Help shape future facilities at UK Club campsites

Posted on 14/04/2022 09:48 by Tinwheeler

It is change and it is the way forward. Like it or not, things will not stay as they are so we evolve and embrace the future. The alternative is to crawl away into a dark place.

Posted on 14/04/2022 10:15 by SeasideBill

Very profound. I won’t be crawling away anywhere. Besides, there won’t be much room, too many people hiding away in there with their memory foam mattress, egyptian cotton sheets, central heating and fur lined toilet seats embracing change and the great indoors.

Posted on 14/04/2022 10:37 by Cornersteady

Aren't all those items also found in touring outfits too? Apart from the fur lined seats, that must be a special personal add on? 

The issue is that on club sites these cabins are on nine locations I think, only are on very large sites  and less than 10% of club sites so you'll be easily able to miss such sites out if they spoil your time away that much.

I've stayed on sites with them, and in them too and never encountered any of the issues you have described, they are in my view an valuable addition, family can stay alongside outfits, and are 'future proof' and I expect judging by their popularity a nice little earner for the club.  

 

Posted on 14/04/2022 10:57 by SeasideBill

What issues have I described?

Posted on 14/04/2022 11:35 by Cornersteady

You've often posted about them Bill, diluting of campsites, loud noise from these cabins and people staying outside late into the night. That was you wasn't it?

 

Posted on 14/04/2022 11:37 by SeasideBill

We’ll never know!

Posted on 14/04/2022 12:22 by

I have no thoughts one way or another about "cabin users" there are good and bad to be found everywhere even on club sites. However what do feel each time I see cabins lined up on the docks at Hull is for every one of them  there goes 2 or 3 more pitches lost to touring campers.  Not only pitches but in many cases entire sites stop taking tours when  they  get a bigger return from mobilehomes, often financed and managed by third parties leaving the owner nothing to do but collect rent. 

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Posted on 14/04/2022 12:42 by Rocky 2 buckets

I think the whole cabins/pods vs touring pitches will sort itself out-here’s the maths. . .folk willing to pay extra for a cabin is a +, folk refusing to pay ‘inflated’ prices for a pitch is a -. So Leisure companies follow the profits for survival👍🏻.