Excessive site fees

Its down to supply and demand. The CC have too few sites for the number of members.  They can charge what they like. With more and more people not wishing to go abroad on holiday, the situation can only get worse,.

Surely, commercial sites that have restaurants, bars, takeaways and other entertainment facilities would also have profits coming in from people on site using these additional facilities and so would be able to reduce their site fees accordingly. It's rather like a pub cl allowing you to stay at a reduced price because you will probably have an evening out in their bar/restaurant and buy more drinks, thereby increasing their profits because of not having to drive home at the end of the evening.

On many caravan club sites, there are none of those additional revenue facilities on offer, so the only revenue is the pitch fee.

..Good post Malcolm 

Are they actually loosing numbers? (Less site nights) Or are they just replacing dissatisfied customers with new one, rather than increasing the customer base. Are figures available?

But Steve ,they are still loosing a customer,wether they replace that member with another one

Lost one, replaced one ,is that how the CC sees their customers???

I am not sure Husky, that's is really why I posed the question. I suppose it is possible they have just set a price structure they are comfortable with, in relation to the competion. If that is the case, the same number of customers will bring in more revenue, as prices have gone up.

Corners, I am sure you will appreciate that I have much better things to do than go around collecting statistics etc etc.  But that should not prevent me from having an opinion, or stating that opinion.

I again reiterate, my only concern is that the club,  a quite large and complicated business these days, might just be starting to lose sight of the fact that the leisure world has caught on to the requirement to offer cleaner and better facilities, but seems to be doing it less expensively.  Now are you saying that I should not  bother, and that the club has infinite wisdom in such matters?

You might of course be correct and I would never seek to discourage you from taking a different approach.

TF

Both clubs have a solid customer base and as stated,at times,not enough pitches,and it is banded about by some ,that they and some cl/cs on the network are getting "pricey" compared to some other places, and that inflation is lower than the increases ,the supermarkets prices are a leading factor in this and as we know they are doing it by squeezing their suppliers to the point where a lot are now in trouble or going out of buisiness,where as the cost of most things are increasing to us all including  both the clubs and cl/cs owners that have to be recovered somewhere,and where some of as stated the "niche" companies who normally have other incomes to offset some of their "off peak  cheapies" the two clubs have not 

Surely, commercial sites that have restaurants, bars, takeaways and other entertainment facilities would also have profits coming in from people on site using these additional facilities and so would be able to reduce their site fees accordingly. It's rather like a pub cl allowing you to stay at a reduced price because you will probably have an evening out in their bar/restaurant and buy more drinks, thereby increasing their profits because of not having to drive home at the end of the evening.

On many caravan club sites, there are none of those additional revenue facilities on offer, so the only revenue is the pitch fee.

..Good post Malcolm 

Write your comments here... Excellent post Malcolm very well put .

 I am sure you will appreciate that I have much better things to do than go around collecting statistics etc etc.  But that should not prevent me from having an opinion, or stating that opinion.

Of course you can state your opinions but you used the word fact and you said the club was the dearest option, if you don't have any statistics or evidence what are you basing your 'opinions' on?

Ok as someone will does do their homework before posting things, Troutbeck Head club site is £30 per night, a few miles away is the Quiet Site which is £47,  Fellborrow park is £46, Skelwith Fold is £32, Waterfoot Park £34, Castlerigg is over £40, and most of those charge extra for awnings and dogs. I know this is hardly a representative sample but it does give a rough idea that club sites are not excessive or and certainly not the dearest option as stated

and where did I say;

Now are you saying that I should not  bother, and that the club has infinite wisdom in such matters?

As a business the CC will continue with its strategy(they will have one) until it no longer reaps benefits, then & only then will they change course. I reckon they'll stick to it whilst the coffers continue to fill. The CC isn't a little corner shop on first name terms with most of its customers it's a sprawling business aiming to offer a 'product' it seems to be doing that quite successfully.

Thats's a good post Corners......

I think over the years we have stayed at all of those sites.....

I personally prefer Troutbeck Head, which incidentally has been close to full the last few times I have been....

I've said it before on here, I think it is time for the Club to tweak prices up by 50% or so, not unreasonable based on the above, and would give us a better choice of pitch when we arrive....

Thats's a good post Corners......

I think over the years we have stayed at all of those sites.....

I personally prefer Troutbeck Head, which incidentally has been close to full the last few times I have been....

I've said it before on here, I think it is time for the Club to tweak prices up by 50% or so, not unreasonable based on the above, and would give us a better choice of pitch when we arrive....

Thanks, we're stayed at Castlerigg and the Quiet site has the distinction of being the last site we stayed on as campers and the first site we stayed on as caravaners.

Troutbeck Head is in my favourite two club sites and the site we've been to more than any other club site over the years