Non-electric pitches

meandmillie replied on 28/09/2022 17:16

Posted on 28/09/2022 17:16

I've been a member for 32 years caravaner family grown up and widowed I bought a small campervan last year it's been fun and I've been out a lot this year and I've tried to book sites without electricity can manage easily with a solar panel the club doesn't provide many sites without hook up what's your opinion please.

 

moulesy replied on 02/10/2022 16:55

Posted on 02/10/2022 16:21 by EmilysDad

From £45-odd  to £49-odd ... 4 quid rise. I'll let you do the sums but is that not getting on for 10%? 

Not a bad rise .... there are many that would like a 10% pay rise this year. 

Posted on 02/10/2022 16:55

8.7% in fact, so a bit less than the current rate of inflation!  wink

Cornersteady replied on 02/10/2022 16:57

Posted on 02/10/2022 15:53 by peedee

To do otherwise is, in my view, to use club money that comes from 'us' to subsidise others. It is not what I pay my membership and site fees for. 

You are already subsidising others for the excessive amounts of electricity they use. On the other hand you might be one of those with an all electric van.surprised

peedee

Posted on 02/10/2022 16:57

I am in no way doing that and neither is anyone else, the club pays the electricity bill not you or anyone else, isn't that true?.

The club sets the price for a pitch to include EHU and all we have to do is either accept it or not, just like any other holiday provider. What anyone uses is up to them an I have no interest at all in what they use. They like me have paid the price set by the club and what they do with it is up to them

But as you used quite a few club sites recently so you have accepted it as well.

And excessive amounts? Can you define what is an excessive amounts of electricity is PD? And how to achieve this excessive amount? We only have 16A tp 'play with' and even in the deepest winter my heating is quite good set at the 0.9Kw setting.  I've said this before I will use whatever electricity I need to enjoy my stay away, are you suggesting I don't put the heating on? Or the others don't use a hairdryer? Do you do that?

Can I ask how you know that others are using excessive amounts? Do you monitor their use or have access to their use in some way? 

Actually I do use all electric, we even bought a small air fryer with is far easier than using gas which I don't like. I am on holiday to enjoy myself and not on some form of challenge.

Cornersteady replied on 02/10/2022 17:10

Posted on 02/10/2022 16:21 by EmilysDad

From £45-odd  to £49-odd ... 4 quid rise. I'll let you do the sums but is that not getting on for 10%? 

Not a bad rise .... there are many that would like a 10% pay rise this year. 

Posted on 02/10/2022 17:10

As my learned friend posted no it's not. 

I am completely lost as to the connection between having or wanting pay rise and using a club site. Is one needed for the other in some way?  

Also petrol went up by what? More than 10%? energy prices up by whatever, food prices... but these are things that we need for everyday life while going on a club site certainly is not, plenty of other cheaper and better (we are told but I'm not so sure) sites out there so if an extra £4 a night is a massive increase and too much then use them. 

That's the problem with percentages, 10% of something sounds a lot but it all depends on the something you start with. I don't think a £4 a night increase over this year to be that bad at all, I'd rather not have any increase but actually it's cup at costa coffee so I'll just do without one of those a day to make up for it, others will think otherwise but that's my point, everyone has to gauge that for themselves, there cannot be a blanket approach.

Twos more then one replied on 02/10/2022 17:20

Posted on 02/10/2022 17:20

The rate of inflation is an average across the board .somethings will go up far more some non so much 

Ie the price of energy would have risen in the 100% range. if the government had not intervened, and placed on the countries debt 

 

EmilysDad replied on 02/10/2022 17:37

Posted on 02/10/2022 16:55 by moulesy

8.7% in fact, so a bit less than the current rate of inflation!  wink

Posted on 02/10/2022 17:37

I'll look forward to getting 8.7% on my savings 😉

EmilysDad replied on 02/10/2022 17:41

Posted on 02/10/2022 17:10 by Cornersteady

As my learned friend posted no it's not. 

I am completely lost as to the connection between having or wanting pay rise and using a club site. Is one needed for the other in some way?  

Also petrol went up by what? More than 10%? energy prices up by whatever, food prices... but these are things that we need for everyday life while going on a club site certainly is not, plenty of other cheaper and better (we are told but I'm not so sure) sites out there so if an extra £4 a night is a massive increase and too much then use them. 

That's the problem with percentages, 10% of something sounds a lot but it all depends on the something you start with. I don't think a £4 a night increase over this year to be that bad at all, I'd rather not have any increase but actually it's cup at costa coffee so I'll just do without one of those a day to make up for it, others will think otherwise but that's my point, everyone has to gauge that for themselves, there cannot be a blanket approach.

Posted on 02/10/2022 17:41

I've yet to buy a Costa coffee  ...🙄

Cornersteady replied on 02/10/2022 17:45

Posted on 02/10/2022 17:37 by EmilysDad

I'll look forward to getting 8.7% on my savings 😉

Posted on 02/10/2022 17:45

We've managed 5% on some of our savings if you spread your money around in small amounts with various banks and building societies, they usually have a max limit of the amount you can put in like £1000/1500 but have enough of them and it's possible. 

Post edit I noticed yesterday that Newcastle Building society is offering 4.something % on a one year bond.

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