Excessive site fees

Just returned from Chester Fair Oaks site, one night, £31.30 !!, I nearly choked on my dentures, It was our first trip out this year, only able to book something last minute.Ok, apparently, our over night stay was classed as still in  the 'High' season, but £31.30 per night (two adults) to stay in my own caravan is ridiculous. The club is in danger of  killing the goose that layed the golden egg. it's easy sometimes to forget that we have also paid a membership fee for the privilege of being charged so much.

Excellent post. 

Paying almost 50 quid for the privilege of being charged £31.30 for a space in a glorified field is robbery. 

TB I don't want to get into the pricing argument but I must question  how you make 31.30 to be almost 50 quid. It's actually far near to half that amount. 50-31.30 = 18.70. 31.30 - 25 25 = 6.30. If you are going to complain at least get the facts right first.

Ah, in fairness to the brooms ( yes, really!) I'm guessing they're referring to the membership fee there. Mindvyou, I believe it's still voluntary isn't it? I mean no-one's forced to be a CC member?

Ah, in fairness to the brooms ( yes, really!) I'm guessing they're referring to the membership fee there. Mindvyou, I believe it's still voluntary isn't it? I mean no-one's forced to be a CC member?

Think you may be right there. Apologies if I mis read the quote.

Just returned from Chester Fair Oaks site, one night, £31.30 !!, I nearly choked on my dentures, It was our first trip out this year, only able to book something last minute.Ok, apparently, our over night stay was classed as still in  the 'High' season, but £31.30 per night (two adults) to stay in my own caravan is ridiculous. The club is in danger of  killing the goose that layed the golden egg. it's easy sometimes to forget that we have also paid a membership fee for the privilege of being charged so much.

Excellent post. 

Paying almost 50 quid for the privilege of being charged £31.30 for a space in a glorified field is robbery. 

TB I don't want to get into the pricing argument but I must question  how you make 31.30 to be almost 50 quid. It's actually far near to half that amount. 50-31.30 = 18.70. 31.30 - 25 25 = 6.30. If you are going to complain at least get the facts right first.

Did you take into account the membership fee?

Keep up, Surfer! 

The contract is made when you accept and pay the price. If it's too much don't stay just go somewhere else...or home.....they won't miss you!

But you deserve a good moan though

We wouldn't pay that sort of pitch fee either, but as I said in my earlier post, there are alternatives; we've stayed on CLs varying in price from £11 to £15 per night, and those all had toilet and shower(s).  All during high season (the last fortnight).  

It is not obligatory to stay on the main sites.

The site is always very near full so it is difficult to say the price is too high as if that were true it would be boycotted. As AJB says the price is there when you book so if you do not like it do not book. If people still book at the current price this will not go down. The only way prices will drop is if people stop booking in sufficient numbers to hit the balance sheet.

Ah, in fairness to the brooms ( yes, really!) I'm guessing they're referring to the membership fee there. Mindvyou, I believe it's still voluntary isn't it? I mean no-one's forced to be a CC member?

very true, unless staying on club sites has become some sort of comunity service.

However is this a members only site? just checked no, so you don't have to pay the membership fee either to stay on this site. Also I assume the broons know that you only pay this once and not each time you visit a club site?

 The club is in business to make an operating profit which can then be used to invest in new facilities and update existing ones.

If you lowered the cost of staying at sites then there would be no profit, no investment and I am sure that the same posters would complaint that the facilities were not up to the standard required.

Bottom line, if you don't want to pay the pitch fee don't go to the site but find somewhere else cheaper.