C&MC prices.........

[Langtoftlad]

And when they realise they can get away with charging what they like, which BTW they already have then they will increase that by another tenner, hence the reason I decided to quit after many years of membership they are a multi million pound business, don’t know how they’ve got the neck to call themselves a club.

Do you actually have any evidence that either of the main clubs have increased their prices from the pre covid published ones? Or are you just blowing hot air?
They are called a club because they are - run on business lines admittedly - but any profits are retained within the club.
A club or a business has to make a profit to stay in existence, and to invest in their properties.
Is this really so difficult to understand.

 

[2657]

And when they realise they can get away with charging what they like, which BTW they already have then they will increase that by another tenner, hence the reason I decided to quit after many years of membership they are a multi million pound business, don’t know how they’ve got the neck to call themselves a club.

Because they are a club

 

[M-J]

I’ve heard the Craft Gin Club charge to send you Gin on a monthly basis, bloody cheek of it!

 

[Cheshirecat57]

And when they realise they can get away with charging what they like, which BTW they already have then they will increase that by another tenner, hence the reason I decided to quit after many years of membership they are a multi million pound business, don’t know how they’ve got the neck to call themselves a club.

Gosh, you are so lucky to have got out when you did, escaped by the skin of your teeth

 

[gwyntaxi]

both clubs are member clubs so profit does not need to be so high
that way members get a fair price NOT what they think they can get.
remember people have been laid of ,short time redundant ect
will there be a lot money about to spend on hols.
terry

You are entitled your opinion the shame as anyone else, but after reading the first two lines of your post ( no disrespects to yourself) I almost wet myself. The both clubs are multi million pound operations geared purely to making money and catering mainly for the well off, they have executive administrative posts in both clubs paying obscene salaries for a members club, quite a few prime pitches on premier sites in the Lake District area have been lost to make way for “Luxury Lodges” costing the equivalent of a second holiday home, I yet to discover what a Luxury Lodge has got to do with camping & caravanning, I’m sure they are out of the reach of the bulk of the membership. As for charging a fair price and NOT what they can get away with what a joke, I have just read posts of campers paying £34 per night in MID season, hence the reason so many members of both clubs never have and never will use a club site, myself included.You can find better value for money in private sites offering more facilities which are run by wardens who haven’t adopted the Little Hitler attitude towards campers and in particular towards children. No thanks you can keep your overpriced club sites. Rant over.

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[Cheshirecat57]

You are entitled your opinion the shame as anyone else, but after reading the first two lines of your post ( no disrespects to yourself) I almost wet myself. The both clubs are multi million pound operations geared purely to making money and catering mainly for the well off, they have executive administrative posts in both clubs paying obscene salaries for a members club, quite a few prime pitches on premier sites in the Lake District area have been lost to make way for “Luxury Lodges” costing the equivalent of a second holiday home, I yet to discover what a Luxury Lodge has got to do with camping & caravanning, I’m sure they are out of the reach of the bulk of the membership. As for charging a fair price and NOT what they can get away with what a joke, I have just read posts of campers paying £34 per night in MID season, hence the reason so many members of both clubs never have and never will use a club site, myself included.You can find better value for money in private sites offering more facilities which are run by wardens who haven’t adopted the Little Hitler attitude towards campers and in particular towards children. No thanks you can keep your overpriced club sites. Rant over.

So, you have exercised your ULTIMATE RIGHT, and exited/stayed out of the club, jolly good

Please don't pontificate though that you are right and Club members are wrong....we are all different

 

[2657]

You are entitled your opinion the shame as anyone else, but after reading the first two lines of your post ( no disrespects to yourself) I almost wet myself. The both clubs are multi million pound operations geared purely to making money and catering mainly for the well off, they have executive administrative posts in both clubs paying obscene salaries for a members club, quite a few prime pitches on premier sites in the Lake District area have been lost to make way for “Luxury Lodges” costing the equivalent of a second holiday home, I yet to discover what a Luxury Lodge has got to do with camping & caravanning, I’m sure they are out of the reach of the bulk of the membership. As for charging a fair price and NOT what they can get away with what a joke, I have just read posts of campers paying £34 per night in MID season, hence the reason so many members of both clubs never have and never will use a club site, myself included.You can find better value for money in private sites offering more facilities which are run by wardens who haven’t adopted the Little Hitler attitude towards campers and in particular towards children. No thanks you can keep your overpriced club sites. Rant over.

Voted with your feet then, that's what happens in a competitive environment if people stopped using club sites prices would probably drop but they always have to be competitive.

 

[cornish boy]

You are entitled your opinion the shame as anyone else, but after reading the first two lines of your post ( no disrespects to yourself) I almost wet myself.

I just had a similar feeling...

The both clubs are multi million pound operations geared purely to making money and catering mainly for the well off, they have executive administrative posts in both clubs paying obscene salaries for a members club, quite a few prime pitches on premier sites in the Lake District area have been lost to make way for “Luxury Lodges” costing the equivalent of a second holiday home, I yet to discover what a Luxury Lodge has got to do with camping & caravanning, I’m sure they are out of the reach of the bulk of the membership. As for charging a fair price and NOT what they can get away with what a joke, I have just read posts of campers paying £34 per night in MID season, hence the reason so many members of both clubs never have and never will use a club site, myself included.You can find better value for money in private sites offering more facilities which are run by wardens who haven’t adopted the Little Hitler attitude towards campers and in particular towards children. No thanks you can keep your overpriced club sites. Rant over.

I am a bit confused, but perhaps I misunderstood. Are you commenting on site costs and the local management while at the same time saying you dont use them?

Are you also saying that you only join to take the wider advantages of the club membership?

Just checked my membership T&C's with both clubs and they are similar, and it is with huge relief for unhappy members such as yourself I discovered it is perfectly alright to leave if you dont like the deal.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Must be mad... paying £12/nt in July...
Cancel my membership immediately.

 

[gus-lopez]

Problem I have is i usually wish just to turn up & leave the next morning & basically none are of any use to me as they rarely offer one night.. I only ever use one site in the Uk & that is more for camping really but is happy to accept 1 night bookings ,if space, along with turning up whenever.Bonus for me is no music allowed, no facilities apart from tap & toilets.
I only use one commercial aire on the way over but not always.

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[Chris51]

£30 is a bargain! Booked CCC site at Dunstan Hill (Northumberland) today for three nights from 22July. £130.05.
In fairness it's close to the sea and Seahouses. But all the facilities are shut for the season?!
We didn't have much choice as equivalent CLs booked up, can't seem to access CSs, and much of the rest of the time we will stay in smaller places that are much cheaper.
I've learned a lot from the debate on here - having toured in a lot of Europe the way things are set up is distinctly different I agree.

I have booked Wowcher hotels for less than £50 a night ..2 people with meals .(and showers )

 

[Parrot Face]

And when they realise they can get away with charging what they like, which BTW they already have then they will increase that by another tenner, hence the reason I decided to quit after many years of membership they are a multi million pound business, don’t know how they’ve got the neck to call themselves a club.

Most 'arguments' on this forum can be ended in one phrase …"Its my money, i'll spend it as I wish". Expensive motorhomes, expensive campsites etc are some times commented on with disgust. But some prefer to spend all their hard earned cash as they like.

 

[Mikey RV]

And when they realise they can get away with charging what they like, which BTW they already have then they will increase that by another tenner, hence the reason I decided to quit after many years of membership they are a multi million pound business, don’t know how they’ve got the neck to call themselves a club.

Tesco and Sainsbury’s are multi million pound business, do you still shop there.

 

[tonyidle]

It can't be that expensive to provide individual meters because it is quite common in Germany and increasingly so in some parts of France. Slot machine type meters either with 'real money' or with tokens purchased from an onsite machine. From experience prices per kW hour seem quite reasonable in these countries, especially for those of us that use very little per night.
As for legislation, if it is permissible to 'sell' electricity to charge an electric car then it could be just the same on a camp site. And as for blatant profiteering, many camp sites seem to do that already with their charge for a hook-up.

Part of the legislation is that electricity cannot be sold at a profit. Back when this was happening very few caravans didn't want EHU (still very few) and the proportion of motorhomes using the sites was much lower than it is now. The CAMC fully explained the reasons for their decision to include EHU in the pitch fee at the time - and the explanation was accepted by the majority of members. It was the only way they could stay within the law and recoup some of the cost of EHU installation.

 

[Rimswell Wanderer]

I have booked a High season 5 nights at Lock Ness £25 a night hard standing and electric hook up, that was booked directly with the site.

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[Coolcats]

Interesting that there is a view that because something is run as a club it should be low cost. If a club has a reputation for providing a clean quality Enviroment with good facilities it costs, you either accept and pay or you don’t. Nothing in life is free, you also have a choice of what and where to buy, an example is I refuse to buy anything from Primark the cloths are cheap because it’s so cheap it’s throwaway fassion and the people who make the clothes get paid nothing.

jeez you spend how much on your MoHo and begrudge £x per night for clean well maintained campsites.

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

All I would say is don't take up golf.

 

[XxAnthxX]

Just had a call from the local CAMC site we’ve booked from the 4th.......my initial thought was oh no, here we go.

It was to take advanced payment, allocate a pitch and book an arrival time, all as part of the new Covid contactless arrival system.

I couldn’t give them the £29 pn quick enough....

Better still I could choose an extremely early arrival time, which is perfect for making the short ‘getting back out there’ break include the whole of Saturday, again perfect with me choosing to stay local for the first time back out.

 

[MR BLO]

The thread started with an insinuation that C&MC sites are either expensive, overpriced or both as a matter of a persons opinion. And some have been quite scathing. Again it is only someone’s personal opinion to which they are fully entitled.

Me, I sometimes think the same but within the context of how and why one is going to be using a Club site. Would I see the value of a club site as an overnight stop on route to my final destination. No is my honest opinion. But is the price fair in the market place. Yes I think so.

As a result of Covid-19, this year’s 2 week French vacation has instead turned into 4 nights in The Lakes @ C&MC site, followed by 2 pub stops, a night in a lay-by, 2 nights on a private site and 3 nights on a Cornish CL. Every location chosen for maximum enjoyment (yes even the lay-by ; cue the dog walking jokes).

By far the most expensive pitch option is the 4 nights on Coniston C&MC site in August. Cost = £130. Value = Priceless.
Family downtime after lockdown. Beautiful scenery, on the shore of a lake to swim in every day, kayaking with the kids,Pub up the road. Walking, cycling etc. etc. I can see the life memories forming already.

Feel the same as Coolcats when it comes to how much a night on a site in a great location compares to the running costs of our expensive toys.

And I am with Parrot Face on this one ; people have the choice of how to spend their money.
But it’s only my opinion of course

 

[pagey]

In all fairness all campsites are expensive in peak season along with everything else to do with school holidays.

no school holidays i wonder if prices will fall i think not

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[pelican]

Tesco and Sainsbury’s are multi million pound business, do you still shop there.

At least they give points

 

[sally47]

We use both camc and ccc and you could say they are expensive but never had a problem at camc if it's where we want to go end of story but what I am peeved about and not so much for myself as other less fortunate souls is that this very morning booked 5 nights in August to take granddaughters away after paying the deposits the lady said ( oh by the way our toilet block won't be open so it will be a reduction in price says I oh no still the same sorry) my choice

 

[CazPaul]

I like CLs for £7 or £8 but even they are much harder to find now.

Every year apart from this me and brother stay in a Scarborough B&B nice hotel, lovely full English, extra toast, car parking permit, lovely beds and showers for £29 a night.

 

[gwyntaxi]

Tesco and Sainsbury’s are multi million pound business, do you still shop there.

No I don't.

 

[Parrot Face]

The thread started with an insinuation that C&MC sites are either expensive, overpriced or both as a matter of a persons opinion. And some have been quite scathing. Again it is only someone’s personal opinion to which they are fully entitled.

Me, I sometimes think the same but within the context of how and why one is going to be using a Club site. Would I see the value of a club site as an overnight stop on route to my final destination. No is my honest opinion. But is the price fair in the market place. Yes I think so.

As a result of Covid-19, this year’s 2 week French vacation has instead turned into 4 nights in The Lakes @ C&MC site, followed by 2 pub stops, a night in a lay-by, 2 nights on a private site and 3 nights on a Cornish CL. Every location chosen for maximum enjoyment (yes even the lay-by ; cue the dog walking jokes).

By far the most expensive pitch option is the 4 nights on Coniston C&MC site in August. Cost = £130. Value = Priceless.
Family downtime after lockdown. Beautiful scenery, on the shore of a lake to swim in every day, kayaking with the kids,Pub up the road. Walking, cycling etc. etc. I can see the life memories forming already.

Feel the same as Coolcats when it comes to how much a night on a site in a great location compares to the running costs of our expensive toys.

And I am with Parrot Face on this one ; people have the choice of how to spend their money.
But it’s only my opinion of course

AS stated previously get the C&MC vouchers , you're £130 is therefore reduced to £104. Offer expires end of month.

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[2657]

I like CLs for £7 or £8 but even they are much harder to find now.

Every year apart from this me and brother stay in a Scarborough B&B nice hotel, lovely full English, extra toast, car parking permit, lovely beds and showers for £29 a night.

Each?

 

[CazPaul]

Each?

Yes

 

[Mikey RV]

No I don't.

so you don’t have anything to do with any business. If that’s the case far enough but I doubt that’s the case. Not looking for a debate just pointing out things.

 

[Silver-Fox]

However, I have Green Flag through the C&MC and this covers all vehicles in my household at a very good price (including my MH which is nearly 9m long and 5.2t).

Thats my main reason for membership.

If I want to use a site I can, if I can get in

Prefer a cs or cl though.
Don’t need or want facilities as we are obviously SC