I’m guessing it’s been discussed plenty of times, just having a rant!!
6 nights from 6 March 2022 for two adults and 1 4 year old - average price seems to be around £210.
Just had a look back to my holiday in France last year, 10 nights at Plage de Riez in Vendee September 2021 - £192.
The price of campsites is becoming an absolute rip off.
Spent 6 nights at Bron Y Wendon in North Wales last year and the cost was £150, just checked again as it was a nice site, £240 - how can they possibly justify these prices for a bit of land for 6 nights?
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As long as people pay these rip off prices then sites will continue to charge them and more!!!
Personally it's off grid CL's, CS's and THS for us. Much better value 👍
A fairly regular subject in past couple of years! And IMHO you are quite right to rant, the message might actually reach some of the more exploitative camp sites!
Opinion seems to fall into two camps, those that think it's justified for camp sites to raise prices to cover losses incurred during the Covid lockdowns/restrictions, and those that think they are exploiting to the full the supply and demand situation of more campers than pitches available (due to a new inrush of campers who would have normally/pre Covid flown to Benedorm etc.!).
Whatever your personal opinion on the justification of the rises, I know a couple of camp site owners who suffered as much as anyone else in the Covid period, but with each season only saw fit to raise their prices by normal inflation levels, so maybe only an extra £1 per night, and do not feel their businesses were at risk of collapse and in need of 'recouping losses', citing that whilst their income had been reduced, so had their operating costs when not needing to cater for absent customers. And no doubt some camp sites even received Gov compensation in one form or another for loss of business! Then there are the two big clubs who AFAIK by and large did not raise their prices at all for members! There is also the issue of reduced VAT on pitch fees, now not all sites are VAT registered so they are not affected, but many sites have not passed on the reduced VAT to customers but kept the extra profit for themselves, again, the two big clubs did pass on the savings to their customers.
Personally, I think a lot of sites are 'making hay whilst the sun shines' and exploiting those gullible enough to pay unrealistic prices for the use of a few square yards of grass, a standpipe and a drain, but once Covid situation stabilises and regular 'international' holidays resume, I see demand falling drastically and they are going to have to be more competitive with their pricing, assuming that we forgive and forget they tried robbing us blind and go back to them - some of us have long memories and are not so forgiving!
Quote: Originally posted by Paul and Nikki on 09/1/2022
Spent 6 nights at Bron Y Wendon in North Wales last year and the cost was £150, just checked again as it was a nice site, £240 - how can they possibly justify these prices for a bit of land for 6 nights?
The old hoary chestnut of supply and demand!
Plus - trying to recoup losses due to Covid.
Plus - massive increase in caravan and motorhome sales to holiday in the UK.
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Funnily enough, whilst calming down from my rant, I decided to concentrate on booking my summer holiday, booked 10 nights in July at Camping Les Amiaux in Saint-Jean-de-Monts, £350
My maths is lousy. Isn’t that £35 pn plus the ferry / tunnel, or am I missing something? I thought this thread was about how expensive it is here compared to there? Not proven.
just phoned a CL site, for a few nights in july , got last pitch but price gone up from £15 in book to £25.
reason was rise in utility prices and possible rise in vat.
2 nights at a cider pub with a campsite on a grass pitch with no EHU, 8.00 GBP a night, one person and a dog, in late March 2022, attending a rally with other V-dubbers.
Been there before on an EHU pitch with 6A supply and liked it despite minimal facilities except for a couple of cold water sinks for washing up and chemical disposal points, with toilets and hot/cold water sinks next to the pub.
Food wise they have a curry night on Friday; free live music on Saturday and hot food like burgers and hot dogs; cooked breakfast Sunday morning.
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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 09/1/2022
My maths is lousy. Isn’t that £35 pn plus the ferry / tunnel, or am I missing something? I thought this thread was about how expensive it is here compared to there? Not proven.
One is in peak season £35 per night (France)
The other is in the 2nd week of March £39 per night (Wales)
The original message isn’t so much a dig at the price now, more so that the price has gone up £90 for the same week as last year.
End of the day, I get it’s about supply and demand but £15 per night MORE than it was last year is a bit steep.
As for your comment about not being proven, had I booked the same 10 nights on the same dates in Wales as I have in France, it would be £45 per night as opposed to the £35 a night in France, the ferry or how anybody gets to a campsite is not a valid argument. Although for what it’s worth I get 25% discount on P&O.
Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 09/1/2022
2 nights at a cider pub with a campsite on a grass pitch with no EHU, 8.00 GBP a night, one person and a dog, in late March 2022, attending a rally with other V-dubbers.
Been there before on an EHU pitch with 6A supply and liked it despite minimal facilities except for a couple of cold water sinks for washing up and chemical disposal points, with toilets and hot/cold water sinks next to the pub.
Food wise they have a curry night on Friday; free live music on Saturday and hot food like burgers and hot dogs; cooked breakfast Sunday morning.
I think a lot of independent sites are very worried about the rise in energy prices. We haven’t even nearly reached the peak of that yet and it seems that some sites are safeguarding themselves against what they are assuming is going to be a mega increase in the cost of electricity by putting their prices up.
This has been discussed a lot over the last year or so but personally, I am a fan of having metered electric and a lower pitch price. This means that you only pay for the electricity you use and others, who use more, pay more.
There is probably a bit of taking advantage of the current situation of supply and demand as well but having seen some comments elsewhere from CL owners in particular, the cost of electricity is taking up almost all of the current pitch fee they charge. One CL owner who posted elsewhere actually lost money over Christmas as the units on site used more electricity than the cost of the pitch.
The use of electricity on sites seems to have increased over the last few years with many people taking and using every electrical appliance they have at home and using EHUs in tents to heat and cook, so an increase in usage and price will have an impact on site fees, but maybe not the big jumps that some sites seem to have put in place.
We haven’t booked anything yet, as we always wait to the last minute, so I can’t quote price increases. But costs are going up for many things, for many reasons. Filling up the MH with diesel is noticeably more expensive than last year.
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