Excessive site fees

We live in the South East and like to go away for lots of long weekends, not too far away, all year round, in addition to our longer summer trips. We are having difficullty finding sites at times in places that are convenient for motorhomers, i.e. leave motorhome in situ and explore on foot/buses, and certainly are finding the Caravan Club Sites very expensive just for three nights. Guess they do not really want us, only the people who stay longer.

This will only apply at the sites that do a midweek discount at certain times of year. Otherwise all nights  are the same price, within the appropriate price band.

We live in the South East and like to go away for lots of long weekends, not too far away, all year round, in addition to our longer summer trips. We are having difficullty finding sites at times in places that are convenient for motorhomers, i.e. leave motorhome in situ and explore on foot/buses, and certainly are finding the Caravan Club Sites very expensive just for three nights. Guess they do not really want us, only the people who stay longer.

Not really.......they are now just attracting the "I will pay whatever the CC decide to charge"  brigade. 

That, of course, can only last so long and then even tbe CC will have to see reality.......

We live in the South East and like to go away for lots of long weekends, not too far away, all year round, in addition to our longer summer trips. We are having difficullty finding sites at times in places that are convenient for motorhomers, i.e. leave motorhome in situ and explore on foot/buses, and certainly are finding the Caravan Club Sites very expensive just for three nights. Guess they do not really want us, only the people who stay longer.

Not really.......they are now just attracting the "I will pay whatever the CC decide to charge"  brigade. 

That, of course, can only last so long and then even tbe CC will have to see reality.......

yet another brigade!  Trouble is one man's brigade is well err, another man's brigade! Which 'brigade' are you in? The let's all be exactly like all the commercials  brigade??

We are in the "not daft enough to pay Club Site Summer price brigade!" Lots of members, growing annually!

We are in the "not daft enough to pay Club Site Summer price brigade!" Lots of members, growing annually!

 And that's exactly what many of the let's all be lke the commercial brigade do, as well as charge for my awning and dog and charge for a minimum of 3 nights!!

What's with this "money no object" insult. Can you not just accept that some folk actually choose the CC site? Choice is what it's all about surely? We're currently on a fab C&CC site at Polstead in Suffolk. Next week, in order to meet up with family we'll be on the CC site at Commons Wood on a bank holiday weekend. Does that make us one of your "money no object" members? I don't think so! 

( Not sure how your suggestion will go down with the "bang up the prices in school holidays" crew! )

Write your comments here...what on earth is wrong with some of you people ! just because some of you think CC site prices are high you assume that because you won't pay the going rate  other members are going to do the same.

get a life & get real & let people make their own choice about where they go , when they go & how much they are prepared to pay for their holiday time  I really don't give a flying fig about any of this running the CC down  brigade stuff .

Some of us critisise the club but hopefully in a constructive manner.In my cases when I have referred to excessive charges I have used actual other sites to compare. I have always used the same time period in my comparisons.As I don t use club sites during school holidays I kept off that period. My concern is that those of us who use sites in the slack period, when they are very sparsley occupied now go elsewhere, where there are better offers and excellent commercial sites.This results is loss of income to the club.As an example we used Lady Margaret once this winter/spring whereas normally we would have been there 5/6 times. We used alternatives and have been away more recently than previous years. The club has moved away from its base, neglecting its core business for more "sexy" issues, building up a huge HO organisation which seems to be more interested in providing well paid jobs for themselves to the detriment of the members. I dont expect anyone else to totally agree with me but hopefully through CT some of these observations will be heard at HO and maybe make things better.

Some of us critisise the club but hopefully in a constructive manner.In my cases when I have referred to excessive charges I have used actual other sites to compare. I have always used the same time period in my comparisons.As I don t use club sites during school holidays I kept off that period. My concern is that those of us who use sites in the slack period, when they are very sparsley occupied now go elsewhere, where there are better offers and excellent commercial sites.This results is loss of income to the club.As an example we used Lady Margaret once this winter/spring whereas normally we would have been there 5/6 times. We used alternatives and have been away more recently than previous years. The club has moved away from its base, neglecting its core business for more "sexy" issues, building up a huge HO organisation which seems to be more interested in providing well paid jobs for themselves to the detriment of the members. I dont expect anyone else to totally agree with me but hopefully through CT some of these observations will be heard at HO and maybe make things better.

Write your comments here...if it's such a big issue for you surely a letter to CC headquarters would be a better use of your time .

Rather than moaning & nonsense waffle about a subject which clearly won't get any attention broadcast on here

Some of us critisise the club but hopefully in a constructive manner.In my cases when I have referred to excessive charges I have used actual other sites to compare. I have always used the same time period in my comparisons.As I don t use club sites during school holidays I kept off that period. My concern is that those of us who use sites in the slack period, when they are very sparsley occupied now go elsewhere, where there are better offers and excellent commercial sites.This results is loss of income to the club.As an example we used Lady Margaret once this winter/spring whereas normally we would have been there 5/6 times. We used alternatives and have been away more recently than previous years. The club has moved away from its base, neglecting its core business for more "sexy" issues, building up a huge HO organisation which seems to be more interested in providing well paid jobs for themselves to the detriment of the members. I dont expect anyone else to totally agree with me but hopefully through CT some of these observations will be heard at HO and maybe make things better.

Write your comments here...What proof do you have of HO over paying themselves or inflating the number of job positions they have or should everyoine who workls for the CC get paid the bare minimum wage, work in a crap office just so you can enjoy a holiday a bit cheaper!!!

There is a simple issue of supply and demand, the sites make a profit at a price people are willing and able to pay simples, they do not have any alternative income stream once you are on site unlike haven etal with bars, restaurants, sports facilities etc.

If everyone is htat fed up why continue to be a member?

MichaelT- you can have your opininon I can have mine. I use club when it suits me but I also look at alternatives. Have suggested to club ways of improving but I can undrstand they may have different views..No Haven site insists you use other facilities.We have not but by god their Touring site was impressive.