Exploiting the members

Posted on 23/01/2022 11:28 by DavidKlyne

JVB

I am not quite sure where you get your world view from? I have two sons in their forties and both understand the importance of a future pensions and are making contributions accordingly. I was fortunate that I had a noncontributory pension from my employees. However my 30/40/50's were not halcyon days of plenty and I don't think it was until I retired that I didn't have some sort of balance on a credit card, not unmanageable, but none the less not fully paid off. I have been retired 15 years now and have felt reasonable comfortable but I am concerned about rising prices and I can certainly see that this year my income could be going backwards and unlikely to be recovered?

I can't blame the Club for rising prices as they will have to address their own expenses which we have been told rise annually ahead of inflation. If I am in the situation where campsite prices become too expensive the sensible thing for me to do would be to consider whether this hobby is still worthwhile. Complaining that campsite prices are getting to expensive is slightly missing the point, they are as they are and if can't afford them its time to stop and consider other forms of holidays.

David

Posted on 23/01/2022 11:29 by JVB66

Sorry but it seems that you are on your other planet again? Work place pensions should have been mandatory for everyone ,,when I started work  it has meant that we do not now need to rely on , as some the government out of our taxes to get topped up

Posted on 23/01/2022 11:28 by Tammygirl

We are in the fortunate position that although we are pensioners we can afford CAMC site prices. Not that we want to or do in high season. 

We are members of C&CC and like others on here find their sites perfectly acceptable. Yes some of their sites facilities could do with an upgrade but I've never found the anything but clean. We usually get offered more than 1 choice of pitch. Their high peak rates don't don't extend for weeks beyond the holiday.

Now that this club has given up their USP I can only find one reason to stay a member and that is CLs.

The overseas service ie booking sites we don't use, why would we. The ferry booking while we have used in the past there are other ways of booking and can be cheaper. I can't think of any offers we have used that would save us the cost of the membership, maybe we are generally good at getting VFM.

IMO this new deposit booking system will not be popular among some of the members, especially when they fall foul of the new 21 day rule. We can only hope that it will curb the book a year in advance speculative bookings we see a lot of. I know the current rules encourage that but it would appear that is the main reason why so many folk wanted a deposit system in place. Only time will tell.

Now that overseas travel is possible once again the UK sites might find a bit of breathing space and those elusive sought after pitches will become available.

It will matter not to us, as we are off overseas to enjoy the delights of less crowded sites, more choice of sites and sites with more facilities for less money.

Before I get jumped on, yes I know we pay extra to go abroad but it is so worth it.

Whatever and wherever you go enjoy the time you have while you have it. If these last 2 years have taught us nothing else its that you don't know what's going to happen next. 

Posted on 21/01/2022 09:35 by DEBSC

Farmhouse, right or wrong, try to find any holiday business that doesn’t charge more in the school holidays. 

Posted on 23/01/2022 11:32 by JVB66

So you have advised your sons and they have heeded

Site prices will always increase ,as more price  pressures from outside keep rising also,

It is the USP of this club that has kept many on fixed incomes using the sites network

We shall have to see when the club decide to really give members the ins and outs of how, the deposit system will work  with the ever increasing ages of the UK population and their short turm, cancellations of sites that is needed  as with us this last week