Cost of sites has gone mad

Given there isn’t an equivalent UK model to Aires it is pointless quoting their prices whether over there or on the moon. For us personally we dont have a motorhome and even if we had, they are the last place we would use. However to get back to the topic and ‘over here’ - a recent 3 night school term time weekend in a small 2 person self catering cottage near Whitby was £360. An equivalent stay on a decent caravan site  would probably have been £90 tops. That leaves £270 which more than pays for the caravan service. We have another 5 weekends booked with the caravan each of 3 nights  and including 2 bank holidays. That cumulative saving will be in the region of £1200. That is before we look at 9 nights in Cornwall from tomorrow (which includes another 2 bank hols) and 18 nights ‘over there’ in summer. And try finding half decent b & b over a bank hol for under £50 night/person and that is before the dog is included. Whether or not you have a caravan you still need transport so apart from the minimal saving from being able to buy a smaller car, the savings in that respect are not going to make you a millionaire. So, I will get back to the OP, it’s very simple to me. Vote with your  caravan and wallet and go elsewhere. It is still allegedly a free country and the last time I checked being a member of snd using CAMC sites is not compulsory. 

+1 to all of that.

"I do know that one regular poster did go to Woodovis Park when I pointed out they gave cheap prices to any one with an ACSI discount card, but no one else ever followed up any suggestion of any site. They just criticised."

ET we have been using Woodovis for years, love it, great pool if you go out of season, and the site is now almost self sufficient for lecce, they have installed large solar  panels in the field going dwn to the dog walk, we normally stay for 1 month, and my best day out is down to Bude to use the sea pool.

I dont normally recommend sites as you run the risk of getting taken to task, but this site is not cheap but compares to CAMC prices and the facilities are much better, it has an indoor pool which most CAMC sites do not but should have at the prices they charge.

And on the theme of this topic, you can substitute ‘sites’ with cornflakes, milk, Ford Fiesta, printer paper etc etc etc It is called inflation and there is little Joe Public can do about it save for bring on the revolution. 

Indeed, or even cheese, from the BBC yesterday:

The cost of a homemade cheese sandwich has jumped by over a third in one year, according to research for the BBC.
The price of two slices of white bread, a serving of butter and mature cheddar has risen to 40p, up 37% over a year.