Adults Only CLs Annoyance..

Many are adult only but many, many more are not.  We prefer adult only as we have had too many bad experiences that have spoiled our hard earned breaks. If you look in the directory or put in Adult only in the search , sometimes there are none in the area.  Surely it is horses for courses but there are far, far less adult only than not.

IMO, the ethics and values of the club seem to be inclusive and steered towards the family. Plus without doing the math, there seems to be far more inclusive CLs than adult only.

Therefore, typically CLs seemed to be aligned with club values.

However, this adds no comfort during what can be at times a frustrated search...

Without AO CLs there would be even fewer to choose from. They clearly fill a need and boost CL numbers and members' options. I dislike CLs without EHU but recognise it suits some people to use them. It's all about choice.

I'm not sure why you should be annoyed. A little frustrated maybe but why annoyed. In general these days a family with young kids is much better catered for than when ours were young. Not only on camp sites but when going out for meals. We used to struggle to find a pub that would let kids in, even if you were eating. Surely it is only fair that there should be some venues that are adults only.

Like previous posters, I really don't think that there are as many adult only sites as non-adult only.  It could be that there just happen to be more in one particular area which would be pure coincidence, I'm sure.

There could be various reasons for CL owners to go down the Adult Only route, one of which I assume could be previous negative experiences with children.  Unfortunately, as usual it's the minority who spoil things for the majority.

We are a retired couple but will not stay on any sites that advertise as 'adult only'.    We think it goes against the whole ethos of camping and caravanning holidays and deprives families of the chance to enjoy the pleasures of caravanning and camping.  That in the long term is not good for the Club either.  (At the risk of generating comments from those who like such sites, we also find that such 'adult only' sites can be very sterile and more like mediocre suburbia.

Ian,

I think a lot of the AO sites are that way because of specific potential dangers to children, for example unfenced fishing lakes or ponds, working machinery on a farm, etc., they have to have public liability insurance , but that is no consolation if a child got killed, when unsupervised.Then everyone would be looking for someone to blame.

Hi - Thanks for the replies..

Whilst I agree that we all look forward to our hard earned breaks, I'm not sure that making sites adult only guarantee a trouble free stay any more than not.

We've had some very unpleasant experiances over the years and they all wern't caused by the family units with unrulely kids etc, sometimes its adults out late at nights drinking and being loud - not respecting fellow campers.

I've just tried the CL search and yes I agree, of the thousands of sites only 378 are adults only - BUT if you search for the category "Children Welcome" the search brings back a big fat zero results!.  Ho hum!

We are a retired couple but will not stay on any sites that advertise as 'adult only'.    We think it goes against the whole ethos of camping and caravanning holidays and deprives families of the chance to enjoy the pleasures of caravanning and camping.  That in the long term is not good for the Club either.  (At the risk of generating comments from those who like such sites, we also find that such 'adult only' sites can be very sterile and more like mediocre suburbia.

We don't avoid them, but neither do we look for them.  If we want to stay in a particular area and there happens to be an AO site or CL, then we'll stay there.  I can't say that I've found them worse or better, but some seem to be rather expensive.  I do think, however, that it's good to have a choice.

I think also there is an element of health and safety involved.

I love to hear children playing and enjoying themselves so I don't go looking for adult only sites.

We do go to one which is AO but the the reason is that there is deep unfenced open water areas and the owners are worried about unsupervised minors suffering injury. Also, bearing in mind a lot CLs are working farms there is likely to be potentially hazardous situations around.