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Mamabear that is of course pure speculation.  When someone on here asks an opinion about a large tent I speak from my own personal experience which is that I have not had a problem HOWEVER I always give the footprint of my tent at the time of booking. 

I have never had a problem booking, never not got onto my first choice campsite and never paid a higher rate.

I think that some campsites are becoming greedy and trying to jump in on the popularity of camping.  For example there has been talk on these forums about campsites wanting to charge extra for kitchen tents and trailers for goodness sake, how an earth can they justify this when you are still on your pitch space.

Furthermore you have no idea where people are going to do the majority of their camping as in general I have found piches in France to be far bigger, for example my pitch in the Dordogne this year was 22 metres x 13 metres and the rate for this was exactly the same as the rate for every other pitch on that site. 

My dome tent in my opinion offered the best use of space of any tent that we looked at and we looked at a lot before buying.

hi we've recently got back from a great camsite in derbyshire called golden valley there is no problem about the size of your tents there were all makes and sizes and the site well its got the best washroom facillitys ive seen new and very modern they have a cafe bar a bar a jaccuzi, games room, gym 3 large kiddies adventure playgroundsand a fishing pool and for only £15 per night well worth a visit.

happy camping

Quote: Originally posted by Dripping_Wet on 06/9/2007

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Mamabear that is of course pure speculation.

I speak from experience as well and we just started camping in the UK in July. We narrowed our search down to 5 sites in Wales and 2 of them wanted to charge us a double pitch fee. One was Fishgaurd Bay and can't remember the other so that's nearly half. We're going to Bracelands in Forest of Dean run by Forest Holidays and they will charge more if your tent is over 6 berths. Forest Holidays has camps all over the UK. I see more charges for larger tents than not. Don't get me wrong, I loved my Nebraska XXL, but in terms of ease of camping, in my experience, I would have been charged more.

I think that some campsites are becoming greedy and trying to jump in on the popularity of camping. For example there has been talk on these forums about campsites wanting to charge extra for kitchen tents and trailers for goodness sake, how an earth can they justify this when you are still on your pitch space.

I couldn't agree more with you on that one. You get charged extra for everything. I truly believe that if it fits on the pitch, it should be allowed. As said, camping is getting more and more popular and you have to wonder if more sites will follow suit. In the end, if they do follow suit, choices will be limited on where you camp.

Furthermore you have no idea where people are going to do the majority of their camping as in general I have found piches in France to be far bigger,

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