Pay extra for towing a car

I agree IF the CL has got all that but if its just a normal CL, grass, water and ehu then £15 + £5 is too much IMO.

By using the car and not the MH would be doing the owner a favour.

How the other members would know what he paid is beyond me, do the owners go round telling them

CL owners can and should be free to charge what they like. This however is a new one on us. Would we pay an extra £5 based upon the criteria given? No. Those terms and conditions wouldn't suit us. A lot of CLs have space where you can park a car alongside or away from MH, but don't charge for the privilege. We use one not far from home on a regular basis, always ask if it's ok to park a second vehicle alongside, never a problem. If the price is worth it to you then do it, but there are a lot of CLs that wouldn't charge you. It's your choice if the CL owners terms and conditions suit.

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The price of CLs varies greatly, much like the locations, the facilities available. Two things are the deciding factors, how much the owner wants to charge, how desirable the location and facilities are to visitors. Some CLs don't always get it right and may not get a lot of bookings. Others know their intended customer base very well and hit their income targets. A few CLs probably aren't about making money primarily, again this is up to the owners and the visitors. We have paid for CLs in the range of £3 per night, right up to £20 per night. All have suited us, for a variety of reasons.

I'm not trying to censor your posts, David - why on earth would you say that? Why are you trying to prevent me from questioning what you have posted?

This thread is specifically about CLS and you used the word "ludicrous" - am I not allowed to dispute that, particularly since my recent experience of CLs appears to be more extensive than yours.

One thing I do agree with you on is that I wouldn'the want to pay £15 for a site without at least toilet facilities.

Yes you're right TG - last year we stayed at Drake House Farm CL near Clitheroe and the £20 included all that plus awning and dogs and breathtaking views across the valley to Pendle Hill. Recently we have stayed at 3 CLs all with HS, toilets and showers, one with serviced pitches, for between £14 and £17 a night, less than half what we would have paid for club or commercial sites in the same areas.  

The CL owner has every right to determine the T&Cs and cost structure for their site. It is up to us then to make the choice as to whether we personally enjoy it or not!

I will state first of all that I have a caravan which is 7.5 metres long.

I was looking this week at a CL that stated that their price for a caravan was £14-00 but for a motorhome over 6 metres long was an extra £2-00

I appreciate that the owner of the CL can charge what they like but I could not understand why the extra for a motorhome that was shorter than my caravan!

How the charging criteria is reached is entirely up to the CL owner! Some might actively discourage certain visitors using price as a deterrent! Could be in your example they have had someone in a MH wreck the grass, in which case repairing it has a cost, who knows? 

As a caravanner I'm not affected, but out of interest I wonder if the sites referred to make any difference between towing a trailer and towing a car on an A-frame. If, as the OP says, it's the engine that counts, I can understand why a car on an A-frame is charged because it's still a car with an engine, but a trailer doesn't have an engine and the car on the trailer is only payload. The trailer could just as well have a load of bricks. It doesn't change the purpose of the trailer in any way. What the trailer is loaded with is none of the campsite's business. If the trailer were closed, one wouldn't even see that it's got a car inside.