s rare that we look at threads regarding this-so it was quite a shock to see this sort of price.

    Our last non club rally stay was 4 nights at South Lytchet in August and, as the trip was a necessity, we paid the £176 fee-but really can’t believe a club site in June is more.

  • Oneputt
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    edited October 2023 #28
  • young thomas
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    edited October 2023 #29

    Oscarmax' figures show about £45 a night for BK...a serviced pitch there on New Years Eve there is almost £60...

    we've toured various parts of the uk over the past three weeks and, as we had a voucher, did use a couple of club sites. Checking the prices for very late Sept to mid October, I've come to the conclusion there is no 'off season' with regard to club prices.

    there will always be a weekend, a school holiday, a 'premium month', a Bank Holiday or something else to punctuate the diary with 'spikes'...so much so that (these days) it's harder to find a trough than a peak🤷🏻‍♂️

    we wanted to call in at Broadway on our way home and the Club site is close to £45 a night (£44.20 this Wednesday)...the small commercial (equidistant from the town) is £30. For an overnighter that's a big difference.

  • Cornersteady
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    edited October 2023 #30

    I really don't know where you've been looking BB. There's a peak now due to Scottish and English school holidays but there's been a trough since early September withe same prices  and prices go down again to the same prices from November till the Christmas holidays.

    I've rarely known a Saturday to be different from a Friday? Apart from when a peak seasons starts?

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited October 2023 #31

    This might be a silly thought but doesn't dynamic pricing work both ways? It seems that it certainly increases prices as demand grows but if the Club is having to make all these offers it doesn't seem to be working in the other direction? I can perfectly see that this big Club "Promotion" is to grab the attention but would there be a need if dynamic pricing was working? Perhaps the offers are larger than the variation in the dynamic pricing movement?

    David