New britstops?Worth joining?

[Camper634]

Have been a member in the past but not for a couple of years.Im sure originally I paid £25 but see now it’s almost double at £44.What do people who are members think please?

 

[chaser]

Funny really how these things change over time.
There was a time 12 years ago or so when a member on here started a website of places to stop, nearly everyone castigated him saying he was getting his stuff off other people sites and they wouldn't be using it and in the end he left, but now everyone seems to use it and recommend it over others.
The name of this site, ?
Searchforsites.
I would just like to add I wasn't one of them and have used it right from the beginning although now I have more or less changed to park4night.

 

[scotjimland]

Funny really how these things change over time.
There was a time 12 years ago or so when a member on here started a website of places to stop, nearly everyone castigated him saying he was getting his stuff off other people sites and they wouldn't be using it and in the end he left, but now everyone seems to use it and recommend it over others.
The name of this site, ?
Searchforsites.
I would just like to add I wasn't one of them and have used it right from the beginning although now I have more or less changed to park4night.

yes.. remember it well.. I have the paid version .. it's my 'go-to' app

However, no app has every site or location, I also subscribe to Campercontact and have a free version of P4N.

 

[chaser]

yes.. remember it well.. I have the paid version .. it's my 'go-to' app

However, no app has every site or location, I also subscribe to Campercontact and have a free version of P4N.

I wonder what happened to the guy who started it, does he still own it?

 

[scotjimland]

I wonder what happened to the guy who started it, does he still own it?

I suspect he does but don't know for sure

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[Zigisla]

We are off on a short staycation soon and decided to P4N our intended route to find places to go and things to see. Soon realising most park ups were unsuitable or just not good places to stop. Looking for pubs around there, googling whether the carpark is accessible and big enough was sole destroying. So, after seeing Tom from britstops in the latest motorhomeMatt podcast, I decided to give it another go for this year.
Soo much easier and guaranteed place to stay. Updated all the time, coordinates and sat nav details and also a route planner. Expensive yes, but 20% deal available. Two nights on a campsite and you’re paid for.
And no, britstops do not make anything from the hosts.

 

[Soycd]

We are off on a short staycation soon and decided to P4N our intended route to find places to go and things to see. Soon realising most park ups were unsuitable or just not good places to stop. Looking for pubs around there, googling whether the carpark is accessible and big enough was sole destroying. So, after seeing Tim from britstops in the latest motorhomeMatt podcast, I decided to give it another go for this year.
Soo much easier and guaranteed place to stay. Updated all the time, coordinates and sat nav details and also a route planner. Expensive yes, but 20% deal available. Two nights on a campsite and you’re paid for.
And no, britstops do not make anything from the hosts.

It’s horses for courses I suppose. The fact it only covers UK and Ireland makes it pretty redundant to me, therefore expensive.

 

[scotjimland]

Two nights on a campsite and you’re paid for.

you forgot to allow for the cost of two meals and drinks in the pub..
the days of cheap 'pub grub' are long gone..

that alone would pay for a campsite or two nights on a CL

 

[Langtoftlad]

saying he was getting his stuff off other people sites and they wouldn't be using it

...but he was ripping off other [eg Britstops' databases] so said castigation was fair

 

[chaser]

...but he was ripping off other [eg Britstops' databases] so said castigation was fair

So do you still not use it?

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[jezport]

At £25 it wasn't worth while.

 

[Langtoftlad]

So do you still not use it?

No... although I'd accept his sources are now perhaps on a more legitimate footing.

 

[Dotplus6]

We don't tour much in the UK but we did join in 2020 and really struggled finding nice places to stay I think in the end we only stayed at one place (a farm shop) and even there we were up on a verge alongside their access road as there wasn't a dedicated MH area, just their car park. Which we were told was too busy for us to park in until after they'd closed. We did try another place (a pub) but again the car park was far too small for a 7.5m MH, only really suitable for small vans, so we ended up at the campsite next door. Maybe we were just unlucky (and to be fair we didn't give it another chance....we headed back over the channel as soon as we were allowed to), but I think we've been spoiled by France Passion where the parking areas are almost always dedicated to MHs and have plenty of space.

I do wonder which businesses Britstops market themselves at and whether they do any checks whatsoever: there's a couple of pubs near us that both signed up for Britstops recently, neither of which I would have said had suitable parking for MHs, and one of them the car park is extremely tight even for cars, and is almost always full anyway.

I don’t like the fact they publish it as being ‘free stopovers’ but have about 1/4 of them paid stops.