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So £6 in 2006...and now £11 in 2013,for according to their website,"Two adults and all children"..that's a fiver increase,in 7(ish) years...

..that's less than 75p a year increase...it's scandalous!  

Joking aside though,in some cases we've found that prices of some basic(farmer's field)CLs,have crept up to within only a few quid of a site with facilities...Although we did come across a nice little CL in Cheddar last summer,directly across from the "main" site and only £7! 

 So they are still out there...

Edit:Oops! sorry Jakers..I crossed your post.

Quote: Originally posted by pepe63 on 28/2/2013

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So £6 in 2006...and now £11 in 2013,for according to their website,"Two adults and all children"..that's a fiver increase,in 7(ish) years...

..that's less than 75p a year increase...it's scandalous!  

Joking aside though,in some cases we've found that prices of some basic(farmer's field)CLs,have crept up to within only a few quid of a site with facilities...Although we did come across a nice little CL in Cheddar last summer,directly across from the "main" site and only £7! 

 So they are still out there...

Edit:Oops! sorry Jakers..I crossed your post.

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Quote: Originally posted by fife-bloke on 23/2/2013

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Yes I'm a member Nora but at this rate not for much longer lol

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Quote: Originally posted by fife-bloke on 23/2/2013

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Was trying to book a pitch for a week on a CC site and was quoted £201 for the week in April. Is this right? Just seems a tad expensive that's all,and I'm just basing this as being expensive as last year for the same week on a non CC site I paid £95 inc awning which was fine.
If anyone knows any good sites in Scotland no further north than Pitlochry for about £120 for the week let me know (ps 2 adults 4 kids 1 dog and an awning cheers)

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Quote: Originally posted by Jakers on 28/2/2013

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Quote: Originally posted by pstuart on 28/2/2013My last word on this.

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I have a CC map on my study wall with some notes on it, the map is dated 2006 and it shows Cadeside Somerset at
£6.00 inc electric - this is a small stopoff site on the way to the SW with no facilities, the price is for all year.

Looking at the same site today, it has not changed.

£11, yes now £11!

The Clubs have led the price increases - run for members???????

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The site may not have changed but the costs of running it most certainly will have increased.....anything that has gone up in your own home has also increased for most businesses - hence forth why many businesses, including campsites, are finding themselves out of business :( electric increased for us as a park by 80% in one year alone...... thats not just EHU to pitches of course that's also site lighting, lighting toilet block, reception and the provision of being able to provide the electric these are things such as cabling, metres etc, water charges, waste disposal charges etc they of course there are the seen costs on top of that are the unseen costs such as business rates, council tax, and costs of fuel that going in any business ( gas/oil etc), fuel for mowers, strimmers etc, marketing/advertising/website design etc

Check out the fuel price increases from 2006 - you were paying on average 90p per litre then what are we paying now......??????

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Quote: Originally posted by pstuart on 28/2/2013

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Quote: Originally posted by Jakers on 28/2/2013

Quote: Originally posted by pstuart on 28/2/2013My last word on this.I have a CC map on my study wall with some notes on it, the map is dated 2006 and it shows Cadeside Somerset at

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£6.00 inc electric - this is a small stopoff site on the way to the SW with no facilities, the price is for all year.

Looking at the same site today, it has not changed.

£11, yes now £11!

The Clubs have led the price increases - run for members???????

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The site may not have changed but the costs of running it most certainly will have increased.....anything that has gone up in your own home has also increased for most businesses - hence forth why many businesses, including campsites, are finding themselves out of business :( electric increased for us as a park by 80% in one year alone...... thats not just EHU to pitches of course that's also site lighting, lighting toilet block, reception and the provision of being able to provide the electric these are things such as cabling, metres etc, water charges, waste disposal charges etc they of course there are the seen costs on top of that are the unseen costs such as business rates, council tax, and costs of fuel that going in any business ( gas/oil etc), fuel for mowers, strimmers etc, marketing/advertising/website design etc

Check out the fuel price increases from 2006 - you were paying on average 90p per litre then what are we paying now......??????

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The 80% electric hike happened to a lot of businesses when they were 'caught out' being previously charged domestic rates when they should have been paying electric business rates, this didn't happen to the Clubs, they had normal business rises.

Depends on the site - as CL and the like are often not necessarily run through the CCC they are affliated and pay in..... likewise they have to cover the costs of cabling, installation and metering.... the 80% hike happened to us because we invested heavily in a 3 phase supply to site which meant that we switched to a commercial rate, many sites still run on the domestic meters....

Fuel prices are just a red herring, there is no direct comparison.

No goods or services (except perhaps electric & gas)that we personally use have gone up 83% (Cadeside et al)
in the last five years and to use utility increases to justify rises of 83% in that period would be laughable but for the fact some on here seem to accept it.

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Quote: Originally posted by pstuart on 28/2/2013

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I can't comment on your circumstances or the massive amount of grass that you say needs to be cut - the original question was 'Have site prices gone up?', well yes they have and in some small part for the reasons that you have given.

My main thrust was the Clubs prices and as an example the Caravan Club at Cadeside which I could mow and strim in 10 minutes.
The price here has gone up 83% in 5 years and probably all the other Club sites are within that range.

NO other goods or services have gone up like site prices, the Clubs have led the increases and the private sites have followed, trying to justify it sometimes by the reasons that you give.

83% increase in 5 years - only in the UK.

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I used to think that £15 pn was very expensive for a CL/CS but it seems to be quite the norm now, a few are cheaper but it seems not that many, you just have to put up or shut up I suppose. Luckily we can afford this; we are retired and go away a lot. We don't do meets or THS because we need ehu.

What did annoy me was when I found out that a certain CS in Staffordshire (2 reviews from me) put their price up by nearly 100% in a year.

Anne

Quote: Originally posted by Crows Nest on 01/3/2013

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a park can set their prices without having to justify costs to anybody but themselves. if people don't want to pay then they will lose out, if they are happy to pay, then there is more money to reinvest in other things... or dare i say keep as profit. after all it is a business.

btw - we have kept our prices the same as last year. it just annoys me that other park owners feel they have to explain their actions and share financial information.

rant over...phew. it must be opening day madness!!

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I assume this is aimed at me?

I share the information as we have many many people who continually question the cost of that 'patch of grass' that we run... it is afterall a discussion forum and I would hope gives those genuinely interested 'the other side' so to speak.  Hopefully 'some' will seek to understand what actual costs are involved and subsquently have their opinons changed as to the 'site owners are all robbing b**tards' which is simply not the case.

Good luck with your season!