The 2.5% reduction in VAT means squat to most people and is not even worth the time and effort to impose it. If I were a retailer I would continue to charge the original price and pocket the difference. Forcing me to reduce my prices would cost me probably more than the pocketed difference. In addition, maybe my business would survive longer.
I have no objection to the CC pocketing the difference as in the overall scheme of things, it would not amount to a huge sum, however re-printing the price structure would cost more than the difference!.
Hi all, 16 nights in july/ august 2009 £303 at Knaresborough in my opinion a bargain as for snobbish in
15 years I have never encountered any, also have only had occasion to complain twice once at Blackwall Plantation about unruly kids damaging fence at toilets/noise after 10pm same bunch of kids 11/14 year olds ruined our holiday.wardens did not seem to be bothered or check them. And once at the
Invercauld about a relief wardens attitude glad to say I have not seen him anywhere
in Scotland since,maybe he got a job with the Gestapo.
------------- Cheers Jim.I Reserve The Right To Be Wrong.
Quote: Originally posted by The Stabiliser on 11/1/2009
Quote: Originally posted by jeepster on 26/12/2008
Quote: Originally posted by normannbelson on 26/12/2008i still standby the snobbish bit. we were on a club site and te attitude was my caravan is better than yours . ( yeh but mines paid for) anyway thats my opinion. home truths....Post last edited on 26/12/2008 11:35:28
How can you judge the whole club by an experience and attitude you thought you detected, on one site on one occasion?
There was no shortage of snobbery at the garden party at Buck House which we went to. The hierarchy of the club took prime positions at the front where they could fawn, bow and gush when addressed by His Royal Senility and people who would normally speak to you at the water on a site, walked around looking at the sky. We thought we had come to the wrong do ! Of course, there was the traditional caravanner easily identified by a suit smelling of mothballs, and in a state of distress due to the fact that there was no alcohol!
If you go to a party at Buckingham palace what else would you expect?
Hi, I have met Prince Charles both formally and informally on several occasions
and can state that he is very friendly and approachable and not at all snobbish
unlike some of the monied Ruperts about, also my wife and myself were walking around Loch Muick near Balmoral when we met a very nice older lady walking her dogs she wished us a pleasant walk and yes
it was her Maj my missus nearly fainted when I told her who she had just been
speaking to.
------------- Cheers Jim.I Reserve The Right To Be Wrong.
Hey Jjim, the next time you speak to Charlie Farley, ask him what happens to the other 3 eggs he has had boiled for his brekkie but has rejected as they were not quite right!!!!
Quote: Originally posted by The Stabiliser on 11/1/2009
Quote: Originally posted by jeepster on 26/12/2008
Quote: Originally posted by normannbelson on 26/12/2008i still standby the snobbish bit. we were on a club site and te attitude was my caravan is better than yours . ( yeh but mines paid for)Â anyway thats my opinion. home truths....Post last edited on 26/12/2008 11:35:28
How can you judge the whole club by an experience and attitude you thought you detected, on one site on one occasion?
There was no shortage of snobbery at the garden party at  Buck House which we went to. The hierarchy of the club took prime positions at the front where they could fawn, bow and gush when addressed by His Royal Senility and people who would normally speak to you at the water on a site, walked around looking at the sky. We thought we had come to the wrong do ! Of course, there was the traditional caravanner easily identified by a suit smelling of mothballs, and in a state of distress due to the fact that there was no alcohol! Â
If you go to a party at Buckingham palace what else would you expect?
 Hi, I have met Prince Charles both formally and informally on several occasions
 and can state that he is very friendly and approachable and not at all snobbish
 unlike some of the monied Ruperts about, also my wife and myself were walking around Loch Muick near Balmoral when we met a very nice older lady walking her dogs she wished us a pleasant walk and yes
 it was her Maj my missus nearly fainted when I told her who she had just been
 speaking to.
Prince Charles went past in a Landrover with a dead deer in the back when I was walking by Loch Muick. I have also been in the presence of the Queen 3 times, Diana twice and the Queen Mother, although I didn't get introduced. Fortunately when on a CC site you do not need introductions when approaching caravaners!
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"If I let go of what I am, I can become what I might be".
I am a CC and a CCC member. I think the club sites are fair value, but not outstanding. Some of the warden's are lovely and helpful but others are very concerned about following all the rules and come accross as less than friendly. After saying that, I tend to prefer good commercial sites which are less of a 'clone'. Often the sites have there own more extensive websites where you can have a good look around and get a sense of where you are going. Many good sites will allow you to book a specific pitch, this is particularly useful if a small group of you are meeting together but are unable to arrive at the same time. The CC and CCC tend to say we'll try and get you together, but no promises (and indeed they do try - most of them - but *try* is not really what we want to hear).
The aspect of booking specific pitches is one of my main gripes with club sites. Some club sites will not even say if we could have a hardstanding or not. (Ferry Meadows!) I've just booked for a group of 6 units at Townsend Caravan and Camping Park, Leominster, for the August Bank Holiday weekend. The site were so helpful, it was unbelievable. We looked at a combination of pitches to suit our needs - some hardstanding, some grass, grouping the families with children together, the host caravan for evening meets further away from other units not in the group, to avoid disturbing others at night time, and positioning the units so that one family who were leaving a day early were on the end so that if anyone else came they would not be pitched in the middle of a 'party' of caravans. On top of this we were given information about length of hoses for drainaway and tap connections and electric points, information about where one of our party could go fiahing (if he wanted) and a sight brochure was emailed to me within the hour to help us with our decisions. If the site lives up to expectations, and I've no doubt about this, we will have a brilliant weekend. In all my days as a CC and CCC club member I have not recieved such care and attention.
Last summer we went to Little Trevarrack Holiday Park, near St Ives in Cornwall. Look at the website. You can view individual pitches on line to see what they are like - a number of sites do this now. Then you get Dornafield in Devon, with a chemical disposal point shared between each two pitches.
O.K., for the most part you pay for what you get, but I don't think Townsend in Leominster in wildly more expensive than a CC or CCC site. I think the CC and CCC should be more flexible in the way they treat customers, not by compromising standards, but by aiming to please the ever differing needs of caravanners and campers. That would be value for money.
We have been to Townsend on 2 different occasions, both times with ukcampsite and thoroughly enjoyed the meet, the site and the town. The New Inn in the centre of Pembridge is a "must visit" place. Very friendly people.
Quote: Originally posted by wilma rubble on 13/1/2009
It may only be 77p but the whole idea of the VAT reduction was to help the population in the current financal difficulties, if all the retailers decide on this option the only peiple being helped are the businesses and clubs of course
I thought the purpose of reducing VAT was to encourage people to buy more and stimulate the economy.
IMHO this reduction will not make much difference. In times when money is short and jobs uncertain, most people will not go out and spend what they perceive they have saved on a purchase, they will save it to pay other bills.
Prices have risen on staple foods, gas, oil and electricity, petrol and diesel, and many of these rises will lead to other things increasing in price.
Businesses (and clubs) are also feeling the pinch, if by keeping this small amount it enables a business to keep going, keep employing someone, then this is also helping the economy, just in a different way.
In the specific instance of the CC, it would seem that the cost to the club to implement the change, which has to be paid for somehow, would be as much as members would save in the short term. Prices would then need to be increased to pay for the extra outlay. So their approach seems sensible to me.
Regarding site fees, they are not "cheap", but I think they are good value for the facilities offered.
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
Topic: CC pitch prices are cheap!
Lets get it back round to the Booking system again
