Another Caravan Dealer Closes Down

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It's been reported that Lady Bailey caravans in Winterbourne in Dorset is closing been for sale since 2022, and also due to declining market!!
 
Googlebot said:
River Dart Country park wanted £90 this year without electric for a grass pitch.

Thats what I am trying to get at, I have said all along the greed pricing will bite people in the backside.
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Googlebot said:
River Dart Country park wanted £90 this year without electric for a grass pitch.

Thats what I am trying to get at, I have said all along the greed pricing will bite people in the backside.
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They deserve to go bust with prices like that.

Even C&MC have realised that they are overpriced. Now offering free nights.

We stayed at Moreton-in-Marsh site recently and tried to sign on to their advertised free WiFi.

One hour free at (I think) 10mb/s, otherwise pay for longer and better connection. On their follow up questionnaire I pointed out that, for other sites particularly within mainland Europe, free WiFi tends to mean usable WiFi.
 
I have always felt sorry for the "Tugger's" we started off 7 years ago with a top notch brand new caravan, we used it 12/13 times in 16 months on a storage campsite in North Devon. It didnt take me long to work out that lugging this 23 foot trailer all over the country and Europe wasnt going to work for us, as you would need to pre-book sites not just go add hoc and take your chances.
I would guess that many well seasoned caravaners are now feeling the pinch of todays site prices, more than ever, and are not able to afford some of the sites that they have enjoyed in the past, especially not for any long duration in summer.
Slight thread drift, apologies upfront.
Reminds me of the weekly Fish & Chip supper that a lot of people had on Friday nights for a family of 4 maybe, how many have to think twice about having them every week nowadays?, too many I guess, every time I visit my local one they have gone up in price.
So many things we took for granted as affordable, for most of our lives, are no longer, so something has to give, the leisure market will be the 1st to feel it.
LES

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TinaLes said:
I have always felt sorry for the "Tugger's" we started off 7 years ago with a top notch brand new caravan, we used it 12/13 times in 16 months on a storage campsite in North Devon. It didnt take me long to work out that lugging this 23 foot trailer all over the country and Europe wasnt going to work for us, as you would need to pre-book sites not just go add hoc and take your chances.
I would guess that many well seasoned caravaners are now feeling the pinch of todays site prices, more than ever, and are not able to afford some of the sites that they have enjoyed in the past, especially not for any long duration in summer.
Slight thread drift, apologies upfront.
Reminds me of the weekly Fish & Chip supper that a lot of people had on Friday nights for a family of 4 maybe, how many have to think twice about having them every week nowadays?, too many I guess, every time I visit my local one they have gone up in price.
So many things we took for granted as affordable, for most of our lives, are no longer, so something has to give, the leisure market will be the 1st to feel it.
LES
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Spot on, we used to have takeaway fish & chips on wednesdays, the shop was always busy, sometimes queuing out of the door. Stopped going now due to relentless price rises. When I drive past it's mostly empty nowadays. Mini fish & chips used to be £2.50 not too long ago, it doubled in a couple of years, not been for about 3 years.
 
We have just rebooked a one way Newhaven to Dieppe ferry for the 25th January for a 7 meter sprinter and a 5 meter trailer for £81.50 with the over 60 discount there are lot's of free Aires, let them charge £70 a night madness 😠
 
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maison said:
They deserve to go bust with prices like that.

Even C&MC have realised that they are overpriced. Now offering free nights.

We stayed at Moreton-in-Marsh site recently and tried to sign on to their advertised free WiFi.

One hour free at (I think) 10mb/s, otherwise pay for longer and better connection. On their follow up questionnaire I pointed out that, for other sites particularly within mainland Europe, free WiFi tends to mean usable WiFi.
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the wi-fi is free with with no time constraint except you have to sign on every 60 minutes .
works for emailing , general surfing , FB although not streaming .

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nicholsong said:
Look away now if a UK tourer and of a nervous disposition.

We have recently come back from 3 months travelling from Poland, through Slowakia-Austria-Italy-Greece and back same way.

We never paid for a site nor parking.
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Can we follow you next time.
 
headlight said:
Plus tourism tax, in Wales anyway, coming in.
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Yes but we mustn't worry..it's all going to bring growth and masses of foreign investment to the UK.(Or so we are being told)
For what it's worth in my opinion I think we may just be lucky and avoid recession despite high inflation..sure as a foreign investor/business I could find better opportunities
 
In fairness we had many years of great holidays with caravans, both here and abroad.
We never pay anything like those prices quoted above, and we only stop in the uk. Don’t know what our average site fee was last year, about £18 I think, but there was only one site above £30 and that was for one night, and due to location.

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maison said:
Even C&MC have realised that they are overpriced. Now offering free nights.
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I got 3 free nights at CAMC this year - and paid for 3 :LOL:

I think I'll leave this year and see if there are any CCC joining offers.
 
Puddleduck said:
How much????

Makes last minute cruise deals look like a bargain.
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I was chatting with Mrs. ET recently.

We have a motorhome and caravan.

We are considering selling both.

But site prices in the UK are often too high. By the time we have hooked the caravan up, driven to the site, paid for diesel etc. We could have gone aboard.

We are lucky we have a house and car in Spain. I have a booking for March, Return flights for two, 10 nights away, £80. Car parking at the airport costs me €1 a day. Total Travel costs in the Region of £200. If you Include Taxi Transport to UK Airport and Airport drinks etc.

I priced to go to Dorset in mid March

Serviced Pitch for Caravan: 10 Nights £450
Fuel (not including W&T) £280

Total cost £730

If you search around and are flexible, you can get some great Winter Sun deals from £285 pp for 10 nights.

The motorhome we mostly use on the Continent, where many of you will know, sites and stays are a lot cheaper. We stayed on a Site in the South of France late August. €14 a night. Serviced Pitch next to the river. Site had small pool and restaurant / bar.

But with the limitation of Schengen days, we use most of them September to May, staying at our house in Spain. Meaning we cant travel to Europe for extended trips in the summer.
 

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