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07/4/2011 at 7:45pm
Location: Beautiful Warwickshire Outfit: Various tents
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I contacted Town Farm campsite near Leighton Buzzard and enquired about availability and prices. The site is on farmland in the Chilterns and has reasonable facilities but it's not in a beauty spot nor is it a luxury site.
The price was quoted as £10 per person per night regardless of tent or pitch size (and another £5 if you want to hire a firepit).
A tenner for one person is not so bad but twenty for a couple (or thirty for three people) sharing a tent seems excessive for a fairly basic site off the tourist trail, especially given it is still early April. I pay less in Cornwall in high season.
Is it just me being penny-pinching? What do you all think?
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07/4/2011 at 7:52pm
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I agree with you Scep. Have paid that (& more) on a C&CC site with the tintent but it was one of the ones they run with the Forestry Commision (they are always pricey I think) however but it does have very high standard showers etc. - & we had ehu.
Bit steep I'd say.
------------- Dippy
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07/4/2011 at 8:02pm
Location: Stourbridge Outfit: Tent: Outwell Nevada MP
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I also agree. It seems a bit pricey. Are there alternative sites nearby (off to the campsite search to find out.
Les D
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07/4/2011 at 8:07pm
Location: Aston Clinton Outfit: Kampa Holkham + Outwell Yukon River*
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Yes I agree bit pricey
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07/4/2011 at 8:17pm
Location: Surrey London border Outfit: Harvard de lux. Indi
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sorry but that not a bit pricey it's VERY pricey!!! we're a family of six tho eldest doesn't usually come with us these days. So £50 a nght for us. we're paying less than that in peak for an all singing all dancing site, for pitch that could hold 8!!
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07/4/2011 at 8:21pm
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Hi - had this site in mind for a w/e in June with some friends who want to try camping but dont want to go too far,,,,didnt notice that the price was per person(!)
I will be looking for somewhere else,,,,although I think they may be able to price that high due to the fact that campsite are not exactly thick on the ground in Bucks.
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07/4/2011 at 8:22pm
Location: North Wales Outfit: VV5 Outwell Galveston Wild Country
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Def expensive. I feel that the cost for single hiker camping on sites which are basic etc should be around a fiver. Penny-pinching Scep? Not in my book
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07/4/2011 at 8:22pm
Location: Nottingham Outfit: Eldiss Affinity 482
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I totally agree.... thats a hell of a lot of money for one night, even though there are only 2 of us, I still wouldnt want to pay £20 a night to camp unless the site was in a fantastic location or had the wow factor somewhere along the line. All I can think is that they dont want to attract familes for some reason at those prices.
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07/4/2011 at 8:31pm
Location: North Wales Outfit: VV5 Outwell Galveston Wild Country
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I've just had a look at the site and it looks lovely. However, and maybe they're taking advantage and why not ofcourse of being in Cool Camping, but £10.00 a head per night - too rich for my blood
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07/4/2011 at 8:57pm
Location: South West Outfit: VW T5 campervan
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If it was mid-high season then I suppose £20 for 2 people inc EHU and anything else i.e free showers wouldn't be so bad... but £10 a person in low season IMO IS pricey! 
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07/4/2011 at 9:36pm
Location: Derby Outfit: Bailey Pegasus II Milan & Honda CR-V
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For lone campers, I'd say a tenner per night was a good price... Other than that, far too expensive...
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07/4/2011 at 10:00pm
Location: west country Outfit: None Entered
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If you don't like it don't book it (I would not!)
If people don't go there they won't charge that much. Simple market economics.
If people do go there at that price then good luck to them. Simple profiteering.
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07/4/2011 at 11:40pm
Location: Blackpool Outfit: Sunncamp Kansas 8 & mojave 5
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thats mega expensive!! We are away next week and we have only paid £70 for the whole week for 3 of us, theres no way Id pay thirty a night!
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08/4/2011 at 12:50am
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Quote: Originally posted by Alphonso De Lard on 07/4/2011
For lone campers, I'd say a tenner per night was a good price... Other than that, far too expensive...
As a lone camper I agree but it works both ways. As a lone camper I usually have to pay the price of two on those sites where the charge covers two people. I think the most I ever paid in a moment of madness was £18 a night just for me...but then that is only £9 a person if there are two of you. So how do you judge what is expensive...it depends on the circumstances.
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08/4/2011 at 9:47am
Location: North Yorkshire Outfit: Holi * Perran 4 * Airedale 5
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We couldn't afford the £50 a night it would cost for our family to stay there!!
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08/4/2011 at 10:06am
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how much?!!! ridiculous
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