Club pitch prices

For yourself you seem to have made the right decision. However, in the case of the site you mention, yes it is expensive but we still consider it value for money and have a visit booked. It does depend on when you go and when you book, we have paid £36.50 a night for a super pitch in November.

Sadly you are not alone in your views, however, the club do not seem to be in anyway concerned, that so many members are reporting that they are not using sites or are giving up on the membership.

Like you and many other's we hardly ever use a club site anymore but we remain members (for now) to access the CL network and other member discounts.

There has been many posts about high costs, some agree some still think it's VFM. 

A recurring theme...

there have been many similar threads where members have reduced (or stopped) their use of full price club sites mainly due to price levels. Some, like yourself,  will have maintained membership for CL access or other benefits.

we won't use club sites now, way to expensive for what's being offered. We use CLs too, hence still members.

some have also mentioned the problems they've had with the booking system and the level of deposits to be paid when booking a season's tour.

the change in the cancellation terms has also been a cause of many disgruntled posts along with the pitch price hikes for 'power costs'...

However, the change to metered power will be a useful addition to those who can operate without hook up and the trial should help iron out any discovered 'bumps' in the connection process for those who do require a supply but some will see this as another annoyance..

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There are so many vacancies at Chatsworth these days.

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put the above together and it's not hard to see that site occupancy is coming under some pressure, anecdotal evidence here would support that (apart from the odd club diehard).

Depends on how you define value for money. I suppose we could go to one of the CL’s  around Chatsworth and also take the Yaris and drive in and pay for parking every day. Or we could just go to Chatsworth and wander through the gate straight into the estate. There’s no right or wrong YT.

In 2022 we spent less than 20 nights on club sites, this year it will be less than 10.. In the past it was around 40 or 50. We now use CLs CSs THSs or private sites. Club sites are a last resort now based mainly on price.

I do hope the club are taking note of the general feelings expressed here and I gather on other posts. There are advantages to membership but sadly the one area it is not reflected is the site prices. I do not know if they are interested or have just become too big and corporate to care.

One of the reasons they do give is raised electricity prices. So will their fees drop as electricity prices fall? I doubt it.

Steve, you're certainly right with regard to a 'destination site' like Chatsworth...or say Longleat, where the site and the 'attraction' are on the doorstep together...this will certainly skew the VFM equation. We stayed at  Longleat a while back to coincide with a rock concert there.

however, one could easily drive a MH to the Chatsworth (or Blenheim or other stately home) car park and enjoy the visit from a far 'better value' site/CL.

other 'stand alone' Club sites won't have this extra 'cachet' and might reside in a general area where they are up against other competition.

if sites were to offer more than just a pitch and toilet block they might seem more attractive but as this is the 'usual' template they have to stand up against commercials that offer far more at similar or better prices.

I was interested to read that DK stayed at Swiss Farm in Henley rather than the Clubs Four Oaks site next door...he reported that he enjoyed the extra facilities of bar/restaurant, swimming pool etc....it also has large hedge divided pitches and was similarly priced.

as you say, it depends on how you measure VFM...a specific 'destination" location might cut it for Chatsworth or Longleat but not, for us, with run of the mill club sites.