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18/8/2021 at 8:01am
Location: Lancashire
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We couldn't have managed without the car next to the tent as we lived out of the back of the car, used it as a windbreak, hung a tarp from the open hatch to make a shelter, and so on.
Why not mark out minimum size pitches temporarily and see how you get on. Use logs to mark out. Then if your punters seem to be struggling, you could lose a pitch next year and give the others a bit extra space.
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18/8/2021 at 11:43am
Location: Isle of Mull
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For what it's worth, as a solo tenter I would not stay somewhere where my car is not by my tent. Partly because of the dog and partly because I tend to use my car as security for things and store camping kit that I'll be using when I'm out for the day (I don't like lazing about). I also prefer pitch where you like (within reason - I also like space)!!
Ver good point about the loos, etc.
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18/8/2021 at 12:30pm
Location: London
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I'm afraid I'm another one who would not entertain a site with car parked away from my tent.
Two fold reasoning, as already stated numerous times, the convenience of secure storage and leaving everyday items in car beside tent rather than unloading into tent, and the spacing with a car between you and neighbouring pitch gives a degree of privacy and less crammed in feeling.
I certainly wouldn't be prepared to trek back and forth from car park to pitch carrying heavy tent and other heavy/awkward camping equipment! I'd be even less impressed if forced to do so in bad weather, and I've probably made and broken camp in bad weather more times than fine weather!
Your business model may have more appeal to lightweight/backpacking type campers, but you appear to be excluding the mainstream campers from their preferred arrangement. Whether your business model would be successful with limited camper appeal is for you to decide, and you alone.
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20/8/2021 at 5:38pm
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It all depends on the sort of customers. Families with young children will welcome a site where kids can play safely without cars driving around, and youngsters who camp at festivals never have cars next to their tents.
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