Quote: Originally posted by Jasmine_Park on 30/9/2011
On our site most of the pitches back up to a large hedge of some type, obviously if the caravan is facing the wrong way all you would see is hedge.... you may struggle to get in your back door too!! Our house 30 years ago had an outside toilet but times change thankfully.
But surely if they are happy to do that where is the issue? It would be far better for campsites to allow caravans to be pitched across the pitch as they do in Europe, that way it would not matter which side the door was on! What happens when you get European caravanners arrive at your site?
David
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Nothing to get over... turn it around.... enjoy the view of this hedge for a week!!
As always it is a case of if you dont like what we do, then there are plenty of parks which will have provisions in place to take continental vans. We have over 50 seasonal caravans on the park and not one is a continental van. We cater for the mass majority of caravans, and i do not think that it makes wise commercial sense to change the pitch layout for the very very few continental vans that are out there.
As all park owners will tell you.... we cant please everyone all of the time.
The original question was are there any parks that will not allow Hobby caravans?? Im fairly sure the answer is a definate yes, and before booking check with the individual park.
Thanks to all that have replied. Jasmine Park has a big cross in our sites to visit book. Shame as we have 4 children and they spend money like its going out of fashion. Not good business sense to me!!!!
I live just down the road from Jasmine Park , but if didnt live so close i wouldnt stay there, im just glad there are not many sites with your attitude, there are plenty of sites around Scarborough that welcome all makes
------------- alan
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I think caravan sites use this door the wrong way thing as an excuse it use to be your van is too long or to wide but most British vans have caught up in size now and they are allowed on. A big thumbs up for top yard farm in
skeggy they don't mind how big your van is or which side your door is which is
why we leave are van there.
Quote: Originally posted by Jasmine_Park on 30/9/2011
Nothing to get over... turn it around.... enjoy the view of this hedge for a week!!
As always it is a case of if you dont like what we do, then there are plenty of parks which will have provisions in place to take continental vans. We have over 50 seasonal caravans on the park and not one is a continental van. We cater for the mass majority of caravans, and i do not think that it makes wise commercial sense to change the pitch layout for the very very few continental vans that are out there.
As all park owners will tell you.... we cant please everyone all of the time.
The original question was are there any parks that will not allow Hobby caravans?? Im fairly sure the answer is a definate yes, and before booking check with the individual park.
I think what most of us were asking is.......what do you do if you get a continental caravanner coming to your site? A caravanner from Germany or Holland for example.
If you need all doors to face the same way, then they turn their van. Most of us do not spend a lot of time sitting in the van staring out of the windows, so it really would not matter how we faced.
Quote: Originally posted by David Klyne on 30/9/2011
Quote: Originally posted by Jasmine_Park on 30/9/2011
On our site most of the pitches back up to a large hedge of some type, obviously if the caravan is facing the wrong way all you would see is hedge.... you may struggle to get in your back door too!! Our house 30 years ago had an outside toilet but times change thankfully.
But surely if they are happy to do that where is the issue? It would be far better for campsites to allow caravans to be pitched across the pitch as they do in Europe, that way it would not matter which side the door was on! What happens when you get European caravanners arrive at your site?
David
While that is often ideal, in many cases it would lead to vans ending up too close together. Not all pitches are large enough to allow parking across the pitch.
------------- Jennifer
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I really dont understand why i am being bashed so much. I have not said a bad word about Hobby caravans, the quality of the caravans or the people who have them... including everyone on the forum. I have not said that we do not take them on our park. I have said that due to the door issue, then all continental vans have to be turned around, this leads to the caravan facing into a large hedge. I personally would not want to spend my hard earned money on a park and a pitch facing into a hedge. So my 'attitude' is completely unselfish, it maybe best to go on another park which have more suitable pitches for your needs. From our point of view i would prefer a happy customer, to an unhappy one. To be completely honest, i would prefer no customer to an unhappy one. That might sound insane, but in the world of internet reviews, a bad review follows you around forever. Is that worth a few nights pitch fees?? Probably not.
Jennifernn - We do rarely get visitors from the continent, probably only a handful per year. We simply give them the best pitch possible in the view that the caravan has to be turned around. I am sure in Europe, British visitors are a lot more common than our European visitors coming here so provisions are in place to deal with it.
ShellG - Your original question was what parks should you not visit in the Scarborough area with your Hobby caravan. As a park in the Scarborough area i wanted to warn you about the situation at our park, i dont hold it against you for a cross on your book, so why hold it against me for answering honestly the question you asked. You may be more worried about the parks who accept your money without telling you about it!!
Are you honestly suggesting that you do not welcome parks to invest in the quality of their product? We could have easily put in a cheap play area with bark flooring like some of our competitors... instead we did this.
We could have made static pitches made out of paving slabs like some of our competitors, instead we did this. We now have a 94% occupancy rate in our hire caravans!!
A few years ago we were in Yorkshire and stopped to look at Jasmine Park. A gentleman came over to the gate when we were there and chatted to us about the site, I presume this is the person who replied to this post.
I found him to be very nice and helpful and the site looked lovely, neat and tidy. How many complaints do we read on here about other peoples gear being either too close, or on someone elses pitch? It is not possible to please everyone.
The poster from Jasmine Park is only trying to explain what it is like at their park and I certainly didnt read anywhere that you would not be accommodated if you turned up there, but was stating that you would not be the same as the rest of the caravans.
The owner takes pride in the site and it certainly showed on the day we were there. Would have no hesitation staying at this site.
Is it not better to know of problems in advance than to arrive somewhere and be stuck in a situation ie looking at a hedge, if that wasnt what you wanted?
We have noticed on our travels that quite a few Continental vans have their living area at the back, so these vans are often parked hitch first on the pitch, or, as David said, across the pitch. If there is a view, vans are generally parked to take advantage of it. They seem to be far more relaxed in many other countries regarding how you use your pitch.
This, however,is not always a good thing, as you can end up with other vans sited very close to you, especially if you have arrived first. In Switzerland, the minimum van-to-van spacing is only 50cm. On one site we stayed on this resulted in us having to stay till the Monday of a busy holiday weekend, rather than leaving on the Saturday as planned. We literally could not get the van off the pitch as we had vans so close on 3 sides.
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