Posted on 30/07/2023 19:14
I am genuinely worried that the club has gone the wrong way in pricing pitches. In previous years it was near impossible to book a full week or weekend to our favourite sites. Now the prices have risen I could book any week or weekend from today 30/7 onwards. Are the responsible people taking note? You could argue to the cows come home but check for yourselves. Loads of availability. Sorry.
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Posted on 31/07/2023 20:43 by eurortravellerGatwick airport reports that on a typical day 60,000 people fly out. That’s mostly holiday traffic . Add in all the other airports and ferries and the tunnel and the figure will be approaching 200,000 people per day going overseas. UK caravan site prices are nothing to do with it. The new world of holidays is with us.
Posted on 05/08/2023 06:08
A few days on from Eurotravelers post and I’ve given this some additional thought and chatted with quite a few fellow campers. The consensus amongst my tiny sample seems to be that with ever tighter budgets people are cutting back on their leisure time and it’s costings.What several said was that they were cutting back and assessing best value and best experience. A common factor mentioned was weather, something which has not helped caravanning at home this season me thinks. Discounted and cheaper package tours and budget cruises are available currently and have been for some weeks if not months. A perfect storm for some in the wider industry possibly but we, the paying customers, can only spend our now limited money once. It has to be said that there are a few, possibly a reducing number, in our society mind where such considerations of costs are less crucial.
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Posted on 05/08/2023 17:09
In a moment of weakness I nearly re-joined the club, I wanted to use the Broadway Site and went and checked the price, needless to say I was shocked and have since booked a full facility site nearer to the town itself, and if they thought deposits where the answer to a problem of no shows well, 10% will not have the desired effect you might has well say deposit not required. Anyway I will leave you members to enjoy your club lol.
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Posted on 05/08/2023 17:21
" I was shocked and have since booked a full facility site nearer to the town itself."
Nearer to Broadway than the club site? That must be new - we stayed at Broadway several times and I don't remember that (albeit several years ago now!)
Details would doubtless be welcome for many folk looking to stop in that area.
Posted on 05/08/2023 17:21 by moulesy" I was shocked and have since booked a full facility site nearer to the town itself."
Nearer to Broadway than the club site? That must be new - we stayed at Broadway several times and I don't remember that (albeit several years ago now!)
Details would doubtless be welcome for many folk looking to stop in that area.
Posted on 31/07/2023 04:00 by flatcoatWhy worried? It is very very simple. If you don’t like the price take your business elsewhere.
Posted on 05/08/2023 18:59
I have and do, but it is not so very simple as you state for the club. Look at availability in August, see for yourself! If you think that having acres of space is good for your personal choice, think again, the club will not survive long term at this rate or with these rates.
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Posted on 05/08/2023 18:59 by Bestmate1I have and do, but it is not so very simple as you state for the club. Look at availability in August, see for yourself! If you think that having acres of space is good for your personal choice, think again, the club will not survive long term at this rate or with these rates.
Posted on 05/08/2023 20:40
It seems to me that some people posting on here are just discovering that the world has moved on- but are also showing how out of touch they are with the lives younger people lead.
Let me quote you some local people in their mid 40s. Not retired school teachers with index linked pensions and not London people with big salaries . Just honest, hardworking, local people, without big wages. My neighbours.
The man who strimmed my orchard and split logs from the dead ash tree last week is away toTurkey tomorrow - a week’s package, all inclusive. He drove to Disneyland Paris with his family at Easter but is flying from Gatwick this time. Our cleaning lady who comes in for a couple of hours once a week will be following soon, but says probablyLanzarote. Since my wife had a stroke she needs a carer to help her wash, shower and dress - but the cleaner flew off to Spain for her holiday and the care company had no other spare staff to replace her.
So of course UK caravan sites are half empty - they will never be full again. A few pensioners with dogs will cling on to their old established caravan lifestyle, but the younger people will not come back to it. There are so many alternatives.
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Posted on 05/08/2023 18:59 by Bestmate1I have and do, but it is not so very simple as you state for the club. Look at availability in August, see for yourself! If you think that having acres of space is good for your personal choice, think again, the club will not survive long term at this rate or with these rates.
Posted on 05/08/2023 22:05 by JollyKernowThe important bit there DD is that most of that is from membership retention, which as it goes is at an all time high.
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