CL Price Rises

I too don't get this idea about club/CL prices being somehow akin to robbery. Dick Turpin above and previous references by a poster calling them daylight robbery.

In both cases money is taken against your will, if you voluntarily book then drive into such sites and pay (again voluntarily) it's all down to you and not the site that sets the prices.

   

On our recent aborted trip to the West Country we had planned to use 4 sites, one Club site and three commercial sites. Unusually at £20 a night the Club Site (Cadeside) was the cheapest although no facilities which was fine by us. The commercials sites were, £29, £32  and £35 a night which I didn't think was to bad? When planning the trip I did look at some CL's but none of them achieved my convenience factor of either being within a shortish walking distance or equally near public transport. So when applying those "conditions" I was better off with the chosen sites. I know some of you spend many, many days away in your vans so I can see if you are spending half the year away cost might become a more important factor. Now we no longer go abroad spending something like 70 nights away is a busy year for us! There just seems so much more to do at home to spend longer away. Basically what I am saying is that I would rather spend the money on sites which are convenient for me rather than always seeking economies and as I see it, making compromises. One thing this trip taught me was to be very cautious in future of paying upfront weeks before arrival. I don't mind risking a deposit but losing nearly £200 on a pre-booked site because of illness did make me think!

David

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The window tax was literal daylight robbery👍🏻

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...rather than always seeking economies and as I see it, making compromises

+1 to all your post and especially that sentence

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I looked up “daylight robbery”,  from a business perspective, rather than historical origins, and it’s much clearer in terms of meaning as applied on this thread.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/daylight-robbery

Speculative pricing, where the commodity for sale, be it PPE during a pandemic, shoddily manufactured caravans and Motorhomes, or camping pitches where supply might outstrip demand, means that something is for sale at a higher than expected price.

The value of that commodity is something totally different, and will be an individual choice. For some, it has to be paid no matter the price, for others, it’s too high, and they will look around, compromise, do a deal. 

We are all likely to be at different points on the price v value scale.😁