The easiest way to make touring cheaper

2 years ago I stayed at a CL that cost £25/night and then stayed at a non facilities club site for under £20/night, they were both in areas where we wanted to be and surely that’s the point

Sarcasm doesn't become you, BB, and you missed the point that I was actually in agreement with you for the most part.

Still, don't let that little matter mar your delight in repeating up the same old comments about me again and again and.....

It's absolutely the point, One, and I hope no one cuts off their nose to spite their face meaning they end up where they dont want to be for the sake of a few £s.

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another +1

Location for me is important. However that certainly does not mean a site like Rowntree Park. I wish to stay in an area for 5 days usually. If York was on my doorstep I would only visit once and so would rather use the site outside York and the P&R. Location for me means ideally 50 to 80 mile of previous site in an area that I wish to visit - not just a particular town or village. And, like many, I amnot constrained to CC sites

Obviously the easiest way to make touring cheaper is simply to give up and stay at home, presumably under the duvet! 

But assuming one wants to carry on touring, it's surely simple to do a bit of research on the area one wants to visit and find the best deal in that area.

I'm assuming here obviously that folk are reasonably intelligent - some seem to think otherwise. I mean, would anyone just turn up at Borrowdale and expect to be at Keswick? Almost the first statement in the site description is "5 miles from Keswick" - anyone wanting to book would surely have read that. 

And as for "meekly" paying up - it's not what we do and presumably it's not what you did in your stays on club site in high season, BB. So why insult others by suggesting that's what they do? 

To me, it matters not if it's (either) club sites or CLs / CSs I'm staying on - if it's where I want to be when I want to be there that's all that really matters. 

Moulesy, Actually you can blame me for using the term meekly paying up, and on reflection that was a poor choice of words. What I was meaning to say that we as members should avoid paying whatever is asked of us without demure.  Otherwise there is little to discourage the club from constantly raising prices as they wish because everyone appears happy to pay.

It may not be evident to all but I actually have the clubs future in my mind, because I have been a member since 1979 with a short break in the mid eighties. I want the club to continue to survive and despite success at the moment, I really do think that it is making itself very vulnerable by its present direction.

Many years ago it was almost the only option available, but that has changed. Today there are many others in the game and I truly don't want the club to cause itself a problem by pricing itself into a disadvantage.  Someone has to say that the Emperors new clothes are a bit questionable.  Its Ok to claim you are the smartest but not if your customers are finding others almost as good but cheaper!

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Many years ago it was almost the only option available, but that has changed. Today there are many others in the game and I truly don't want the club to cause itself a problem by pricing itself into a disadvantage.  Someone has to say that the Emperors new clothes are a bit questionable.  Its Ok to claim you are the smartest but not if your customers are finding others almost as good but cheaper!

 when I joined CC 35+ years ago there were many other options. However, in my view the CC was the better option. In general I hold the same view today. As far as prices go I see little to choose between the main options on a cost basis. I exclude CC sites and those of a lesser standard, many of which l have found overpriced for what they provide (and I do not mean CLs).

yes +1

What some on here seem always to miss, either deliberately or not, is that the club is middle of the road for prices, and in my view far better quality than those costing more. But everyone has to judge that for themselves.

The club appears to be doing better than OK, sites are still popular, full even in peak, and I just never see that with other non club sites. I could, and have done in the past on here, go onto a full club site in peak and then find spaces with those non club sites nearby. I wonder why that is?

I personally don't think the club has anything to worry about except getting more sites (and more HS) to meet demand?