Email regarding price increases

Does it matter why, ancient history.

And all those complaints you mentioned? I was certainly a member at the time and can't remember any? 

The new Facilities block at Cayton Village has Solar panels on the roof

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Different playing field AD😁 Yours has ferry fees. Mind, it’s one I’d rather lose as well.👍 

I would love to see a breakdown of the income and expenditure for some different Club Sites. I used to manage a diverse range of sports facilities, and loved tinkering with things that could maximise income, and cut running costs. Sometimes it was often quite simple things🤔

So does the block on the site in Stonehaven.  I believe they have been there since the site was first opened.

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I can't be entirely certain but there are solar panels at Troutbeck Head which were installed after it's refurbishment a few years ago. Also lots of solar powered stand alone lights.  

If the clubs leccy is 'forecast to increase by an unprecedented amount of around 50% this year' doesn't this mean that, with an proposed increase of upto £2.50 a night, then the current charged cost at that site is £5?

so now the power element of plugging into a site bollard will be £7.50 a night. Add in £4.90 for a Serviced Pitch and you're paying £12:40 a night (£87 a week) for water, waste and leccy on the pitch. That's a huge amount of money for just the add ins.

At Hillhead, the current peak SP price of £52 ish will now be around £55 a night. This must surely put this site out of reach for many who would have liked to have visited one of the Clubs Flagship sites.

 

A few solar panels on a roof can certainly run lights in an office and perhaps the office equipment but we are talking about electricity prices on the pitch and powering a hundred pitches using heaters etc ain't going to happen with a few panels.

I can be self sufficient but I have 300w of solar. 

If each unit could manage their own power and site costs costs could be virtually eliminated but the club can't provide the sort of power we are talking about without the grid nor is it prepared to give a proper price reduction to anyone who can fend for themselves.

similarly, folk who don't camp off grid and usually arrive at a club site and expect to plug in at a reasonable price aren't going to invest in kitting up their vans as others do who camp at different types of sites/locations.

however, the squeeze is on and ever rising site power prices will gradually kill off customers who can't afford site prices and don't have the inclination/funds to manage their power needs themselves.

so we have the well heeled (in both camps)...those who can afford to continue touring despite higher prices and those who might spend that cash disconnecting themselves from the dependency of a hookup cable.

of course some might just go on a cruise and forget all about it...but there will be many who just have to give up what they are doing as prices spiral away.

the sad thing is that the club could easily provide a non EHU option, allow customers cheaper camping, let the customer take on the responsibility of powering their own unit and reduce the overall cost to the club.

win-win, you'd think?

The email says the price increase will depend on the season. As I put up thread, I would hope that means the larger sum will be in the winter months. Given how much domestic prices are rising, it certainly wouldn’t be difficult to  justify the additional £2.50 a night in the winter months. 70 p would seem fairly reasonable for the summer, when electricity consumption is much less. Your £7.50 for electricity is likely to only equate to 30 or less KW hours a day, at these inflated prices. On an old thread I seem to remember KjellNN measuring this sort of figure in the cold months.
Im not sure what service pitches have to do with this discussion, they have always been at an extra cost, which one either finds affordable or not.