Adding partner hikes up price?

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There was also a full stop between your sentences, so I wouldn't link them in the way some have.

I read between the lines, JK.

Rob, at the end of the day you'll make your own mind up about Club sites and whether they do it for you RE: VFM.

Similarly, the membership itself.

we don't get much from the membership fee, we don't spend money in the places they partner with...

however, like many others, we use it as a gateway for the use of CLs and, again, as others mentioned, these provide a huge diverse spectrum of sites in all areas, many at good prices.

sometimes locations of CL sites crop up far closer to (say) a town centre than a normal site would be allowed, making them great for easy access.

EHU or not, toilet/showers or not...the choice is yours.

FYI, the other club also has 'club' sites and many of us have found them to be a bit cheaper, especially if you qualify for their Age Concession Rates.

it also has its own tranche of 5 van sites called Certificated Sites (CS) giving an even broader choice of these little gems.

good luck with your touring.

There are probably a lot more CLs with hook up than without nowadays. Some will let you choose if you want to be hooked up, often in Summer you don’t always need to be, but that’s a personal choice. Some with hook ups will use a metered system. Some without hook ups might have somewhere to recharge certain items, or will be happy to charge up batteries for a small fee. So you can see why it is important that you check out what is on offer at each individual CL.

Sometimes posts come across differently than what was meant by the poster, therefore people will react to it in the way they have interpreted it.

As this is all OT I will leave it at this.

Now I get where you are coming from Steve, and agree with you. There seems very little logic in many of the price differences, some as little as 30p per night!!

Steve and Lynne P posted this on a closed tread.

"I am looking to book sites for this year but am surprised to see that they are for 1 person. I have to pay extra for a second person, yet my wife is a joint member with me. Why pay extra for another person. They don't use extra of anything. And how many people travel solo."

Are you saying the extra person will not use any water? washing, drinking, using the toilets etc. and not generating any additional waste? I very much doubt it and this all has to be paid for.

I think you might be surprised by the number of people that travel solo, I'm one of them. Why should i have to pay for a pitch and two people when alone. 

Agree Whittaker, of course an additional person will generate some costs. It’s why it’s sometimes cheaper for solo tourers to use a Club Site rather than a CL.
We do miss the “all in price” that the Club used to use for some of it’s no facility offerings though. They were superb value, particularly for families. But, costs have risen sadly.

It could be that members asking this question are new to the Club where they have been used to inclusive prices for up to two guests. This question sometimes comes up on other forums. As Wittakerr has pointed out the club method is the much preferred one (same method used by the other Club as well)  if you camp on your own. I suppose what people have to do is look at the overall price in the round so they are comparing like for like.

David

Pitch + number of occupants is more the norm nowadays certainly, CLs tend to be based on a couple, or sometimes your average 2.2 family base. But that’s why a Club Site can sometimes be cheaper for solo travellers. 
All folks need to do is simply read the basic T&Cs, particularly before joining either Club. Nothing should be taken for granted.