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Subject Topic: outwell Hartford XL double pitch price Post Reply Post New Topic
19/4/2007 at 2:19pm
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I've just been told I will need to pay for two pitches for this tent !! at a cost of £44 per night !!....eeek....Am I right in saying the size of this tent is 5 x 7 metres, as that's what I told the site....


19/4/2007 at 2:21pm
 Location: Durham
 Outfit: Outwell Hartford XL & Abi Airstream
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Hi this is our second year with a hartford xl and have never been charged for 2 pitches i would query it.


19/4/2007 at 2:24pm
 Location: Swansea
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me too,

we bought our XL in 2005 and have been to a few different sites each year and also Easter just gone. we've never been charged extra


19/4/2007 at 2:44pm
 Location: Newport
 Outfit: Outwell Hartford XL
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Hi

We have just bought an XL as well just booked into this campsite http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=5115 for three nights from 25 - 28 May for £33.00.  No problem with tent size here. 



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19/4/2007 at 2:48pm
 Location: Essex and Norfolk
 Outfit: Khyam Ridgidome XL & canvas bell tent
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   It seems to be a 'trend' that started a couple of years ago and now seems to be gathering pace... I know of two small 'farm sites' in Norfolk, that have stopped taking bookings for 'mega' tents this year...

   Other sites are charging a 'premium' rate for large tents. You can understand to a certain degree, where once they could easily fit two tents, there can be a problem fitting one!... A 'mega' tent, plus day tent, plus car (and sometimes trailer too) takes up a huge amount of space on a small half acre 'farm site'...

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19/4/2007 at 2:58pm
 Location: Near Felixstowe Suffolk
 Outfit: Outwell Hartford XXL & Oregon TBS 600
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Quote: Originally posted by genie04 on 19/4/2007
I've just been told I will need to pay for two pitches for this tent !! at a cost of £44 per night !!....eeek....Am I right in saying the size of this tent is 5 x 7 metres, as that's what I told the site....
I would tell them to get stuffed and find a sensible site.

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19/4/2007 at 3:21pm
 Location: Suffolk
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we had the hartford xxl and was never charged for two pitches...

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19/4/2007 at 3:27pm
 Location: north yorkshire
 Outfit: Outwell hartford XXL & Peakland Pevril
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Ok we have the hartford xxl and never paid for two pitches. I always let them know what tent in taking i also sometimes take the porch. there is a good thread on hear for camp sites that take large tents.


pete   

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19/4/2007 at 3:31pm
 Location: Pork Pie town - Melton Mowbray
 Outfit: Outwell Hartford XXL
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Ditto last two posts.

We also have an XXL and would never pay that amount for a pitch!

 



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19/4/2007 at 4:03pm
 Location: Scotland
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Ditto here.  Only paid for one.  There is a thread on the campsites forun which list places that take large tents.  I would vote with my feet.



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19/4/2007 at 4:51pm
 Location: Southern England
 Outfit: Pennine Pullman
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I've just been trying to arrange a weekend away with 7 families, two of which have "mega" tents.  I have had trouble finding sites that will take them.  One of the families even offered to pay for two pitches, but were not allowed to by one of the sites that I looked at.  I have now found a site - Nethercourt - in Ramsgate that will take them.  I can't understand it - a trailer tent can also be pretty big by the time you add an awning.  This seems to be a treand that is spreading.

Good luck in finding somewhere you like that will take your tent!

Pauline



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19/4/2007 at 5:31pm
 Location: cornwall
 Outfit: Outwell Hartford XXL and canopy
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We have only ever been asked once to pay for two pitches for our XXl. Needless to say we didn't stay there. There has been one or two sites that could not take our tent because their pitches were marked out and the tent would not fit.

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19/4/2007 at 5:34pm
 Location: north yorkshire
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just managed to find the thread click me

hope this helps you as much as it has helped us.


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19/4/2007 at 6:49pm
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thanks for your replies and link...I sent the site in question a reply telling them I had not had a problem before with this tent ( which we haven't ) and that I wasn't prepared to pay double pitch price ( which I'm not ! )...perhaps they just thought they'd try it on....or is there some insurance/ health safety reason why they do this?....not that I can see one !



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