Excessive site fees

I am beginning to think why am i member  We just went to book morton in marsh site (cotswolds) £215 for 7 nights begining of august  

Not paying that  so booked riverside in stratford on avon right on the river with a water taxi from the site into the centre of stratford  for the same 7 nights £162 

Ooohh I thought when I read this as I stay at Moreton in Marsh quite often, so i looked at Stratford Caravans website (I'm guessing this is the one you are refering to?).

http://www.stratfordcaravans.co.uk/touring/2016%20%20-%20%20prices

and it looked nice at first, until I realised it was all grass. Now that will suit some people but not me, looking out my window now at my wet garden, I wouldnt want a grass pitch even in July or August. My preference I realise. TBH for that reason I wouldnt stay there if it was free.

Then there is the Deposit, the charge for awnings, the charge for dogs, a limit of two dogs, the various booking conditions etc etc.

If this suits you great, but it wont suit a lot of people on here.

 

 

..Thats where the "hidden" extras on other sites soon make them on a par with both clubs sites

No hidden extras on that website link, it clearly states what's what.

The pitch fee includes 2 people. The CC pitch fee is just the pitch, then the extras of people be they adult or child on the website, or in the handbook. On the CC App there is 'from £xx', depending on type of pitch, when you click that oprton you then get 'hidden' extras that have to be added. Hardly transparent given the App is pushed as quick and easy.

Whilst I understand for every alternative to CC sites posted on CT there will be die hard CC members who will always defend any percieved criticism to their deathbed; the newer members who exercise choice appear to offer alternatives for the benefit of all.

As a family without a dog who are tied to school holidays and weekends, from our first year in the CC with equal number of nights in CC and commercial sites under our belt, the CC fees are higher in all comparisons. I've posted several times the analysis carried out of actual holidays. As price is our driver, we take the time to understand what is what. As it happens, our longer holidays have so far combined CC and commercial sites due to locations and times available to us. We will continue to use both offerings fully expecting the CC sites to be the higher fees. We may be pleasantly surprised one day 

Write your comments here...I won't defend CC sites beyond saying that they offer what I want

My word, what a long post, to say so little!

My word, what a long post, to say so little!

Write your comments here...and I did nott mean to quote a post?

Our last trip of 75 nights cost us a total of £882:80 in site fees, including staying at 2 CC sites. This works out at about £11:77 pn. Caravanning using club sites need not be excessively expensive as long as one carefully selects where one stops.

We tend not to use the enhanced facility sites (EFS) including the commercials 'cos we don't need those EFs. We look carefully at the planned itinerary then look at the non EFS, they tend to be just a tad cheaper, and, in my experience/opinion, in the better and quieter places. Of course I do recognise that other folk will really enjoy the EFS and the different holiday experience they can offer. Each to their own I guess. 

We don't need the Enhanced Facilities either......and on the two commercial sites that we stayed on earlier this year, they didn't actually force us to use them!

And we went to the areas that we wanted and we saved a lot of money over using CC sites.

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What it all boils down to is that if you want cheap look elsewhere but if club sites suit you and you are willing to pay a small premium then use them. Value for money is a completely different thing from cost but is not an exact science. Basically it is what you feel is right for you so there is no right or wrong price it is your perception of it.

Our last trip of 75 nights cost us a total of £882:80 in site fees, including staying at 2 CC sites. This works out at about £11:77 pn. Caravanning using club sites need not be excessively expensive as long as one carefully selects where one stops.

What proprtion of your sites were CLs or equivalent   NTH?

13 out of 15 sites were CLs, or put another way 67 nights compared to 8 which works out at about 86% of nights spent on CLs.

What it all boils down to is that if you want cheap look elsewhere but if club sites suit you and you are willing to pay a small premium then use them. Value for money is a completely different thing from cost but is not an exact science. Basically it is what you feel is right for you so there is no right or wrong price it is your perception of it.

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