Posted on 03/03/2019 19:21
Just come off a Rally on an all singing and dancing commercial site. They did a deal where the ehu was optional @£3 p/n. 28 vans 25 paid for ehu. We didn’t refilled the gas bottle after we got back and it cost me £4.51, the bottle had been used for 4 nights on a clubsite so ehu and 3 nights non-ehu so 7 nights in total.
No moral to this story just numbers.
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Posted on 04/03/2019 17:28 by moulesyGood to see all these non EHU sites, and I do hope you're using them regularly, not just resorting to Dr Google!
Posted on 04/03/2019 17:39
I only have one site that I use regularly and that is Southport at December. The most that I can recall using any other site in the last 15 years is 3 times and that probably applies/will apply to 5 sites I think. After this year there may be a dozen that I have visited twice in 15 years. Not the best customer for repeat trade
Posted on 04/03/2019 15:49 by hitchglitchWith a built-in LPG tank, gas is ridiculously cheap but I still like the convenience of EHU. It keeps the hot water ticking over and the fridge plus occasional use of the microwave, electric kettle and, most important (and difficult without EHU) a desk fan for hot nights in southern Europe. a/c is becoming increasingly standard on motorhomes and that wouldn't be possible with just gas.
Posted on 04/03/2019 17:25 by RufsHiglands end near Brideport ? great site if your into hill walking, you can walk down into West Bay stuff your face on fresh fish and chips walk back to site and have lost a few pounds
Posted on 04/03/2019 19:39
Boff if you are still following this - Hope you don't mind me saying I find your post interesting because of the numbers that attended at this time of year (28 vans). So, wondering if it was a ‘special’ rally as it was at a commercial site and also if this is the usual numbers that turn up to CMC rallies held at this time of year.
Posted on 04/03/2019 20:06
we don't drag our cyclinders around, it moves when the van moves.
I suppose I could tow the whole caravan along to get a refil on the gas when topping up the diesel but that seems even more complicated as cheapest diesel is Costco and (possibly only) gas is Morrisons, which is in opposite direction.
I do have a BIG inverter fitted and it works the microwave and hairdryer a treat - but most important of all, the espresso machine!
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Posted on 04/03/2019 20:49
@Jayoutdoors, it was special in respect of it, was the first time a Rally had been run on this particular site. 28 pitches was the number the site allocated to us, there was in fact a waiting list. There was also another Rally at a village hall last weekend this was also full @ 20vans. Next weekend there are no Rallies, because the rally planed has been cancelled because of a problem on the site that was for 65 vans. I feel for the organisers of that one because sorting out the refunds will be a real pain.
PS I can only speak for our centres attendances not the caravan club as a whole
Posted on 04/03/2019 21:33
Optional EHU is a good idea as it’s becoming more and more usual that Caravans and Motorhomes carry at least some solar recharging facilities. That will only increase in future years. However, when a site (club or CL) has invested heavily in infrastructure, it can hardly be expected to reduce the cost by much whereas a simple, well kept field will offer just as much for the offgridder but without paying for the work done on the site.
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