Excessive site fees

I think the club is good value for money myself £31 a night is not expensive really when you consider the facillities you get for that, toilets shower's electric, safety people forget the running costs of these sites, they do not run for free  and there are benifits to being a club member also look what bed and breakfast costs a night,  or to rent a static caravan for a week then you you start to realise how cheep caravaning is but to get value out of owning a caravan, you have to use it on a regular basis else it is not cost effective, I spent 8 days at putts corner last week with my wife for £180 I think that is cheap when you consider while we were down lyme regis last week on aday out bed and breakfast for to people in one place was £350 a night for two people thats what i call expensive for  a night and other places wanted between £75 and £100 a night  so i still think the club is good value for money

You really can't compare the price of a site with a hotel, you are not bringing your own bed or cooking your own breakfast after all.

You can only compare prices of similar  sites.

We caravan because we enjoy it. I am not sure you can always call it a low cost option. It very much depends on the age / cost of your van and how many nights you spend away. If you have bought a new £20,000 van, and only use it for 40 nights a year on CC type sites, the cost would be in the order of £100 a night,  for the first few years.

You really can't compare the price of a site with a hotel, you are not bringing your own bed or cooking your own breakfast after all.

You can only compare prices of similar  sites.

Write your comments here...yes you are right i dont have to sleep in a stained bed that a lot of these places have the facilities in bed and breakfast or a hotels can be pretty basic and i dont have to be out of my room for ten oclock either

Mmmm, one reason we caravan is because OH hates sleeping in a "strange" bed, her Dad was the same apparently.

I can sleep anywhere, but she rarely gets a good night's sleep if we are ever in a hotel, or on an overnight ferry.

You really can't compare the price of a site with a hotel, you are not bringing your own bed or cooking your own breakfast after all.

You can only compare prices of similar  sites.

You can IMO make some comparison. I tour for 120+ nights a year. Allowing for writing the caravan off after 10 years, insurance, repairs, servicing additional fuel and site fees it costs around £6,000. I suspect using hotels would be over £10,000 plus the costs of having to eat out. 

We caravan because our other preference was to rent a place for 4 or 5 days and move on. A caravan gives us our own place/space.

Our van is now 8+ years old, would not be writing it off after 10 years!.

Previous van was sold on at 9.5 years,in 2008,  new cost £13000, sold for £4500.

Our son actually suggested we should tour using hotels, rather than buy a new van in 2008.  OH did work out all the costs, including servicing and depreciation, and concluded that touring 3 months per year we would have spent the cost of the van after 4 years, but still of course have the residual value of the van.

Our van is now 8+ years old, would not be writing it off after 10 years!.

Previous van was sold on at 9.5 years,in 2008,  new cost £13000, sold for £4500.

Our son actually suggested we should tour using hotels, rather than buy a new van in 2008.  OH did work out all the costs, including servicing and depreciation, and concluded that touring 3 months per year we would have spent the cost of the van after 4 years, but still of course have the residual value of the van.

Write your comments here...It's surely even better value for money if you live in it all the year round, like we do, especially when you consider the amount of money you are saving on housing costs!

Not sure I would want to live in it as could not get all we would want inside. Given it costs us over £1,000 a year before it moves it is not a cheap option but we feel it is worth it.

Our van is now 8+ years old, would not be writing it off after 10 years!.

 

Nor would I K. Just made the maths easier for me as a worst case scenario. Caravan insured new for old to that point.