just booked on a site for the weekend,as they do fishing as well,and we are having to pay £2 a night for our small dog,why?she wont be using the shower,or using the cleaning area.What are the charges for?dogs have to be on a lead so cant worry anyone,or cattle.think we will give her a shower every night to get our moneys worth.It's only an extra £1.50 for our daughter.
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The site owner incurrs a cost to have the dog waste bins emptied, therefore they charge people who bring dogs to cover these costs. Also, not all dog owners clean up after their pet which then means someone else having to do the job.
I personally don't mind paying a couple of pounds extra to take my dog with us - much cheaper than putting her in kennels and she gets a holiday too!
For most sites like this that charge for dogs the simple reason is that people will pay it and it is an extra revenue stream. They are probably also not that keen on having dogs on their site and will not be concerned if someone chooses not to come because of it, they are also likely to be sites that are generally nearly full so again losing a part of the possible clientelle will not concern them.
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We had three great holidays at Trevornick but I have drawn the line at going back now as they are charging £5.10 a night for dogs, I'd want his food included for that!!
I have been to plenty of sites where they don't charge for dogs and provide dog bins and a good dog walk. I also tend to go for sites that say 'dogs welcome' rather than 'dogs allowed'.
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Some sites charge charge for dogs, and plenty of sites don't. They decide what they want to charge, and who they want on site, you see that, and then decide where you want to go, simples!
I emailed a site once to ask what my dogs would get for their £2 a night & they said they had to empty poo bins, fair enough but a bin bag is less than 10p and one a day for the whole site is sufficient, that's if it's even emptied daily, usually it's a couple of times a week.
It's just another way of getting cash and we never use sites that charge for pets, try looking at the camping & caravanning club sites, they don't try and squeeze extra cash out of their customers by charging for pets, awnings and dont assume every booking is 2 adults + 2 kids.
We charge for dogs we provide a small exercise area for dogs we provide a dog waste bin. we get charged for our waste disposal and our recycling bags cost £1.90 plus vat per bag and the wheelie bins cost £36 plus vat per empty. we empty the wheelie bins twice per week when busy i would love to find a countil that charges 10p for emptying waste we certainly would make a mint then!
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emptying the dog bins is one of the worst jobs onsite :( public liability insurance is also an extra premium for allowing dogs, and although every dog owner says "i always pick up after my dog" we still have to go round picking up waste daily.
I don't mind the cost as it would cost a whole lot more to put the dogs in kennels or a dog sitter. Having said that we've gotten away without paying a number of times we've been camping by booking online minus the added dog then when we got there told them we've now brought the dog and each time they've said oh its ok lol.
Why shouldn't they charge for dogs? They are running a commercial business and if they have to provide facilities for our dogs then they are within their rights to charge accordingly.
I don't understand why paying for dogs is an issue, we decide how much we are prepared to pay if at all and choose sites accordingly. Many sites charge as an all inclusive, others list individually. At the end of the day your dog is using the facilities simply by being there, and very few dogs are seen and not heard.
P.S. Bit tongue in cheek but... I hope I never have to get in a shower after some ones dog has used it just to prove a point, what next queuing at the loo's because someone has trained their dog to pee in the toilet after it's drunk too much Perrier?
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I have to say that paying a couple of pounds a night to take a dog seems reasonable, anything over that I would go elsewhere. As HEJC72 says, it is a darn sight cheaper than kennels and the dog gets a holiday as well.