Price increases after booking confirmation

I'm glad you can see how the VAT reduction benefited businesses but not necessarily customers due to the reduction not always being passed on. At that point, CAMC did the right thing by its members rather than pocketing the difference.

and not spending it installing unused service pitches

I would question wether they are underused. On the sites we stop on they are generally difficult to obtain and weekends accepted are normally well subscribed, despite there being plenty of standard pitches available. That’s even on all HS sites, so it can’t just be to guarantee surface type.

Surely the club are just providing what members have been asking for, plus making another £5 a pitch night.

I am sure that somewhere in the small print, it will say the Club can alter prices. It’s not the first time it has happened, we had a booking a couple of years ago to go to a cycling event, and the prices were raised after the initial price rise announcement. On that occasion, anyone with an existing booking got their stay at the original price.

Club is much more hard nosed about charges now. I wouldn’t be surprised to see yet another price rise this Autumn at those few sites that stay open over Winter. All depends on where electrical supply costs go🤷‍♀️

I recall the VAT reduction was sold as a benefit to the Economy i.e.everyone in society. If theclub had withheld the reduction I'm pretty sure the membership would have revolted 😄

As for the Hospitality market the increases there were capitalism with a capital C   AKA GREED 😡

I don’t think most Members would be up in arms Wedgy. Most Members seem happy enough to go along with whatever the Club chooses to do, charge or change. 

I think it's standard practice to add a clause that prices can be subject to alteration, the "company reserves the right" is usually found somewhere in the Ts &Cs.

Yes, very much so. Much beloved of mobile phone and media providers, not least.

It's there somewhere along with words to the effect of it being the price at the point of payment being the contracted price.

We are in York Rowntree Park shortly and I can tell you there are not many there who are happy to be paying 50 squid a night but most have a very specific reason to be there so have to bite the bullet. 

There you go😁 Folks moan, but they still go. We only stayed at YRP because we went to a specific event, and could safely take and leave our dogs on site. Mind we still grumbled at £27 per night. Nowadays, living only 45 minutes away, it’s far cheaper to drive there and back, and pay someone to dog sit for us🤣

At the moment, Club is enjoying a rosy period where more are staying in UK, buying a second hand (o even new) outfit, and it’s still cheaper than going into a UK hotel or cottage. Once World gets back to pre pandemic, and more folks head back overseas, some of the general holiday prices might change. We are still picking up some decent Winter break cottage prices, paid £250 last December for a cottage right on Hadrians Wall. Not worth dragging MH or caravan out for that price.