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HI all just wanted to say we have just stayed at a haven site mon - fri 5 of us plus elec hook up for 51pound not bad but then decided to stay and extra night which was pound but still 73 pound for 5 nights with elec and all facilities not bad deal.

But we looked at sites with no facilities apart from loo and shower and some of them like you say were expensive as we have 3 kids thats how we ended up at haven.

(sorry about the written pound my pound sign doesnt work since had ntl installed)

Lynda

Hi,

I get really annoyed by and therefore refuse to book any site that charges extra for such basics as showers, I mean how tight can you get. I also wont book anywhere where use of the on-site pool costs extra. These sites are usually well into the mid 20 pounds a night and to charge an extra £7 for a family swim is outrageous. I know that it seems daft that sites with clubs charge more but personally I dont mind as I dont book these sites either.

Blimey choice seems to be getting narrower!

Mike

P.S. lynles - have you tried resetting your keyboard layout (control panel, keyboard to UK)?

Just booked a few days at Searles,Hunstanton in October and they are the same.

£2.65 per night for an Awning.

£2.25 per night for a Dog

and get this one £2.00 per night to reserve a certain pitch

If that isnt a rip off I dont know what is

I get the hump that places don't do a reduced rate for a single camper.

Take the Newlands meet for example, how come i get to pay the same rate with my 6' sq tent and me, as a big top with 6 in it.

Don't get me wrong i'm happy enough paying ten or eleven quid a night, but it is a bit rich for renting some grass, and 3 minutes of hot water.

Quote: Originally posted by albacore1854 on 05/09/2005

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I get the hump that places don't do a reduced rate for a single camper.

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 I agree with you - one of the main reasons I have joined the CC&C, they charge per person.

I'm a member already.Bit like a travelodge, nothing fancy, but you know you'll have hot water and a good nights sleep.Their sites also seem more friendly than commercials, with people willing to help, or saying good morning.

I appreciate these sites have certain limits to pitches, and need to balance their books for the greatest returns.

Sumners Ponds are masters at that, one weekend, they were full, then they could squeeze me in, then they were full again.I phoned them up said I had a few mates coming as well, which would increase my pitch rate, and that I would pay for fishing as well.Much umming, and aaarghing later, and me offering to do the same for two nights and magically they had a vacancy.

Cost me 35 quid for two nights on my own, purely as I had heard the fishing was good.

As it was, no one adheres to the 7 am start time, so by 6 am most of the swims are taken anyway.

When I got there, there were probably half a dozen spare pitches.