Caravan Club prices question

I have been informed that we have just booked on a French campsite in August,  somewhere nearish Bordeaux cost per night €40 inclusive of 6amp ehu doesn't strike me as that much cheaper than UK prices.

Sometimes there is an element of the grass always being greener elsewhere.   Before anyone posts Asci etc we are tied to school holidays and therefore  have to accept peak prices. 

...I think you have hit the nail on the head.    Because of the French tradition of each village having a municipal site, the competition for anything outside July/August is intense so it keeps prices low then.  But, in July and August some of the really good sites in France charge double what the Club does.   For example a Castles and Camping site I looked at charges between €48 and €71 Euros for the pitch and two people, any extra people over the age of 5 are charged €13.50.  It is €7 a night for 10amp electricity, €7 for children aged between 3 and 5 and €5.50 for a dog. 
So, a family of 4 going to this site in France in July or August would pay: between €82.50 and €105 (£56 to £70) per night whereas for example at the Looe Club site for the same period during school holidays the cost for a family of 4 would be would be £39.60 per night.

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Nice privately owned site at Matignon in North Brittany, immaculate, not tacky, no bingo/ no discos,  two miles from the coast, swimming pool with retractable roof, open or closed according to weather, free wi fi, drinks served on the terrace plus hot snacks at weekends, spotless toilet blocks with cleaner busy and active several times a day, and PEAK prices in July and August £15 (€20) for two people. Otherwise £10 (€13) a night.  No other Brits there last July but us. 

Are there comparable places with comparable prices in Devon? 

When our children we small we used to go to France during the last week in August, including the Bank Holiday, and then the first week in September before they returned to school, and we managed to have some very cheap family holidays.  

Here are some sites, all in beautiful areas, which are available for just 11 euros (that's just £8.47) per night for pitch, car and caravan, awning, electricity and one dog, this one between 30/04 - 08/07 and again from 25/08 - 02/09

And this one, also 11 euros, 01/04 - 01/07 and 27/08 - 02/09.

And this one is the same price, between 30/04 - 07/07 and 28/08 - 26/09,but within that price includes three children under 6 free of charge and even better than that has the following offer of free nights: Extra discount: 7=6 / 14=11 / 21=16.  A family with young children, who could travel at Spring Bank Holiday, perhaps, could have a fortnight there for just £93.17 in campsite fees.  

 

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Valda your knowledge is priceless to us learners,thank you.  

As Val says, it is possible to get cheap site fees at the end of August because the French holidays generally end on the weekend after 15th which is a National Holiday.   Many sites give ACSI rates after that date.

Val your last picture looks very much like this site.

 

The last photo is of Camping St Lambert in Millau - a lovely situation on the river Dourbie, and the riverside pitches are fabulous with beaver in the river in the evenings.

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We've been to Les Rivages, several times, and always found a riverside pitch looking towards the Millau viaduct. It's yet another ACSI bargain at 15 euros (£11.55) per night between 09/04 - 05/07 and again from 22/08 - 30/09, and with an offer of free nights, ie: 7=6 / 14=11.  Good sized grassy pitches, a lovely pool, plenty of sanitary blocks, and peaceful at night!  Must go back again.