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recently made an enquiry to stay at Old Down touring park nr Bath, and received a reply back stating £18.00 a night for a caravan, 2 adults and ehu

My stay was proposed 26th Aug 2010, three nights. 

I confirmed via e-mail my dates, and cost (£54 I assumed )

the return e-mail apologetically stated as it was bank holiday weekend, it would be £18.00 for the 26th, and £100.00 for the weekend,  and I could stay Sunday night if I wanted, which I couldn't as I have to go to work.., nonetheless its now £118.00 for my stay, I understand high and low season, but this seems a bit different again

Just to ask you helpful people out there, is this the norm, and is the pricing fair.. , it works out to an average of £39.00 a night.., as I cant do Monday

So what they are saying is...you pay £18 for the first night (thursday) and £100 for the next 2 nights(fri & sat)??? if so thats crazy!! but coming from the campsite point of view..you could be taking up a pitch that is needed for the whole of the bank holiday weekend...you get what i mean??

ive booked at dawlish peppermint park for 3nights arriving 28th and departing on the tuesday....In a tent with 2 adults 2 kids 1 dog and no EHU and we are paying £86 was £96 thanks to ukcampsites..i found a 10% discount code!

So you are paying £18 for the first night and £50 each for the other two nights - that's way ott in my book! Yes, it is becoming the norm for a lot of sites to charge more for bank holidays - something I certainly don't agree with (pure greed imo) - but that's just too much.

A similar thing happened to me a few years ago when a site we used to go to regularly started doing this 'minimum 3 nights at bank holidays' thing. When I rang to book I explained we could only stay two nights due to work commitments and the owner said we could pay for the three nights but only stay for two if we wished, as if he was doing me a favour! Needless to say I didn't book and haven't been back there since, even though I am now in the position where I can do three nights. I now tend to stick to sites where I know they don't charge extra just because it's a bank holiday.

As far as your site is concerned, vote with your feet and go elsewhere if you can.

The site I am going to for bank hol ( fri,sat,sun & mon nights) is the same price as it always is!

Quote: Originally posted by Ang/Ken on 11/8/2010

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From what you say, its £18 for the Thursday but then £100 for 3 nights even if you only want the 2 nights. That would be £33 per night (big increase).

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I have come across one or two sites recently that charge more for Friday and Saturday nights than the rest of the week, bank holiday or not. This certainly is just greed. They know most people tend to camp from Friday through to Sunday and simply want more money.

I am seriously considering breaking with tradition and changing my camping days to midweeks instead of weekends. Not only could it be cheaper but possibly quieter as well, but that wouldn't be so easy for people who have to work full time.

We all complain about these hikes in prices and the advice is always the same, 'vote with your feet and go elsewhere'. Unfortunately people don't...they just cough up and then we all end up having to pay higher prices. If we all boycotted highly priced sites they wouldn't last long.