Adults Only CLs Annoyance..

Ian justice replied on 06/02/2016 15:28

Posted on 06/02/2016 15:28

Hi All, Apoligies if this has been raised before but couldn't find any previous threads on the topic.. 

Whilst carrying out my usual serch for the perfect CL in the Perfect location etc, one thing stuck me that hasn't jumped out at me before  -  The large number of CL's that seem to be "Adults Only".

We are the usual family ( 2 Adults, 2 kids and a dog ) and find it annoying that when I find the "perfect" CL, I look down the listing and discover the dreaded adults only logo!

Now I realise that its all down to the owners discretion and fully respect that - but we enjoy the smaller "non commercial" sites as much as our fellow CL users and aren't keen on paying the hiked club site fees.

It just seems that the CL lifestyle isn't pitched towards the family unit..  We all love the club and pay our fees but if the increasing trend for Adults only increases then we'll have to re-think the membership fees.

As a side note - We've discovered DA camping and rallying over the past few years and while its great, we just love the seclusion that CL's bring

Many Thanks,

Ian - "Still searching!"

 

Vicmallows replied on 26/02/2016 16:41

Posted on 26/02/2016 16:41

 Response from the adults when we asked if the children could play near their van is unprintable. That is why we prefer adult only sites. I just wish there were more.

Maybe the children prefered to be as far away from these grandparents as possible!  They possibly thought YOU looked friendly and were hoping that you might come out and play with themWinking

Everything else being equal, I would however choose an AO site though......so as to leave space available on other sites for those with childrenLaughing

Navigateur replied on 27/02/2016 13:01

Posted on 27/02/2016 13:01

I wonder what the legal position would be if a person was staying on an Adult Only site (not necesarily one of our Club's) because of a Court Order banning them from having contact with children, and some rule flouter turned up with children in tow.  I would hope the rule bender would be seen as in contempt of court.

Riba replied on 27/02/2016 13:28

Posted on 27/02/2016 13:28

I wonder what the legal position would be if a person was staying on an Adult Only site (not necesarily one of our Club's) because of a Court Order banning them from having contact with children, and some rule flouter turned up with children in tow.  I would hope the rule bender would be seen as in contempt of court.

Write your comments here...despite a dislike of children, I don't think I'd want to share a site with someone with a Court order banning them from contact with children

Having said that, you could entertain yourself tarring and feathering them

tigerfish replied on 29/02/2016 00:38

Posted on 29/02/2016 00:38

The Club is a wide church and its strength is in its ability to cater for most tasts.  Now we have no less than seven Grandchildren, and we love em all. Indeed the DCOS is almost permanently engaged in looking after one or some of them.

We quite often end up at Longlete with a couple of them!  BUT we rely on the fact that some CL's are Adults Only.  The ability to get away from Children- just for a short time is sheer bliss.

Not only that, but last year we invested practically all our savings in a new caravan. We realise that it will be our last, and we wnt to preserve its dent free condition for as long as we can. Cars are relatively easy on which to repair small dents etc, but caravans are not only very easy to dent, but also very hard to repair cheaply.  Another reason to prefer Adults only sites.

With seven lovely Grandkids we are not children hating Ogres, but we do love, and yes! -  Feel entitled to a bit of peace & quiet!

TF

ScreenName52A84A2378 replied on 25/08/2016 16:03

Posted on 25/08/2016 16:03

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 

Surely there are many more "Family" CL's than adults only. At least let us "adult only" fans have a few sites where we can enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside without the noise of children in the back ground.

mickysf replied on 25/08/2016 20:13

Posted on 25/08/2016 20:13

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 

Surely there are many more "Family" CL's than adults only. At least let us "adult only" fans have a few sites where we can enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside without the noise of children in the back ground.

the thing for us is choice and variety, sometime we choose family sites, at others, adult only, we like both when we choose according to our needs and requirements. Heaven help us that all sites everywhere are reduced to the common commercial denominator! That's why we like the club, no deposits, no minimum nights, warden discretion re. departures when circumstances allow etc, etc. Long live the differences!

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