Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 28/7/2025
Some of the so-called best campsites as voted for by readers of a certain camping related magazine had eye-watering prices based on 2 people sharing with no single person discount - these are not for me personally.
DK
I'm pleased for you if you do find sites that offer a single person discount DK, but I'm still amazed that any site would, as a single person is still occupying a pitch that could accommodate a family. Hotels often charge extra for singles for that very reason.
I don't pay eye-watering prices anywhere. If I can't find a site I can afford in one area I go somewhere else. Our needs are simple and we tend to go to more remote sites, so they probably wouldn't suit you as a single person.
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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 28/7/2025
I'm pleased for you if you do find sites that offer a single person discount DK, but I'm still amazed that any site would, as a single person is still occupying a pitch that could accommodate a family. Hotels often charge extra for singles for that very reason.
I don't pay eye-watering prices anywhere. If I can't find a site I can afford in one area I go somewhere else. Our needs are simple and we tend to go to more remote sites, so they probably wouldn't suit you as a single person.
That's the main reason I am with both C&CC and CAMC as they have pitch + no. of people pricing structure, and free for dogs!
For the adult-only sites during the summer holidays, I book well in advance, and always ask if they offer a single person discount.
If they say no, it is up to me to decide whether to accept the price or not or go elsewhere.
A camping pitch is different to a hotel room.
The entire hotel room including the en-suite bathroom has to be cleaned and the bed made up whether it is occupied by one person or not. One guest would spend less than a couple at the hotel restaurant and bar. For all inclusive resorts/packages, a single person surcharge is justifiable IMHO.
For a camping pitch, the amount of water being used by one person is less than a couple, and one person generates less rubbish/mess than 2 people. Electricity use is likely to be the same whether it is one person or a couple.
Not asking for a huge discount, just a pound or two per night would be nice.
Old Oaks near Glastonbury for example that comes up time and time again in lists for the best campsites etc. etc., charges 44.50 GBP for 2 at Peak Rate such as weekends during school holidays and Bank Holiday weekends for one of their basic pitch with EHU, and a whopping 2.85 GBP per dog any time of the year!!! Sorry, however, I refuse to pay 2.85 GBP per dog alone.
Each to their own. As an independent traveller and not just for camping, it makes me cringe whenever I see pricing based on 2 people. Even worse is excursions that do not allow booking for just one person with a minimum of 2, however, that could be for health and safety concerns. The most recent issue I encountered is a restaurant that does not show availability for 1 person at popular times.
DK
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Hi DK, I certainly don't blame you for asking for a discount, and good luck to you if you manage to get one.
I suppose I'm just an old cynic really and knowing that a lot of site owners are looking for any excuse to charge extra for whatever they can get away with, I'm just amazed that any site owner would offer a discount to a single occupant when they could have let that pitch to a family of 5 and charged probably double the price they'd charge for 2.
I started camping in the early 1970s when things were very different. One of the things that attracted us in the first place was that back then you paid for a pitch, and that was it. There were no extras, and how many of you there were made no difference. We ended up as a family of 5 and two dogs, but we paid exactly the same for our pitch as did the single back-packer on the adjoining one. There was no such thing as EHU then either, but when it was introduced that became the first rip-off. We had a break from caravanning for several years after we bought a river cruiser. Once again you paid for a mooring on the river/canal bank, and how many of you onboard was irrelevant, or the number of dogs. I bet that's changed too now.
When we returned to caravanning some years later all our family had left home, so there was just the two of us and a dog, and we were amazed to find sites charging per person and some even for the dog. Not a change for the better I feel. Welcome to rip-off Britain I thought.
If I were the singleton on a pitch next to you in those days, I would still be very miffed to have been charged the same as your family of 5 with 2 dogs.
DK
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Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 29/7/2025
at Colin,
If I were the singleton on a pitch next to you in those days, I would still be very miffed to have been charged the same as your family of 5 with 2 dogs.
DK
I can fully understand that DK, but that's just how things were then and everyone accepted it. Nobody thought of it as per person, you paid for a pitch. Pitches were a fixed price on all the sites that we ever used and what you put on them was up to you. I think that was a fairly standard practice. The only rule as to occupation of a pitch was that you must not exceed the number of people your camping unit was designed for. Different times eh?
These days most caravans and a lot of motorhomes have all their own facilities, so site showers and toilets tend to be used mainly by tent campers, although not exclusively of course. Back in the 1970s a lot of caravans didn't have showers or indeed toilets. Ours certainly didn't. I think toilets and showers on sites got much heavier use back then, or at least that's the impression I get today. I sometime wonder how long it will be before sites start charging for use of toilets. Some seem to charge extra for just about everything else.
Probably too far, but the OP hasn’t specified a location - Drumroamin Farm, between Newton Stewart & Garlieston, SW Scotland. Booking online starts at 1 person, add more as required. Site gets 10/10 score. Nowhere near a bar, near walks, with dark skies, absolute silence, hotel standard facilities, minimum rules, on site owners, for the usual good value rate. (I don’t know what a tent was, but our MH with 2 & dog was c£30, from memory.)
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