Silly site prices. Off season and peak season

Not Mike replied on 28/02/2019 02:08

Not Mike

Posted on 28/02/2019 02:08

I have looked at the latest handbook to book a site. Prices are not clear ... There is no guidance, as there was in the past, as to off season / peak season pricing. Is all pricing now charged at peak season rates? Go online .. No mention of differential prices as you book.

So the only way I can find how much a site will cost is to go through the booking process, then I will get a price, then I can decide if I can afford it or not.

for Example

I looked at the Bladon Chains site ... Page 149. A bargain at "from £7.90 a night, for one adult and pitch. It's open from 01 March. I decided to book from 01 March ... Surely this is must be low season, my experience tells me that this is the case. But I wanted too book two adults, so I wonder how much this will cost?? Perhaps, at the very most, my wildest guess, at the most 2 X £7.90. Perhaps £16 a night. No it can't be that much ... The site has only just opened, so it must be off season. Proceed to book it £179.20 for 8 nights. £22.40 a night for 2 people!! There is no breakdown of the pricing on the email confirmation.

In the wildest imagination of consumer rip offs, "I could not believe it"! How can you get from £7.90 to £22.40 by adding one person. How do I find when I can go by myself for £7.90?

This seems to me the most opaque pricing structure you could possibly get. I thought transparency was the new watch-word in consumer relations!

I booked, but will be chasing this up to find out WHY., The silly price declaration. (Would it have been cheaper to book 2 pitches with one person on each?). I don't expect I will get a sensible answer over the phone tomorrow.... But I have given the 'powers that be' a chance to formulate a response, in advance.

Watch this space!

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young thomas replied on 18/08/2022 08:46

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Posted on 18/08/2022 08:46

Re pricing, CAMC is little different to other 'leisure companies' in that the headline (bargain) pricing is often very difficult to achieve. Allowed no doubt, but dubious copy all the same.

the club has myriad changes of prices during a calendar year, I can't remember ever seeing another organisation with such a populated price list.

is there peak and off peak any more? Just scroll to your dates and see. Won't be 'named as such' as there are far more variations than the simple understanding of price lists of yore...low/medium/high. Some lists had been known to include variations of just a few pence...

The fairly simple rule is that there is an R in the month, there will be some raised prices. If there are a Friday and a Saturday in the week there will be some raised prices.

other than that, there's plenty of bargains to be found😉

SteveL replied on 18/08/2022 09:06

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Posted on 17/08/2022 22:21 by Rick Vince

Having read all recent comments on pricing etc I have to agree with the majority and add my voice of concern of the creeping cost increases across most / all CMC club sites in comparison to good CLs or independents. We are undertaking something of a UK tour next year and I am currently putting our itinerary together and have been shocked at the CMC club site costs for out of season booking - over £40 per night in early Easter and over £50 later in the summer for a motorhome and 2 adults. Good independents and the other club can be a few miles down the road and charge half this and include WiFi which the CMC want £4 a night for!! Not sure I will be renewing my membership if I can reinvest the money in cheaper sites that seem to be just as good!!!

Posted on 18/08/2022 09:06

Good independents and the other club can be a few miles down the road and charge half this and include WiFi

Although we have found the other club a fair bit cheaper, this is because we are eligible for the Age Related Discount. On the one site we stopped on in summer peak, when it is not available, the price was fractionally higher than the nearest CAMC site. Basically for younger members I don’t think there is a lot of difference and even for us the maximum was £8 a night. £22 a night rather than £30, certainly not half.
However, we have liked all the other clubs sites we have stayed on and when the playing field is levelled by the introduction of deposits by this club, we will almost certain use more.

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young thomas replied on 18/08/2022 09:29

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Posted on 17/08/2022 22:21 by Rick Vince

Having read all recent comments on pricing etc I have to agree with the majority and add my voice of concern of the creeping cost increases across most / all CMC club sites in comparison to good CLs or independents. We are undertaking something of a UK tour next year and I am currently putting our itinerary together and have been shocked at the CMC club site costs for out of season booking - over £40 per night in early Easter and over £50 later in the summer for a motorhome and 2 adults. Good independents and the other club can be a few miles down the road and charge half this and include WiFi which the CMC want £4 a night for!! Not sure I will be renewing my membership if I can reinvest the money in cheaper sites that seem to be just as good!!!

Posted on 18/08/2022 09:29

Rick, if youre happy with CLs, and certainly if your happy with your van's facilities, then the question is what does a club site give you for twice the price?

SteveL replied on 28/08/2022 09:07

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Posted on 28/08/2022 09:07

Just been reading a post in the Sunday paper, where a business has been quoted 97p a KW hour for their electric. That sort of figure would certainly have a significant effect on site prices going forward. Particularly in the winter months.

JVB66 replied on 28/08/2022 09:13

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Posted on 17/08/2022 22:21 by Rick Vince

Having read all recent comments on pricing etc I have to agree with the majority and add my voice of concern of the creeping cost increases across most / all CMC club sites in comparison to good CLs or independents. We are undertaking something of a UK tour next year and I am currently putting our itinerary together and have been shocked at the CMC club site costs for out of season booking - over £40 per night in early Easter and over £50 later in the summer for a motorhome and 2 adults. Good independents and the other club can be a few miles down the road and charge half this and include WiFi which the CMC want £4 a night for!! Not sure I will be renewing my membership if I can reinvest the money in cheaper sites that seem to be just as good!!!

Posted on 28/08/2022 09:13

Cc WiFi is £30 for an annual subscription

young thomas replied on 29/08/2022 16:00

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Posted on 28/08/2022 09:07 by SteveL

Just been reading a post in the Sunday paper, where a business has been quoted 97p a KW hour for their electric. That sort of figure would certainly have a significant effect on site prices going forward. Particularly in the winter months.

Posted on 29/08/2022 16:00

So, time to offer members a non-EHU option an ANY pitch in the network? I've seen club sites advertising non EHU pitches and there might be one or even two!

if inclusive prices are all that's on offer and these are to rise exponentially due to the leccy component then customers will baulk and do something else.

if prices can be maintained at a sensible level by removing the charge for a hook up then this will give customers to opportunity to camp and a price they can afford and the club less empty pitches.

you only have to look at how many vans there are on the C&CC THS sites to see how value is being sought out.

agreed, it's not for everyone (although a night or two stopping over really doesn't require any mods to a van at all...) it gives the club a more attractive price point.

currently, their prices are heading moonward faster than the latest rocket😉

a trial on something like this would be even easier to set up than the ANPR one.

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JollyKernow replied on 29/08/2022 20:31

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Posted on 29/08/2022 16:00 by young thomas

So, time to offer members a non-EHU option an ANY pitch in the network? I've seen club sites advertising non EHU pitches and there might be one or even two!

if inclusive prices are all that's on offer and these are to rise exponentially due to the leccy component then customers will baulk and do something else.

if prices can be maintained at a sensible level by removing the charge for a hook up then this will give customers to opportunity to camp and a price they can afford and the club less empty pitches.

you only have to look at how many vans there are on the C&CC THS sites to see how value is being sought out.

agreed, it's not for everyone (although a night or two stopping over really doesn't require any mods to a van at all...) it gives the club a more attractive price point.

currently, their prices are heading moonward faster than the latest rocket😉

a trial on something like this would be even easier to set up than the ANPR one.

Posted on 29/08/2022 20:31

Evening

The answer BB is in the first five words of your fifth paragraph of your post. In real terms that would equate to 99% of club membership. Just saying.

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nelliethehooker replied on 29/08/2022 20:59

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Posted on 29/08/2022 20:31 by JollyKernow

Evening

The answer BB is in the first five words of your fifth paragraph of your post. In real terms that would equate to 99% of club membership. Just saying.

JK

Posted on 29/08/2022 20:59

That's at the moment, probably because there are so few non-EHU pitches, but should the system change then there could be many more willing to do without EHU and save some money.

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Cornersteady replied on 29/08/2022 21:34

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Posted on 29/08/2022 21:34

Am I correct in saying that with the CCC you can opt out with EHU? And yet hardly anyone does? Ready to be corrected here.

Tinwheeler replied on 29/08/2022 21:46

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Posted on 29/08/2022 21:34 by Cornersteady

Am I correct in saying that with the CCC you can opt out with EHU? And yet hardly anyone does? Ready to be corrected here.

Posted on 29/08/2022 21:46

It’s not exactly an opt out, Corners. There is an option to book (grass?) pitches without EHU but it costs extra to book a pitch with HS and/or use of the hook up bollard. It’s not possible to have a with lekky pitch but choose not to use the hook up.

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