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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 30/8/2021

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Quote: Originally posted by thebiz on 30/8/2021

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In June I was due to have a weeks visit to a rental cottage.
   Long story short, the week before we were due, the holiday company cottages.com emailed to say the booking was cancelled because of COVID restrictions.
In fact the cancellation was unnecessary because others in the party were eligible to travel so immediately tried to rebook with their address .
To our disbelief, ‘our’ holiday had gone up by £450, same cottage, same week. So the company had cancelled our booking and hiked the price by £450!!

Needless to say, we didn’t rebook and will never use that holiday company again.
But the happy ending is that, in true Highland hospitality style, a friend arranged a house across from the original booking at mates rates which were less than the increase…….and we watched the house lie empty for the week we should have been there.
Karma !!!

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Good one! I love it! Serves them right!

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Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 30/8/2021

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I shall be off to Dorset again soon, second time this year at my favourite site, this time at my favourite pitch, at the end of a row, with just one unit as my neighbour.

Pitch fee has gone up steadily through the years, and is 21.50 GBP for a grass pitch with 10A EHU plus a dog for mid-season.

DK

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 31/8/2021

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That sounds just like the pitch we had at the beginning of July. We were on an end pitch, the caravan next to us was obviously a seasonal and only occupied by an older couple for our middle weekend, and the same with the two pitches opposite to us. Very peaceful. We paid £23.50 for a grass pitch with EHU, about our upper limit but it was worth it to get such a huge pitch and the peace and quiet.

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Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 31/8/2021

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However, I shan't stay at a site that does not provide a single person discount for a standard grass or hard-standing pitch with EHU.

DK

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 31/8/2021

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Must admit I have never been camping as a single person, only as a couple or a family, but it does surprise me that any site would give a discount to a single person. After all, many hotels charge single occupants extra. Looking at it from the site's perspective, a single camper is occupying a pitch where they could possibly accommodate a family of 6, so they are already losing money letting to a single person, being as they seem to charge per person these days rather than per pitch as they once did.

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