Help shape future facilities at UK Club campsites

Posted on 16/04/2022 12:11 by eurortraveller

Reasons are clear, Bill. There are some seriously rich people in this Club. Check out the prices they rush to pay for the escorted overseas tours.

Posted on 16/04/2022 12:11 by eurortraveller

Reasons are clear, Bill. There are some seriously rich people in this Club. Check out the prices they rush to pay for the escorted overseas tours.

Posted on 16/04/2022 10:34 by Takethedogalong

Just tried out a site comparison, two sites, both inland, both in attractive areas, neither possibly first choice for a family with children. Taking a night in August, one comes in at £17 per night for two adults and four children. The other comes in at £57.20 per night for same occupancy. Both have hardstandings and hook ups. (Didn’t include being on a serviced pitch). One has just the pitches and a small reception, huge NT estate over the road, the other has loo block and a small childrens playground, and probably a drive over MH point. 

Thats £40 per night difference, per pitch. And cannot be the EHU cost driving it, as both offer EHU. We have used both, and preferred the first one for a number of reasons. Neither that close to a town, both rural based.

Posted on 16/04/2022 10:07 by Takethedogalong

Yes, we love those kind of Sites😁 Not only showers with honesty boxes, we have done a few with freezers full of goodies such as bread, joints of meat, ice cream, etc…., milk, eggs and butter, jams and chutneys, some with crafts for sale, a really nice one where you paid £2 and could use the swimming pool, spa and adjacent showers for as long as you liked. All just throw a few coins in a tin. Absolute gems, run by trusting, nice folks.

I have all we need for next weeks stay. Gate code, place to leave money, just arrive when you want and have a nice time. 

Don’t begrudge those who make Club Sites their choice either, but it would be nice to pay a more basic fee, for a basic stay. That’s what the no facility Sites were all about. I am seeing a two swipe card system myself🤔 A fee for a basic stay that only lifts the gate, another that has a swipe card that lifts the gate AND opens the shower block door. The real issue will still be the price though.

Every commodity the Club offers has a value. That value will be made up of a percentage to cover provision/delivery of that commodity, the rest will be the extra the Club loads above the provision, profit if you like. Take away a commodity, and you take away a little bit of profit to the Club. I think the Club values a hard standing a £1 more than a grass pitch (or it will when the new booking system and deposits goes live, if I recall correctly), so the difference between having a particular commodity, and not, is unlikely to be that great, so not likely to attract those who want a basic stay. 

Posted on 17/04/2022 10:44 by Takethedogalong

That’s the sheer delight of CLs, you never know what you might see, what you might get involved in if you ask to watch😁 Calving, lambing, shearing, bee keeping, milking, HM Armed Forces in action, tanks in the next field, bus restoration, classic cars. We did racehorse management three times last year, they were stunning. Followed by barge watching near Devizes😁

And the Club comes up with a research project on loo provision🤣🤣🤣