Silly site prices. Off season and peak season

steve, I'm agreeing with you....this sort of arbitrary increase just hacks of customers who remember (or have notes) their stays at regular haunts....

even JVB would notice that sort of rise at his go to site.....

I was looking at the price guide for Thirsk racecourse site for a 4 night stay. No problems with price and may well book it if its available but noticed that the Club have gone to the trouble of actually reducing the price at the end of the season for 1 measly night. Is this a marketing trick just so they can show a low "From..." price? Why bother for goodness sake.

Intrigued and having 10 minutes to spare I looked through the Price Guide (available from EG). There are 9 other instances of this happening, all for the last night, yet there are several other sites across the network that close on the same date where no reduction is given.

I think someone at EG is taking the proverbial.

Edit - Incidentally, the guide doesn't show prices for non EHU pitches.

But it's not bad for that area? I've just looked at a few sites near to the club one and one Riverside comes in at £24 pounds max for a couple but charges £3.50 for a child only to 16 and £2 per dog (club site is £1 per child up to 17 and, well you know what the charges for dogs are) so an average family with dog face an extra £9 per night. Additionally if you want access after 11pm you will need a Gate fob hire - £30 (refundable). No online booking either.

Also it is inferior as it is on grass (as far I could tell and IMHO of course). Additionally day visitors are charged at £2 and there is a minimum three nights in high season. Other sites are about the same

So yes perhaps not bad for the superior (OK delete if required) but certainly consistent and known quality (and cleanliness) of the club?

Oh and the speed limit is 10mph which might please some people 

But I do think that is acceptable for a club, OK you would expect that from me, but looking at bookings over the summer on various sites a lot of other people think it is OK too, and of course the weekends full thread is also proof? 

Maybs, CS, they're all too dear for the area, hence the low turnout. I can afford to pay £28 for a pitch but won't at Malvern. As WTG said, I think, sometimes value for money plays a bigger role.

yes can't disagree with that

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...but is it chicken or egg.....?

customers (reluctantly?) continuing to pay nigh on £30 a night does nothing to send a message to HQ....who then line up the 2020 price list with the default increase making it £32+

in another thread (Galaxy) way back, someone mentioned (not quite tongue in cheek) default prices of £40 a night for club summer prices, we are definitely heading that way at a rate of knots...

adding 3 or 4 pct to prices that are ever higher, leads to the gap increasing at an ever higher rate..

as WTG posted, it's now 'value' that we look at and the club odffering hasn't changed much in the 10 yrs we've been members...no desire to provide much more than a pitch and a shower/loo, yet prices have spiralled to the level being discussed....

we, too, now have a good look around and will choose CCC, commercial, CL/CS or THS if available....

i agree sites may still be full for the most part, but i still get plenty of (encouraging) emails telling me that there are spaces at X or y and z.

 

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it's now 'value' that we look at and the club odffering hasn't changed much in the 10 yrs we've been members...no desire to provide much more than a pitch and a shower/loo,

Which is exactly what I want. Not really bothered by shower and loo but will use if available on site