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Indeed Zenobia, and Happy camping Jayenne! A little considerate thought goes a long way.  One other thing we always do is when moving off is, move off approx 10 feet and then just re-check the pitch, just in case a plastic bag or dogs toy etc have gone under the van.  Hopefully the only sign youve been there is tyre marks!

So many park owners take a huge amount of time keeping their pitches well managed and tidy, just for us. Theres nothing worse than seeing a 'post-party' pitch with barbecued scorching and tinnies left lying around, occassionally with a bag of rubbish theyve 'forgotten' to carry all of 10 yards to a bin.

A particularly inconsiderate thing that more and more people seem to do these days is to start their engines ( often very noisy diesels ) and leave them running for ages while they hitch up their caravans, discuss where they are going next, say farewell to 'friends' etc. etc. Motorhomers are just as guilty, but do not need to hitch up their 'vans.  

Phil.

Hi Jayenne

It took us a few trips before sussing out how to pick a good pitch or what way to park up to get the best views. Tiggarsmum got it spot on. You get a better feel of the place on foot but a chat at reception helps enormously. They know the park better than anyone and what are the best pitches so do don't be afraid to ask them for advice.

On most of the sites I've visited when motor homes have gone shopping or out for the day they leave their steps or something so others know the pitch is in use.

Just a word of advice. Don't park too near the dog walk Ok it would be convient but not a pretty sight when sitting at breakfast to have to watch the dogs on site doing their "business" I've never been on a site that's so big the dog walk hasn't been more than a couple of mins walk away.

Hope you have many many happy holidys

Quote: Originally posted by Nimrodphil on 29/6/2008

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A particularly inconsiderate thing that more and more people seem to do these days is to start their engines ( often very noisy diesels ) and leave them running for ages while they hitch up their caravans, discuss where they are going next, say farewell to 'friends' etc. etc. Motorhomers are just as guilty, but do not need to hitch up their 'vans.  

Phil.

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Hi I can't say that is something I have ever noticed at all either when we had a caravan or now with a motorhome.

The one thing I notice is folk chatting esp this time of year outside at 7am or earlier whilst others are still in bed, and you really notice that inside a caravan or motorhome.

Recently at Burton Constable caravan site we were treated to a lengthy conversation between a static caravan owner and one of the site workers mowing the grass at just after 8am and the driver of the mower left it running the whole time. Having just got away for a chill out after a busy period at work we were not impressed.

Common sense and consideration for others are to me the most obvious things, the site will have its own rules.

We had a bit of a problem at the weekend where you could pitch where you wanted as long as you were 6 metres away from others, we did this only to have a small two man tent then pitch between us leaving less than 6 feet either side and then were inconsiderate to both us and our previous neighbour who was in a wheelchair.

You can guarantee if your going get hassle the bloke will look like the missing link/swamp thing with kids to match

We have all had bad experiances from time to time, it's just one of those things, we hit a bad site in Suffolk last year, they will only get my money once

They've all forgot to tell you to WAVE & HAVE FUN nowt else matters

mick 

The things we find easiest on site are

1) One person goes in to pay while the other stays with the van in case it needs moving up and saves more people in the reception/office.

2) I leave OH filling up the van with water whilst I walk round looking for campervan friendly pitches eg nice and flat.  This is easier than getting onto the pitch then remembering you need water lol (we haven't done that  too often)  Most CC sites leave you to choose your own pitch.

3) When going out by all means leave the hook up on the pitch but either flick the button (CC sites) or preferably remove it as people don't always understand.

4) Things don't have to cost a fortune and buy as you need rather than what everyone says you need.

Will think of more later

Enjoy your van