Excessive site fees

At  this tme of year "peak"stick to Cl's. Just returned from an immaculate CL, Hard grass pitches with EHU.£12 per night. Sole occupiers first night, total 2 units thereafter.

At  this tme of year "peak"stick to Cl's. Just returned from an immaculate CL, Hard grass pitches with EHU.£12 per night. Sole occupiers first night, total 2 units thereafter.

our pals are off to one this morning in the Cotswolds, £12, lovely village.....unfortunately, we have 'guests' arriving for the weekend so cant join them.....but lovely sites at low prices are definitely still out there...

The post a bit earlier by Oldgirl and Staffy worries me quite a bit because she has put her thumb on quite a serious issue.

OGS has not posted much of late, but long serving members will recall that she was one of the originals and was noted for incisive and well thought through comments.

I am totally in agreement with her that the Club is in danger of losing the plot here.  There seems to be the same attitude displayed by CC management, as affected the judgement of Captain RL Smith the Captain of the Titanic, who when being warned of possible Icebergs ahead declined to slow down!

Club site rates have simply got far too expensive!  I cannot remember the last time that I stayed on one.  I always use CL's now or also other commercial sites nearby which are inevitably cheaper than the CC Club site.

I am not going to trot out the old maxime of once being able to recoup your annual membership quite quickly when using CC facilities.  That was when this organisation was a Club in the true sense of the word.  Today the club concept is a  thing of the past, and we must accept that the CC is now a very big business, catering for the needs of a specific target audience,the caravanning fraternity, much as the AA and the RAC are no longer clubs either, but in their case cater for the motorist.

But in order to thrive in a difficult market, all business's must keep an eye  on market pressures.  I would submit that today the CC is in danger of losing membership numbers  and as a result, business levels, if it doesn't watch the competative nature of its priceing structure.

Today it is very often the dearest option, not the good deal it once was!

TF

The post a bit earlier by Oldgirl and Staffy worries me quite a bit because she has put her thumb on quite a serious issue.

OGS has not posted much of late, but long serving members will recall that she was one of the originals and was noted for incisive and well thought through comments.

I am totally in agreement with her that the Club is in danger of losing the plot here.  There seems to be the same attitude displayed by CC management, as affected the judgement of Captain RL Smith the Captain of the Titanic, who when being warned of possible Icebergs ahead declined to slow down!

Club site rates have simply got far too expensive!  I cannot remember the last time that I stayed on one.  I always use CL's now or also other commercial sites nearby which are inevitably cheaper than the CC Club site.

I am not going to trot out the old maxime of once being able to recoup your annual membership quite quickly when using CC facilities.  That was when this organisation was a Club in the true sense of the word.  Today the club concept is a  thing of the past, and we must accept that the CC is now a very big business, catering for the needs of a specific target audience,the caravanning fraternity, much as the AA and the RAC are no longer clubs either, but in their case cater for the motorist.

But in order to thrive in a difficult market, all business's must keep an eye  on market pressures.  I would submit that today the CC is in danger of losing membership numbers  and as a result, business levels, if it doesn't watch the competative nature of its priceing structure.

Today it is very often the dearest option, not the good deal it once was!

TF

Write your comments here...but sites are full......

But as chewed over time and time again on this thread ,people can as us, use mostly cc sites because it suits, also the hundreds of thousands of nights "sold" by both major clubs ,who have similar biusiness models, seem to be gaining more usage,as the leisure vehicle population is it seems not going to stop expanding,but then the niche "holiday camp" style sites that have on their few camps only recently started to upgrade and use off peak cheapies, which attract some, as do the overseas sites,  that most steer clear of in the peak times because of their higher than either clubs prices, it is apreciated that some on "fixed"incomes think prices of sites are getting too high, but so are the services that all buisness are having to employ,

Supermarkets "reduceing" prices but at the expense of others in the food chain (ask Goldie), so its swings and roundabouts every where , in any area it is a matter of "choice" everywhere, and as stated above the hundreds of thousands that use the major clubs seem to have made theirs

Today it is very often the dearest option, not the good deal it once was!

Ecept that for every club site in a popular area, and that's most of them you can find cheaper and more expensive sites. Some non club are charging over £40, some peak at £50 per night, while the club is about £30, (like for like numbers) some charge a lot for kids starting at 13 not 18 like the club, some charge for dogs, awnings. 

But if its too expensive don't go

 Corners   That is what has been said over and over and seems to go right over the heads of those still living in the past, look at the complaints that some cls are charging a rate that can give some return for their mostly quite large investments,instead of the £5 a night it should be

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well if you will go abroad...

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