CL Sites

Since a Club no facilities site, with HS, can be had for £14, I would not look to pay more than £12-13 for a similar CL, and no more than £15 if there was  also a WC.  

We usually use our own shower so  would not want to pay over £16 max for  any CL.

KjellNN - I can see your logic, but the Club can afford to provide such a pitch @ £14 due to the economies of scale it operates the Club Sites at.   You can't really judge a Club Site with 10's of Pitches against a CL which is restricted to 5.  

I understand what you are saying, but as a pensioner I do have to consider price.

If the Club site was in the area I wanted, it would get my business over a more expensive CL.  If there were no CMC or CCC sites in the area I may well be willing to pay a little more for a CL.

Took a look at the Bow Hill site, it looks fine, but  I would not pay their prices in low season, which is mainly when we go away.  In fact I cannot remember ever paying that much for a pitch anytime.

We were recently at York, which seems to be an expensive area for sites, we booked Beechwood, but also looked at CLs in the area.  Most were booked up but were IMO rather expensive for what they offered, so not worthwhile altering our booking to save £2-3 per night.

We do holiday a lot abroad, use ACSI and hardly ever book ahead (only twice in 10 years) as at our age things can often alter unexpectedly and trips need to be cancelled or altered, so we do like the no deposit Club regime, and the ease of altering things if necessary.

We've used more CL'S this year than previously, we now have a much better shower in the new van. The things we look for in a CL are dog friendly and we like ehu. Like the site to be tidy with reasonable water and cdp facilities.  This year the best cls we have stayed on have also been the cheapest. We have a local CL that now charges £27.50 for pitch, awning and 1 dog per night.😮😮😮 Luckily we have another local CL that only charge  £13 and it's lovely stayed twice this year.

Pretty much the same as us. We don't need showers and toilets just somewhere to fill and empty. EHU is good to have especially in winter to keep the battery topped up due to the lower light levels. H/S or gravel type area is good it doesn't have to be anything special, just firm ground that we won't get stuck in, probably up there with the EHU. We definitely would not pay £20 pn unless it was 'special'  £12 - £15 is the norm for us and that's incl of EHU.

At the last small site I went to the lady said "Do use our family swimming pool, would you like fresh hot bread brought to the caravan in the morning, please pick what salads you want in our garden, I will be doing an evening meal for the B&B visitors so would you like to eat with them ? there is charcoal by the brick barbecue at the end of the garden, do put any food you have in the chest freezer in the barn, you can hang wet clothes on the lines in there to dry too, and there is a table tennis table and a baby football game as well, here is the code for the free wi-fi, would you like to buy any new laid eggs? " 

There were six or eight pitches rather than five so it wasn't a CL, but maybe there are ideas for CL owners too. You can compete with big sites in other ways than just by price.

The sheer range and variety of CLs and the extras you sometimes come across make them a lovely place to stay. We have used swimming pools for free, bought gifts and crafts from onsite, home made cakes and bread, cheap vegetables, lots have fishing ponds, some will even cater for taking a horse! They are all out there, various prices, various locations!

The things we look for in a CL are dog friendly and we like ehu. Like the site to be tidy with reasonable water and cdp facilities. This year the best cls we have stayed on have also been the cheapest.

It's the same for us. We do like H/S especially in the latter half of the year, but certainly don't need a toilet, shower or a water tap at each pitch....nice to have but not necessary. 

CG it would be good to sit down and discuss the issues, but as your site is dearer than we would pay for a CL I can't see us enjoying that pint together. I will however pass on the info regarding your help group to any CL owner had I happen to chat to.

I'm like Kjell in that we use the CC's non-facility sites when there's one in the area we want to visit, and also agree with him about the pricing structure that he works to. I cannot ever remember paying more than £17 pn on any site that we've used and never more than £15 on a CL, and don't intend to change for a while yet. 

Cholsey Grange,

Out of the 45 CLs that closed this year, do you know how many of them were priced over £15? Just a thought...

Or how many have gone on to be commercial site?