Are CL users becoming 2nd Class?

JohnM20 replied on 19/09/2022 09:06

JohnM20

Posted on 19/09/2022 09:06

We've just returned from a week on a CL in Wales that couldn't really, generally, be faulted. The CL is incorporated within what is a small commercial site including tent campers. Talking to another club member on site who had visited previously he told me that the CL part of the site has been moved from the front to the back. Although this may give a bit more 'privacy' it is also a more shaded part of the site with almost no sun on the pitches and it also has far less extensive or interesting views from the pitches. I suppose it is a chicken and egg situation, which came first when the site was originally opened, the CL or the commercial site. Whatever the answer, why move the CL pitches?

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JohnM20 replied on 19/09/2022 17:35

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JohnM20

Caravanner

Posted on 19/09/2022 17:22 by DavidKlyne

I must say I have always been a bit baffled by the concept of a campsite also running a CL alongside? Having said that we did stay at Overwater Marina earlier in the year which does the same. I assume the reasoning is to tap into the Club membership who might not otherwise use a private site but would a CL? Can't offer any explanation for the move of the CL but would imagine that the site makes more money from the campsite customers so perhaps the driver was financial?

David

Posted on 19/09/2022 17:35

I can't really compare the prices between the CL and the commercial part of the site, (if there is a difference) as I'm sure prices have changed by now. I booked the CL in mid January before there was a war in Europe and before energy and fuel prices started to rocket. It may well be a purely financial consideration.

brue replied on 20/09/2022 19:51

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brue

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Posted on 19/09/2022 17:22 by DavidKlyne

I must say I have always been a bit baffled by the concept of a campsite also running a CL alongside? Having said that we did stay at Overwater Marina earlier in the year which does the same. I assume the reasoning is to tap into the Club membership who might not otherwise use a private site but would a CL? Can't offer any explanation for the move of the CL but would imagine that the site makes more money from the campsite customers so perhaps the driver was financial?

David

Posted on 20/09/2022 19:51

We're booked into the same CL next month David but I didn't give it much thought, we've used another similar CL this year with two sites in use. It might be that the CL bit opened up the possibility of expansion but each part has to be run separately. Much like other places that also offer rally fields alongside CLs or even two CLs.

But it pays to check via Google earth and reviews how things are actually run and where each bit is sited.

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