Club pitch prices

David, I agree that an organisation running '200' sites will have large overheads but it will also have 200 sites contributing to the coffers and profits.

if the club can't benefit from 'economies of scale' across such a vast estate, with such enormous buying power there must be something amiss.

contracts for all sorts of services and equipment must be on better terms than for the single commercial or private site that has far less to bargain with.

similarly, if the insurance and travel services aren't contributing in the way they should then there needs to be serious revision of the offering.

again, the single site doesn't have any of this to bolster its income.

as PD says, the one procedural difference with CAMC is the 'necessity' of a large office and workforce to support the clubs 'extra' activities.

the contrast to its approach to on site manpower levels is stark. A mid/large commercial will probably have with 2/3 staff in the office (almost all day) and be able to deploy other staff to clean toilets/showers, cut grass (remember that?) and hedges, carry out maintenance etc...

Prices are running away from many folk, Black Knowl in peak is over £54 for a HS pitch, and over £58 for an SP.

even in October, these prices are £45+ and £50+.

I know this is a nice site, in a lovely area...we've used it a couple of times but £350 a week in October for a SP.??

Prices are running away from many folk, Black Knowl in peak is over £54 for a HS pitch, and over £58 for an SP

I'm not sure where or what the evidence is for saying prices are running away from many folk?

SP at Black Knowl are fully booked for 15 days for the remainder of July and fully booked again for 17 days in August, the rest are virtually all lows. September follows a very similar pattern (16 full).

People seem to be running to SP not away from them?

On HS the remainder of July is full for six days and lows again virtually everywhere else. That makes an occupancy rate of around 90% plus, not bad?  A few lows in August but again difficult to know how many empty pitches, just not the magic five or less, I would imagine a high occupancy rate personally and it picking up nearer the time which appears to be the pattern now with these 'new' deposits. And then it picks up again in September with 8 full days.

Again if people are paying the prices in these numbers the club has probably got it right in their offer?

Pricing doesn’t make sense.  Our caravan is booked into Seacroft for over 3 weeks in the summer.  The pitch fee, which includes an adult is £22.80 a night.  An extra adult is £30.40 so if there is another van or MH inn the family it’s cheaper to have one adult in two units!

Looking at prices for August the price per adult is about £17/18 depending on pitch type but I can't find any prices as low as you quote? The pitch fee doesn't include any adults.

A pitch plus one adult is around £37 over August and with two around £55? Which comes out to the overall price you gave.

1. Pricing at Seacroft is standard pitch 2 adults is £54.30 in August basic price for pitch is £36.90 which is pitch with one adult. Super pitch is about an extra £5.00