Caravan and Motorhome Club price hikes.

cyberyacht said:
It's only the CL network that keeps me in the CAMC. Their IT "dept" is an absolute joke.
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Ditto. We looked at a main site. Not full £30 per night this cl not far away £15 with electric and amazing views. No problem with distance between vans either (y)
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Always descends into the same old, same old arguments/debate...
Those who shudder at the thought of using either of the two club sites & do everything they can to denigrate the organisations...
... and those who pay the membership, and are generally happy with the services provided.

Luckily, there's no element of obligation... owning a Motorhome doesn't mean you have to subscribe to either club

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Langtoftlad said:
Always descends into the same old, same old arguments/debate...
Those who shudder at the thought of using either of the two club sites & do everything they can to denigrate the organisations...
... and those who pay the membership, and are generally happy with the services provided.

Luckily, there's no element of obligation... owning a Motorhome doesn't mean you have to subscribe to either club
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You're just a big killjoy!:rolleyes:

How would folk be able to think they were getting ripped off if they didn't pay their subscription?:unsure:

How would they know that a peg isn't just for keeping your washing on the line?:unsure:
 
Gellyneck said:
It's getting worse!:rolleyes:

You've even got to explain the simplest of things to some folk nowadays!:rolleyes:

Just so you know it's the right one!:giggle:

























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Arrrggg…that be a fine looking cutlass🤣

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this is why we very ever use our m/h in the ripoff uk
had to stay overnight to get tested for covid at asda carpark before boarding the train so stopped at a cl £20
first stop at marck 8 euros with electric ( 1 DAY ) or this one 5 euros ( FOR 2 DAYS ) in the heart of the Spanish Pyrenees
 

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VXman said:
We are off to Bristol at the weekend. I was already thinking it was a rip off at £45 per night for 2 people. Only going because its where I grew up and the site is shutting soon.

Just received an email to say they are increasing prices due to electricity costs. not only that - they are asking us not to use the electricity as much as possible!!!:mad: (please use your solar instead!)

Back to CL sites in future.
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idiots..
as someone else said.. either they can put prices up to cover the increased costs of electric we're using and PAYING FOR, OR they can ask and expect people to use less without increasing prices, not BOTH!

and for a Caravan & Motorhome club, its pretty dumb to ask that people use their solar more. If its plugged in its using EHU mostly, theres nothing we can do to make it use more solar other than pull the fuse on the onboard charger!
 
Jim said:
However the UK's CL network is growing really fast. Motorhomefun have exempted 22 this year just in Scotland
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Is there a list on here of sites authorised by MF? It would be nice to support them.

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Had 2 sites booked with CMAC for 2 X 4 day trips, new cost is abt £210.
Have reorganised them using a rally meet ( not with MHfun) and tagged on a few days at a CCC site, both EHU and full facilities. Bottom line I now have an extra day (9) and over £35 saving, thus almost paying for my fuel.
Got to be done with these ever increasing costs.
 
When researching a couple of possible trip itineraries recently I got the feeling that CAMC prices were a fair bit steeper than previously. I don’t know how to check what their prices were in recent years so at the moment it’s just a hunch but even for short stays out of high season it’s getting quite expensive. Add to that high fuel prices and caravanning no longer feels like a ‘cheap’ holiday (if it ever was). Like others, I’m inclined to CLs more these days and some commercial sites seem reasonable compared with CAMC. Going to keep copies of my booking receipts from now on.
 
I’ve been saying to SWMBO that for a club the prices they charge are a rip off. We’re in the CCC and membership has just gone up £5. We recently stayed at a club site for four nights and it cost us more than the stay in a Haven Holiday site in Weymouth for seven nights a week later. The comercial site had better facilities, swimming pool, bar, entertainment etc. I always thought being in a club that the prices would be cheaper. When I made a booking recently there was a difference in the nightly rate for some nights in the stay so I asked why. The answer was that they use the standard pricing policy used in the leisure industry, if the club site has more bookings for a particular date then the prices go up.
 
Essgeebee said:
When researching a couple of possible trip itineraries recently I got the feeling that CAMC prices were a fair bit steeper than previously. I don’t know how to check what their prices were in recent years so at the moment it’s just a hunch but even for short stays out of high season it’s getting quite expensive. Add to that high fuel prices and caravanning no longer feels like a ‘cheap’ holiday (if it ever was). Like others, I’m inclined to CLs more these days and some commercial sites seem reasonable compared with CAMC. Going to keep copies of my booking receipts from now on.
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I have a "little black book"!
I record date, pitch, price how many nights. Where's good for the sun.
And how good is EE and o2 signals
Also good walks and pubs.
If you ask "Jim" he may have a book for most of this. 👍

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Gellyneck said:
and how much has the cost of that increased by over the past couple of months?:unsure:

Way of the world at the moment.:crying:
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Though, for some reason, the UK seems to have the highest increase despite it's oil reserves and large electricity generation capacity.
Perhaps time to ask our MPs, very firmly, why the UK is worse off (again) rather than meekly accepting it...
www.economist.com

Why has the price of electricity in Europe reached record highs?

A shortage of natural gas and wind are to blame
www.economist.com www.economist.com
 
Langtoftlad said:
Always descends into the same old, same old arguments/debate...
Those who shudder at the thought of using either of the two club sites & do everything they can to denigrate the organisations...
... and those who pay the membership, and are generally happy with the services provided.

Luckily, there's no element of obligation... owning a Motorhome doesn't mean you have to subscribe to either club
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Anyone wanting to use CLs/Certificated Sites instead of the increasing and almost exorbitant club sites also has to pay the relevant membership fee. A fact of life I know but it does make me look more and more at small private sites.
 
Essgeebee said:
Anyone wanting to use CLs/Certificated Sites instead of the increasing and almost exorbitant club sites also has to pay the relevant membership fee. A fact of life I know but it does make me look more and more at small private sites.
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Blimey you must be desperate if a pound a week is to much, haha
 
Bristol CAMC is expensive due to its location.
Most CAMC sites are a bit more than half that. Whilst CAMC are far from perfect, I would be sad not to have them which is why I pay my membership. If you feel otherwise, just leave.
I think it's pitiful that people with outifts costing more than an average years wage complain about site costs and fuel costs. As for electricity, yes we should take responsibility, be frugal and we should use our solar first, at home and on the road to minimise how much Putin's gas the world continues to have to buy. Why wouldn't you?

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Soots said:
I have a "little black book"!
I record date, pitch, price how many nights. Where's good for the sun.
And how good is EE and o2 signals
Also good walks and pubs.
If you ask "Jim" he may have a book for most of this. 👍
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Good to see the MF intelligence corps is on it. There’s a huge amount of knowledge and experience in a group like this. If there was a pinned thread with ‘bargain’ sites they’d get over-used and difficult to get into - a bit like the CAMC’s ‘CL of the Year’. Better a list of ‘rip-off’ prices but then that’s subjective. I kind of understand commercial sites charging what the market will stand but a ‘club’ shouldn’t do that. And I’m not sure it’s right to allow non-members access to club sites but that’s a whole new debate. I think a closer look at their annual reports and financial statements might be in order.
 
richard burkinshaw said:
Bristol CAMC is expensive due to its location.
Most CAMC sites are a bit more than half that. Whilst CAMC are far from perfect, I would be sad not to have them which is why I pay my membership. If you feel otherwise, just leave.
I think it's pitiful that people with outifts costing more than an average years wage complain about site costs and fuel costs. As for electricity, yes we should take responsibility, be frugal and we should use our solar first, at home and on the road to minimise how much Putin's gas the world continues to have to buy. Why wouldn't you?
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I pay my CAMC membership too so I feel I have as much right to an opinion as any other member. Site fees appear to have increased considerably in the last couple of years and it’s not beyond the bounds of possibilities that financial reserves are being restocked. The millions the CAMC keeps in its kitty came in useful during the pandemic I’m sure. However, today’s financial pressures squeeze many families who, relatively, are asset rich (their outfits) and income poor. If it comes to the point where ‘The Smiths’ can’t afford caravan holidays because of pricey pitches and fuel then we need to ask some questions.
 
Essgeebee said:
Good to see the MF intelligence corps is on it. There’s a huge amount of knowledge and experience in a group like this. If there was a pinned thread with ‘bargain’ sites they’d get over-used and difficult to get into - a bit like the CAMC’s ‘CL of the Year’. Better a list of ‘rip-off’ prices but then that’s subjective. I kind of understand commercial sites charging what the market will stand but a ‘club’ shouldn’t do that. And I’m not sure it’s right to allow non-members access to club sites but that’s a whole new debate. I think a closer look at their annual reports and financial statements might be in order.
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I think the non member access is part of the agreement with landlord or local authority most times as not all sites allow them.
 
richard burkinshaw said:
I think it's pitiful that people with outifts costing more than an average years wage complain about site costs and fuel costs.
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You seem to assume to know everyone's circumstances with that statement? How does a persons MH somehow justify being ripped off left right and centre for everything? (mainly in terms of fuel costs currently, when the barrel price has been consistently dropping for quite a while now).

It amounts to little more than greed, and even if I had money to burn it doesnt justify overcharging for anything.

20% drop of a barrel of oil over the last month (both Brent and Crude).. and prices still going up. Its criminal (or should be!)
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