Is it a rip off?

dogsandhinnies replied on 08/04/2019 20:12

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Posted on 08/04/2019 20:12

Hi I have a rant to get off my chest

Just booked a site for 21 nights for an eye watering £540! After I got back on my feet I was informed that Caravan and Motor home club have increased their Easter fees this week two weeks early. Why I ask. even the management were embarrassed and thought it were shocking.

I spent 5 nights last week on a fabulous caravan and camping club site in heart of Northumberland with all the facilities and with over 60s discount £8 pn!

After only just re-joining I cannot see the benefits of staying with C&M club prices are beyond out reach.

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Cornersteady replied on 27/04/2019 21:04

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Posted on 27/04/2019 20:42 by KjellNN

This is exactly what we feel brue........you put it far more succinctly than I ever could!

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:04

indeed but then don't say you cannot afford something, that means something completely different. Saving £800+ in fuel will buy you lots of club site nights.

You can so certainly afford club sites, you just choose (rightly) to spend the money elsewhere

moulesy replied on 27/04/2019 21:04

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Posted on 27/04/2019 21:01 by

As I clearly said M "my perception". I'm not going to enter into a nit picking exercise with you. You may think it acceptable, I don't.

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:04

Well one man's (person's) "nit picking" is obviously another's exchange of views, DD, something which, it seems, some can't do without insults!

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Cornersteady replied on 27/04/2019 21:06

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Posted on 27/04/2019 21:00 by redface

Perhaps at the end of the day our 'club' is not so sharp when it comes to pricing.

I looked at our Cambridge site and then compared prices with other nearby sites, of apparent equal quality, and found myself booking at one of the alternatives purely on the grounds of cost.

Sorry to but in on a free for all!

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:06

Brilliant, there will always be cheaper sites than the club's. Just choose what suits you best.

Cornersteady replied on 27/04/2019 21:07

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Posted on 27/04/2019 21:04 by moulesy

Well one man's (person's) "nit picking" is obviously another's exchange of views, DD, something which, it seems, some can't do without insults!

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:07

indeed.

replied on 27/04/2019 21:12

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:00 by redface

Perhaps at the end of the day our 'club' is not so sharp when it comes to pricing.

I looked at our Cambridge site and then compared prices with other nearby sites, of apparent equal quality, and found myself booking at one of the alternatives purely on the grounds of cost.

Sorry to but in on a free for all!

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:12

That's what choice is about. You say you chose a site purely based on cost. Not entirely the full story. You considered 3 sites with apparently equal quality and then refined the choice based on price, and why not.

Cornersteady replied on 27/04/2019 21:20

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Posted on 27/04/2019 21:00 by redface

Perhaps at the end of the day our 'club' is not so sharp when it comes to pricing.

I looked at our Cambridge site and then compared prices with other nearby sites, of apparent equal quality, and found myself booking at one of the alternatives purely on the grounds of cost.

Sorry to but in on a free for all!

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:20

I suppose to put it back to the OP, did you consider the club site to be a rip off or just higher.

But you need to actually stay on the other before really knowing?

KjellNN replied on 27/04/2019 21:20

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Posted on 27/04/2019 19:27 by Cornersteady

Kj the cost of fuel for one of your over there trips is (a quick calculation) about over £800! This is well over a month's worth of club site stays so saying you can not afford them is just nonsense!

Oh didn't you just buy a new VW? I think many pensioners on fixed incomes would love your lifestyle.

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:20

No, we bought a pre reg VW some 27 months back,14 miles on the clock, saving over £10k on the new price . We keep our cars as long as possible, this was an unplanned purchase necessitated by the disappointing performance of a vehicle that we had expected to last us till we finished Caravanning.

As BB has said in the past, many of us have 2 budgets, a capital one for things like a new car, and a daily one for things like holidays etc.

We put money away for capital things, which then leaves the annual spend.

Unlike many couples retiring today, we do not have 2 pensions, and due to OH being very ill in the past, we have never had 2 incomes.

We are not looking for any sympathy here, we all have adversities to bear. We consider that we have managed fine on one income, having put 2 children through private schools and university, leaving them with no debt, and we have been able to help them with house deposits etc

OH is a very good money manager, much better than me, but then it runs in her family, so I leave these things to her.

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KjellNN replied on 27/04/2019 21:30

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Posted on 27/04/2019 19:52 by huskydog

There's a big difference between not being able to afford a club site ,to not willing to pay that amount for a club site

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:30

Yes, we could afford a club site, but only by going away for fewer nights.

We choose to go away for longer, which means we cannot afford to use Clubs sites most of the time.

We are not increasing the time we spend away, just using sites which allow us to spend the same amount of time away, and these are no longer going to be Club sites.

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KjellNN replied on 27/04/2019 21:37

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Posted on 27/04/2019 19:03 by Tinwheeler

I’d like to buy a house but I’ve been priced out and can’t afford it since I bought a yacht.

Sorry, Kj, but that’s effectively what you’re saying. We all have to make choices and we can’t have our cake and eat it. Your choice to spend your money on your longer hols is great and suits you but please don’t say you can’t afford club site prices because you could if you chose to do that instead of spending on your other trips.

Posted on 27/04/2019 21:37

The point is that we used to be able to do both a 2-3 month trip over there plus a 1-2 month trip in UK using Club sites, adding up to about 4 months away each year, but these days we can no longer use only Club sites and still spend the same amount of time away.

SteveL replied on 27/04/2019 21:50

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Posted on 27/04/2019 21:50

Our budget for holidays is a max £6k per year, but we are always happy to spend much less. This leaves us more to spend on other things such as hobbies.

Our budge is certainly less than that. However, we stay mainly on CAMC sites. I certainly don't feel we have been priced out.

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