Price Shock

Welcome back. There are 33 sites listed on line within 5 miles of York and the price range is pretty variable, though if you can afford that smart new camper van I am sure you can afford the dearer ones. Good wishes.

York is expensive, especially at peak, it is very popular and they are able to charge those sort of prices. If it’s just a shakedown pick one of the sites listed in the latest newsletter with 10% off in April / May. They are less popular and therefore cheaper anyway and now get an additional 10%. You have to stay for 3 nights but could stay, at say Graffham Water, for £97.74 even over Easter.

Can anybody tell me whether this includes breakfast and evening meal?

In your absence they've decided to change a habit of a lifetime and consider the notion that "The customer is King/Queen/LBGT+/Non-binary etc" and not only will you be getting breakfast and evening meal but a full unit wash before leaving.

They've also managed to move the calendar and treat all of April as the 1st.🤣

No, but it does include dedicated and secure 24hr city centre car parking for not only your car but your caravan and awning should you wish it. I’ve stayed at a few city centre hotels and car parking is extra and in some cases a right pain. Yes, it’s pricey but look at what you get!

Under £30 pppn in York City Centre in April!

Bargain! 

Hitchglitch, you are not alone. At £115 for two nights I'd need prescription medication to cope with the shock. Even Graffham Water at £97.74 for 3 nights makes me want to cry. I'm obviously a couple of decades short of reality.

Colin

Site fees are only one element of owning a motorhome but somehow you tend not to get people complaining about fuel/servicing/insurance which probably add up to a lot more than a few nights on a campsite. There are always cheaper alternatives but when you get a campsite in a unique location costs are bound to be high. Lets face it, none of us have any idea of how much the running costs are of the York site are. If people are determined to spend less Cherry Tree Cottage (no facilities but on a regular bus service into York) will probably cost half. But you could argue that despite its value it is not as convenient as being right in your. A couple of weekends ago we spent £86 for one night in a Premier Inn, but that did include breakfast. My motorhome would have been more comfortable!

David

Wise words David. It's all about the best fit for the situation and that will always differ from one camper to the next.

Colin

Thank goodness for CLs - and if they get any more expensive, I'll not be renewing next

september, after 45 years !

And before anybody tells me that he club don't set CL prices, I have had first hand a number of reports that Club inspectors hav advised that owners should be charging more !

Advice from a volunteer inspector is just that, GT, and not the same as CAMC setting prices.