Inflation and the Cost of our Hobby

Tell her to forget any misplaced loyalty Micky, and mix and match her pitch choices across the whole touring sector.

Sound advice, especially in this inflationary period where sites have increased their prices by differing amounts. CLs, in my experience have typically only increased prices by about 25 percent  over the last 6 years, considerable less than full facility sites. An exception might be those sites with electricity meters which don't appear to have increased pitch prices by much if at all but the electricity will cost you more than 6 years ago if you use it.

peedee

I remember paying £1.00 a night, car and caravan, awning, 2 adults and 2 children plus dog, at Fidden Farm on Mull, with a single cold tap. It was 1987 though. Shower was a bilge pump and an aquaroll of freezing water and a thunder box with a tight fitting lid. Happy days spent watching sea otters at play amongst other things. 

Hop on a ferry, get ACSI, save a great deal of money. 

Dunno about save?  Might depend on individual circumstance, but it certainly will not cost you anymore.

peedee

Rip off Britain folks

That seems to be your favourite phrase, Free, and one of us always points out in return that it can’t be a rip off if you willingly pay for something and you know what you’re getting.

£400 for the ferry to the Netherlands plus £250 extra supplement for health insurance plus sites, some of them ACSI,  working out at €20 a night for 2 adults so not a great saving there.

So £650 pays for the majority of my site fees on a 6 week jaunt in the UK on a mixture of sites.

Not saving me anything going abroad. I still go but it ain't to save money.

Like I say, depends on individual circumstance. Ferry for me would only be £183 return Dover-Calais. Insurance £100 top up for age related and trip extension to a Nationwide account. That is only £283 to cross the Channel for 42 nights. That works out at about £6.75 per day. Add that to a Continental typical site cost, last year that was £23 equals £29.75 per night. Roughly equal to the UK costs. On the other hand if I paid for Red Penant it would cost £540 and a Le Shuttle return would be £320, a total of £860 or £20 per day to add to the average Continental site cost of £23. That at £43p.n. is starting to look expensive. However as you say WN we don't go to save money.

peedee

BTW Peedee have you received your notification from Nationwide about the change in insurer from UK Insurance to Aviva on the travel section?

I haven't had a chance to do a deep look through but did notice that you won't have to buy an upgrade for being over 70 as it will be covered automatically. Without checking the fine details I don't know what higher age will be applied. As the new insurer won't kick in until my current medical upgrade expires in October I'm in no hurry to get stuck into it.

Just for information for anyone who hasn't received their letter yet then providing you don't have any upgrades in force the changeover date will be 1st.May otherwise it will be on the anniversary of the upgrade.

Yes I did get it, but if what you say is correct and there is no charge for the over 70s, then I may have got caught because I have just had to renew mine to cover a cruise we booked. That means, as you say, we will remain covered by UK Insurance until the upgrade expires.

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