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Quote: Originally posted by Trishboyce on 19/8/2024

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Should I go and asked the campsite themselves? Why if you have your own motorhome/caravan do the sites charge for a dog. We only walk them on leads as told, controlled, so why?

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Quote: Originally posted by Pixie_Hez on 19/8/2024

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If the council find dog poo in their ordinary bins they get a massive fine so they have to put several dog poo bins all around the site and these have to be emptied by a specialist company, the cost of which is partly passed on to the people who use the bins.

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Quote: Originally posted by Bernie47 on 19/8/2024

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Quote: Originally posted by Pixie_Hez on 19/8/2024

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If the council find dog poo in their ordinary bins they get a massive fine so they have to put several dog poo bins all around the site and these have to be emptied by a specialist company, the cost of which is partly passed on to the people who use the bins.

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A few years ago our council, and I would imagine most other councils too, reclassified dog poo as non toxic and announced that it should be put in domestic waste bins.

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Quote: Originally posted by Bernie47 on 19/8/2024

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Quote: Originally posted by Pixie_Hez on 19/8/2024

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If the council find dog poo in their ordinary bins they get a massive fine so they have to put several dog poo bins all around the site and these have to be emptied by a specialist company, the cost of which is partly passed on to the people who use the bins.

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A few years ago our council, and I would imagine most other councils too, reclassified dog poo as non toxic and announced that it should be put in domestic waste bins.

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Quote: Originally posted by SamandRose on 22/8/2024

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For every person who says "why does my dog/child cost extra when they take up the same size pitch" there'll be another who says "there's only two of us, why do we pay the same fees as that family of 5"?

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 22/8/2024

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They are businesses after all, and that's what businesses do. They are in business to make a profit, and will do so however they legally can.

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 22/8/2024

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Quote: Originally posted by SamandRose on 22/8/2024

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For every person who says "why does my dog/child cost extra when they take up the same size pitch" there'll be another who says "there's only two of us, why do we pay the same fees as that family of 5"?

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That is how it was when we first started camping, you paid for a pitch and what/who you had on it was up to you. Everybody just accepted it back then. After all, it's not like a hotel or an aircraft, the site does not cater for individuals, it caters for camping units. People brought their own accommodation to suit the size of their party, then just rented a piece of ground to put it on.

However, I think site operators spotted an opportunity and went for it. Now many of them charge for any "extra" that they can think of. They are businesses after all, and that's what businesses do. They are in business to make a profit, and will do so however they legally can.

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 19/8/2024

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Quote: Originally posted by Trishboyce on 19/8/2024

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Should I go and asked the campsite themselves? Why if you have your own motorhome/caravan do the sites charge for a dog. We only walk them on leads as told, controlled, so why?

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The simple answer is because they can. Some sites will charge for anything they think they can get away with, they are a business and will make extra profit any which way.

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Quote: Originally posted by RainMagnet on 23/8/2024

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Personally I think there are two reasons for this.

The first is money, its an easy way of getting more cash out of a large group / family.

The second I believe is to cheat the campsite search engines, you type in that you want to stay at a site with EHU that costs say £25pn, it will appear, but when you look close you have £5 per night per child, and £3 per night per dog extra. But the ploy still got you to look at the site, and there is a chance that some people may think its worth the extra after all, rather than dismissing it outright if the site had been priced higher initially.

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