Adults Only CLs Annoyance..

Is it not simply a case of:

a) choice

and

b) commercial reality

If there was no demand for Adult Only CL's (or sites), then Operators would not provide them, because they would not be commercially viable.

Choice is king and long may it remain so, in my humble opinion.

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.

Yes, that could be another reason, which I thought about after I'd posted, but was too late to edit

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!

 

That would be because children welcome is the norm.

Ian, have you been a CC member for long? I ask because your avatar does not show you as being a member and, as you know, only members can use CLs. It's a bit of an anomaly and you may want to take the matter up with CC.

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!

 

Write your comments here...Sorry to hear that Ian,but maybe that is the reason why you should'nt worry about Adult Only sites. 

For health and safety reasons it would be foolish to allow young children to play among farm implements and machinery. 

To ensure the safety of children, the following maxim is very relevant..   Singles and Couples :- CL's  ----------------- Families :- Club Sites. 

There will be exceptions of course - there always are. but safety must always come first. 

K 

Surely that is a little simplistic K. It all comes down to parental supervision. Even club sites have dangers, a lot more cars for one.

I think there could be more exceptions than not, K. That sounds a bit OTT to me but I can understand you're probably a little down at the moment given the disappointing show.

Hi Kennie,

Just to pick you up on your comment..

I sorry, but just to clarify - are you suggesting that the majority of families should only go on clubsites? and not CL's?

Of course safety is always paramount.

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.

I have never stayed on an adults only site and as I say everytime this well worn old chesnut comes up on these pages I have no strong views either way. I prefer a reasonable amount of activity around me (which is why I am not keen on CLs) and thus I enjoy the active hustle and bustle of sites with lots of children; but I have also had a few bad experiences of unruly children (or more usually their incapable parents) spoiling stays and when that happens I think about possibly looking at AO as an option.     

But to talk about AO sites "going against the ethos of camping" and depriving "families of the chance to enjoy the pleasures of caravanning and camping" is palably absurd and I felt I had to say that. If the ethos of camping had to involve children then how come so many couples or single people without children or whose children are grown up still throughly enjoy it and take part in it. As for the notion of deprivation: are there not 100s, indeed 1000s, of sites where children are welcomed? There's all the CC sites just for starters.  

I don't think AO sites, either the owners who have presumably well tested their business model, or those who fill up such places will lie awake worrying about you not pitching up.

Apoligies Kennine - I misread your name in my previous post!