AGM Questions - Some relevant to CLs

It is still interesting that to get enough business and stay afloat this CL had to almost become a mini club site?

CS But that isn't what he said, was it? What he said was "that the CL provides a good steady income for the farm"  which is certainly different from your interpretation of his sentence. 

Hardly a " mini club site" as there is no facilities block.

Many CLs provide serviced pitches, which are excellent, but not essential.  We look on them as a bonus, and happy to pay a £ or 2 extra when they are provided.

 They are appreciated, and IMO a good selling point.

The  Club  could well do with adding more serviced pitches to their no facilities sites, I think the occupancy would increase as a result.

Actually if you look back I didn't say stay afloat either so take it up with who did

There are clubs sites with HS and no facilities block though Kj as you have in fact posted so I'm confused at the point you're trying to make in saying it's hardley...

Also you've selectively quoting me K, not sure why, I actually posted 'It is still interesting that to get enough business and stay afloat this CL had to almost become a mini club site?'

 - Adapted my 'product' from a simple field with a tap, to a site with fully-serviced hardstanding pitches & WiFi.

- Ensured that customers can easily book (online booking) and pay with a Credit Card

 - Marketed my site extensively, the result being that we are now booked up well ahead

In my view that is going from a field to a mini (5 site) club site.

 

Also I think you're confusing no facilities with no EHU? No facilities sites are just as well used.  

I'm also puzzled as you often state club sites are too expensive yet here you are advocating putting up the cost £4+ ?

 

 

I am certainly not confused over EHU or not, give me some credit!!!

There is no need for anyone to book a serviced pitch, if they have them, on a Club no facilities site.  Such pitches will obviously cost more.  But families may well prefer them  and wish to pay the extra charge, it will still be less expensive than a "full fat" site.    If you look at Englewthaite Hall, the serviced pitches are very popular.

You are saying that Cholsey Grange has had to become a "mini club site" to attract customers to survive as a viable concern, I am saying that this is not correct.  They are not a mini  club site as they have no facilities block, which the vast majority of  Club  sites do have.  They have however chosen to attract more customers by offering serviced pitches.

Many  of us who use a lot of CLs do appreciate a serviced pitch, especially as we approach 80 years of age.   It makes life on site a lot easier, as you will agree as a very frequent user of serviced pitches.

We , and I am sure many others, will use CLs even though  they do not have serviced pitches, after all, with only 5 vans on the site, it is unlikely to be  a long walk to fetch water or empty waste.

A CL having serviced pitches, or not having them, would not make any difference to us if they were where we wanted to be.   As I said before..........a serviced pitch is a bonus, not an essential as far as we are concerned.

They have however chosen to attract more customers by offering serviced pitches.

and are not put off by having their electricity usage metered.

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I can't imagine people really object to paying for what they use (metering) but I'm sure that it grates a bit paying for EHU that you don't need although this applies more to club sites rather than CLs.

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The problem with adding more facilities that encourage? More water usage not only would cost rise as the sites are mostly  on cess pits for waste and effluent, ,would the cost of installing the add water and waste drainage. be able to see a return on the money spent?

One site some friends of ours ran was already having the tanks emptied weekly at over £200 a go and that was about 15years ago