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We run a dog walking business, and have a van that is sign written, th CC & C goy my money because of their policies on commercial vehicles, but i jave also just booked here for September, and they have no problem with our transit and 5 dogs

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=2403

There are more and more people that are using vans as their sole means of transport, especially among the dog owning public, this group are also more likely to stay in this country for thei hols, so you may find some of the policies changing

Well if some one ask's us to fix their boat for them, we will say sure. As long as it's in Alicante.

Mind you we do get picked on for fixing electrical problems & flat batteries on some sites

Suzi

Well regards vans on sites there are two sides to a coin,this happen 4 weeks ago on a lovely site in lancashire i can supply the name of the site and the telephone number so its not a tale.A lovely white ford transit van with a caravan in tow turned up with the nicest couple you ever seen ask the site owner any vacancies for one night,so he said yes no problem ,paid him in return he gave them a fob for the safety barrier.During the night another two ford transits with caravans turned up without the knowledge of the site owner o yes you guessed it TINKERS for three weeks they dug their heels in for free site,  no problem you say get the police,sorry sir we cant do anything they on private land you got to get a court injunction at the cost of £2000,the poor man was in tears everyone was complaining about these three vans and the poor man could do nothing only looking at his business going down the drain.Now then i know you cant tar everyone with the same brush but is it a wonder that site owners wont let vans on, by the way one of the vans was a blue gas van.Seeing what i saw and if i was a site owner it would be a snowball chance in hell of any van getting on my site     

                                                    em

Tinkers are just as likely to tow with 4 x 4's these days, or big cars, we joined the c & c club, because of there ruling's on vans, am also going to a site in Dumfries that have no problem taking us

Quote: Originally posted by 4x4busdriver on 08/8/2012

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Evenstephen got it right... Many sites,particularly ones in   National Parks and such like, have planning and licensing restrictions relating to signwritten vehicles i.e. advertising.

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Quote: Originally posted by welshrover on 08/8/2012

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Well regards vans on sites there are two sides to a coin,this happen 4 weeks ago on a lovely site in lancashire i can supply the name of the site and the telephone number so its not a tale.A lovely white ford transit van with a caravan in tow turned up with the nicest couple you ever seen ask the site owner any vacancies for one night,so he said yes no problem ,paid him in return he gave them a fob for the safety barrier.During the night another two ford transits with caravans turned up without the knowledge of the site owner o yes you guessed it TINKERS for three weeks they dug their heels in for free site,  no problem you say get the police,sorry sir we cant do anything they on private land you got to get a court injunction at the cost of £2000,the poor man was in tears everyone was complaining about these three vans and the poor man could do nothing only looking at his business going down the drain.Now then i know you cant tar everyone with the same brush but is it a wonder that site owners wont let vans on, by the way one of the vans was a blue gas van.Seeing what i saw and if i was a site owner it would be a snowball chance in hell of any van getting on my site     

                                                    em

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Had a similar explanation given by a site owner a couple of years back as to why he would not take commercial vehicles, signwritten or not, to a couple that turned up in a very large transit type van, plain white.  He did phone to find them another site, though.

The C&CC do seem more reasonable in their approach.

Would I want to pitch my wee tent amidst a whole lot of tranny type vans - no, thank you.