Dornafield Touring Park

Posted on 05/12/2022 09:22 by young thomas

Given next May Bank Holiday it’s £51 a night for two adults on a standard HS pitch, by then I would expect some to be thinking very carefully about whether this is a price they want to pay.

£350+ for a week on a pitch doesn't seem like a bargain to me....💷

watch this (these empty) space(s)🫢, might be a lot more room than you think😉

Posted on 06/12/2022 09:32 by SteveL

The thing is, with a system as large and diverse as the one across Europe, there is always 'somewhere' to get access to services.

Got it in one YT. We don’t have that here and populating the network with non facility Aires and expecting the likes of the CAMC to provide dump and fill, is in my opinion not going to result in a sustainable network. We don’t have a huge country, even a small amount of irresponsible dumping, will have a severe affect and is not likely to endear the local population to want one in their locality.

Posted on 06/12/2022 09:32 by SteveL

The thing is, with a system as large and diverse as the one across Europe, there is always 'somewhere' to get access to services.

Got it in one YT. We don’t have that here and populating the network with non facility Aires and expecting the likes of the CAMC to provide dump and fill, is in my opinion not going to result in a sustainable network. We don’t have a huge country, even a small amount of irresponsible dumping, will have a severe affect and is not likely to endear the local population to want one in their locality.

Posted on 06/12/2022 10:04 by Cornersteady

Perhaps all those empty spaces are going to your gold standard site that you've posted about a number of times being what the club should be aiming for - Concierge Camping. It's £72 per night for a standard pitch or £90 even £150 for an emperor pitch and some of those are showing full!

Whether it sounds like a bargain or not to you is beside the point, it's what poeple are prepared to pay. 

Posted on 06/12/2022 10:18 by young thomas

It's whether you take the horse to the water or not...

Both clubs have the infrastructure in place to ensure waste is correctly disposed of. Why should pubs etc spend shed load on waste services when overnight parking isn't their core business.

I wonder why C&CC take a different view to CAMC on this subject? Surely they'd both be in alignment if this was such an awful things for members to be doing?

 

Posted on 06/12/2022 08:18 by SteveL

We get out a bit more and are equally happy with both, when in the respective countries. In France on our tour this year, our site costs averaged £13.30, whilst in this country they averaged £26.70. I suspect average costs will be up in 2023 in both countries.

Edit.     The  average for this country is a bit false, as it was brought down by the £17 a night we paid for our stay at Altnaharra. Now that’s a bargain site, they could ask more.😉

Posted on 06/12/2022 08:36 by cyberyacht

Do you think it appropriate for a pub to be told what they can and can't do with their car park? Such locations are very ad hoc and used perhaps only occasionally yet would be expected to invest in infrastructure  impinging on their, already no doubt, slender profit margins.

Yet CAMC sites which already have the infrastructure in place decline to provide the service and miss out on an income stream.

Posted on 06/12/2022 10:28 by young thomas

I'm not sure why you keep referring back to a recommendation I made ages ago, yet seem unable to remember that I'd explained only recently (in fact, several times) why I wouldn't go there these days....the site is wonderful but the prices are now silly.

they might well be booked at these high prices, but the site is special (compared to Club sites) and there are only a relatively small number of pitches available. 

filling one really good site at 'very high' prices might be a different proposition to selling a network full of middle of the road sites at 'high' prices.

at the end of the day, you're not comparing like with like.

those visiting Chichester and the Witterings (as we do) might choose Concierge Camping over the C&CC site as a treat.

as you say, time will tell if the Club has its prices right for its level of offering.