Is it a rip off?

Probably a good decision.  Cambridge is the only CAMC site we have visited that we have no desire to go back to. Even if it was less than alternatives.

We don't really have a holiday budget as such but eating out for us is usually a scone and coffee. 

I have been happy to stay on Cherry Hinton and have been fortunate with pitch choice. I will no longer use it due to visibility on exit combined with right eye being of little use plus arthritis affecting quick head movements. I would probably choose C&CC site instead.

We used the CCC Cambridge site a couple of years back, and very nice it was too.

Preferable, IMO , to Cherry Hinton , which we used many years back

I think the problem is that if you try and limit how much you spend a night on a campsite surely you compromise your touring. Should people not be looking at their total spend rather than the cost of one individual night. So if you allow £1000 on site fees and go away for 50 nights that is on average £20 a night but some of those sites could be £30 a night for perhaps a stay on a special site but using less expensive sites for the bulk of the time will bring you back to nearer the average. It seems strange to get too hung up on not going above a certain price when there are other mechanisms that can be used to even things out. We are all going to have some constraints on our spending ability but is it better to go away for less nights but go where we really want to go or be slavish and keep to a higher number of nights away but economise of how much we will spend per night. Life is full of choices.

David

It would have been interesting when in Holland in June 2017, to compare costs of sites there with here, especially as they have their own Club sites, which we have used twice.

Plus of course one cannot say they have a lot more space so lower land prices than here, as Holland is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe.

We stayed on a commercial site within easy public transport distance of Amsterdam, the cost was 17euros per night for the 2 of us, including everything,

Is it reasonable to compare that with the cost of staying at say Abbey Woods or Crystal Palace?  I have no idea what the cost there was then, but I feel certain it was way more than 17 euros.

After Amsterdam, we stayed on a Dutch Caravan Club site, where we received a very warm welcome, and much interest in our outfit.  We were also invited to group coffee and cakes plus discussion, where we met one of their ACSI inspectors.  The site cost was some 13 euros per night, including electricity.

In 2016 we stayed on another of their club sites, near Keukenhoff, in early May,  and the price was only 9 euros per night plus metered EHU.

Both these sites were full facility and had communal meeting areas, so reasonably comparable with our own Club sites.

Our Club sites certainly seem expensive in comparison,

If going to Holland, it is certainly worthwhile to consider these sites, and I am sure you will be made very welcome, as we were.

Yes, that is what we are now doing, using Club sites when we feel they are reasonable, CCC sites if they are where we want to be, and otherwise CLs. occasionally we will pay well above our average if there is a good reason.   That way our average over a trip is under £20.

We try to keep our nights away up to the same level each year, but where this is not possible, as in 2018 and this year probably, we work to our decided average site night cost.  

We have no problem finding something to spend any savings on!  Grandchildren can be very expensive, but we love them anyway.

I don’t think Merve finds it acceptable either☹️

Ok , I will sort something out for you tomorrow. Glad to be of help, Nellie of course is a mine of information for CLs etc....

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