10% off offer

KjellNN replied on 31/08/2023 10:33

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Posted on 31/08/2023 10:33

I see the Club is offering 10% off selected sites for a restricted period, though I would see if any were of interest, and one is, however there are several restrictions......min 3 night stay....OK........only between certain dates......OK, fits with what we wanted........but must book 21 days ahead.......so no use for anyone who makes a last minute decision, not that say 20 or even 10 days is exactly last minute.

What did surprise me is that 2 of the sites in Scotland are ones that I had thought were popular and well used.......Melrose and Stonehaven.

Only 22 days till we are thinking to set off, nothing booked as yet, will need to make some decisions soon!

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Cornersteady replied on 03/09/2023 09:48

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Posted on 03/09/2023 09:48

See a good review posted today about Chester?

KjellNN replied on 03/09/2023 09:58

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Posted on 03/09/2023 09:11 by Goldie146

That review was on a Facebook Group page (Facebook Group )- while it may refer to CAMC members it is not affiliated nor endorsed (I think!) by CAMC. This is CAMC's page - CAMC Facebook

Posted on 03/09/2023 09:58

Those 2 look the same to me Goldie.

Cornersteady replied on 03/09/2023 10:25

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Posted on 03/09/2023 08:01 by SteveL

There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with bookings at Morn Hill in autumn, plenty of lows and several dates missing on hardstanding / service pitches. However, you do have to wonder about the thinking of the club planners in the last week of summer. From my observations in previous years, once the August bank holiday is over families tend to head for home.

No change this year Saturday and Sunday sold out, Monday, when we arrived, hardstanding side about 50%, grass almost empty. It was the same story Tuesday and Wednesday and availability didn’t show any lows until the price reduced by £6 from summer peak on the 4th September. At least it meant we didn’t have any problems securing a late departure on the Wednesday when we went for our ferry.😀

I just don’t see the logic in keeping the prices high for the week after BH and having half empty sites. If we had been holidaying in the UK we would have done as most seem to, delayed our tour start to the 4th.

Posted on 03/09/2023 10:25

Well yes and no Steve and I suspect planning for sites is a little more complex than looking at numbers in one year and one week.

It's still, or rather was the summer holidays and therefore 'peak' and yes most would go home after the BH but there was still a number of pitches taken as you say, about 25 times the price of £42 gives the income for that night, about £1000 per night, very rough figures and 'sums' used here btw

The question is would a reduction just after the BH translate into more people being on site? Well if not that's a loss of about £150, so the club would need an extra four outfits to break even? Would they get them? I don't know but as a retired person wanting a kid free site I might wait till the schools have gone back? And in fact when it's going to be quieter all round in and out of the site?

Also are the occupancy figures good or bad? One might think bad but what's the competition doing? Is it up or down on previous years, especially pre 2020.

To to say it's not as clear cut as it looks?

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Posted on 03/09/2023 09:08 by young thomas

As you say, we've had many, many threads complaining about prices but members still continued to use Club sites as they like 'the consistency of sites', presumably clean facs and pitch areas....

However, possibly starting with 'no mow May', we are now seeing more posts about falling standards on sites themselves, scruffy pitches, unkempt areas etc...huge areas of scruffy, long grass aren't everyone's cup of tea and at £45 a night don't folk have some sort of expectation that the site will be clean and neat and tidy?

..and as Steve suggests, why would the club hold onto the BH pricing 'coat tails' to try and squeeze another few days at a peak rate when folk are way too savvy and will just delay until the price drops on the Monday?...

we've a few days spare and a spell in the Forest at BK in non term time might be ok but at still over £48 a night....perhaps not...🤷🏻‍♂️

Posted on 03/09/2023 10:33

BB hav a look at my reply to Steve to see why the club might want to keep peak prices.

Reviews on here tend to outnumber those posts about falling standards often in the ratio of 10:1, and not to make the same point again from people actually staying on site

You're making it sound as if the club is the only one doing this but this isn't true, you past recommendation of Concierge Camping is keeping its prices at £62 till late September down from £64? And a high of £79 for one night?

Tinwheeler replied on 03/09/2023 11:05

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Posted on 03/09/2023 09:08 by young thomas

As you say, we've had many, many threads complaining about prices but members still continued to use Club sites as they like 'the consistency of sites', presumably clean facs and pitch areas....

However, possibly starting with 'no mow May', we are now seeing more posts about falling standards on sites themselves, scruffy pitches, unkempt areas etc...huge areas of scruffy, long grass aren't everyone's cup of tea and at £45 a night don't folk have some sort of expectation that the site will be clean and neat and tidy?

..and as Steve suggests, why would the club hold onto the BH pricing 'coat tails' to try and squeeze another few days at a peak rate when folk are way too savvy and will just delay until the price drops on the Monday?...

we've a few days spare and a spell in the Forest at BK in non term time might be ok but at still over £48 a night....perhaps not...🤷🏻‍♂️

Posted on 03/09/2023 11:05

Have a quick flip through Latest Reviews, BB, and you’ll see the only ‘anti’ reviews made yesterday appear to be of an AS and an overseas site.

I suspect, as with most things in life, it’s the bad stuff that sticks in the mind even though it’s a very small proportion of the whole.

As for pricing, all I can say is that there were plenty of LVs arriving in Cornwall yesterday. Of course there’s no way of knowing if they were heading for camc sites, the nearest cliff top lay-by, commercial sites or the popular pub stops.

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