Campsite rip off prices.

[trevskoda]

At xmas i will take kids to strand hotel at ballyliffen where we will be taken to dough famine village which is turned into santas grotto after kids get a gift and tour round then back to hotel for hot chock drink and sweets/beer for me and of to bed ,in morning a full irish breakfast with all the extras to mid day,all this for a 100 bucks.
You want to come here if like me your wallet creeks when its opened and the queen is still wearing a school bag.:lol-053:

 

[maingate]

The THS we are on is attached to a big Site (mostly statics). The Touring area is almost full this weekend (approx 100 pitches). They must think that £27 per night is a fair price.

 

[snowbirds]

For some of the prices quoted I can spend two to three weeks in Europe on Aires and do.
But we did get a fair price at a Haven last June after the Hereford meet at £10 per night on a fully serviced pitch(but a pint and a large wine in the bar came to £9.00),but I must have used a lot of that cost on the electric Truma as it was a bit cold but that's England for you a great country if we had some weather.
It takes me back to the days in an old rented caravan at Walton on the Naze in the 1950's made of painted hardboard with gas lighting and no heating,or my first camper van a 1973 Dormobile Commer that I we took to south of France in the 80's with little money and a big box of tools to repair it on the way.


Snowbirds.:dance::dance::sleep-040::sleep-040:

 

[Deleted member 27306]

Saltwick bay Whitby 2002 motorhomes 2addults 2 kids £27 a night been wild camping ever since

 

[roamingman]

It takes me back to the days in an old rented caravan at fWalton on the Naze in the 1950's made of painted hardboard with gas lighting and no heating,or my first camper van a 1973 Dormobile Commer that I we took to south of France in the 80's with little money and a big box of tools to repair it on the way.


Snowbirds.:dance::dance::sleep-040::sleep-040:[/QUOTE]

We had a 1972 commer camper with pop up roof also had a small boat used to go site on a river, I keep looking for one,

 

[snowbirds]

Hi roamingman,

Not many Commer campers about now and the Dormobile ones are very rare but there was one on e-bay last year but a complete basket case.

Regards Snowbirds.:wave:

It takes me back to the days in an old rented caravan at fWalton on the Naze in the 1950's made of painted hardboard with gas lighting and no heating,or my first camper van a 1973 Dormobile Commer that I we took to south of France in the 80's with little money and a big box of tools to repair it on the way.


Snowbirds.:dance::dance::sleep-040::sleep-040:

We had a 1972 commer camper with pop up roof also had a small boat used to go site on a river, I keep looking for one,[/QUOTE]

 

[maingate]

Saltwick bay Whitby 2002 motorhomes 2addults 2 kids £27 a night been wild camping ever since

The problem is that it is getting more difficult.

I have spent a rainy morning transferring notations across from a 2011 Road Atlas to a 2015 one. These handwritten notes are nearly all useless now. The spots have gone, there are now height barriers or there are TRO's.


Sadly, wildcamping in a big van is getting much harder. If it were not for the cheap THS provided by the C&CC, our van would have been sold long ago. We only seem to seriously wildcamp in the Winter months.

A lot of the old timers on this forum have disappeared, I am thinking of doing the same as I cannot really call myself a wildcamper any longer. Too many vans, not enough spaces. :sad:

 

[Neckender]

Go to Spain, everywhere €0.00

The thread was about campsite prices not aires, I travel down to Benidorm from Calais and costs nothing but we do buy local produce when needed and would also pay a reasonable price if stated at the aire.

John.

 

[2cv]

The problem is that it is getting more difficult.

I have spent a rainy morning transferring notations across from a 2011 Road Atlas to a 2015 one. These handwritten notes are nearly all useless now. The spots have gone, there are now height barriers or there are TRO's.


Sadly, wildcamping in a big van is getting much harder. If it were not for the cheap THS provided by the C&CC, our van would have been sold long ago. We only seem to seriously wildcamp in the Winter months.

A lot of the old timers on this forum have disappeared, I am thinking of doing the same as I cannot really call myself a wildcamper any longer. Too many vans, not enough spaces. :sad:

Unfortunately TROs applying to multiple locations are becoming more the norm, preventing overnighting in an increasing number of places. I think that these are a response to those who "camp" away from campsites as opposed to those who "park", where camping refers to putting out awnings and furniture, and lighting fires and parking refers to just that, albeit sleeping and eating in the vehicle.
I don't offer a solution to the problem, as there will always be some who choose to "camp" and therefore cause local annoyance.
If all wild campers were to be wild parkers I believe that there would be far less restrictive legislation being produced. I can understand local frustrations from furniture being offloaded and the after effects of fires being lit, and the noise from generators.

 

[jeanette]

It takes me back to the days in an old rented caravan at fWalton on the Naze in the 1950's made of painted hardboard with gas lighting and no heating,or my first camper van a 1973 Dormobile Commer that I we took to south of France in the 80's with little money and a big box of tools to repair it on the way.


Snowbirds.:dance::dance::sleep-040::sleep-040:

We had a 1972 commer camper with pop up roof also had a small boat used to go site on a river, I keep looking for one,[/QUOTE]

That brought memories back my parents had a Commer Dormobile we used to go all over in it from the top of Scotland to right down south happy memories

 

[vindiboy]

My daughter wants a couple of nights away later this month in the motorhome so decided I would book in at Hillcroft park near Pooley bridge.
We have great memories of the site as My late wife and I always stopped there when we had the trailer tent and our children were young.
The site has a great play area which would keep the 2 grandkids entertained.
Went online to book and nearly fell off my chair at the cost. 2 nights, 3 adults, 2 x 6 year olds and the dog.
£88.00 ! Robbing bar stewards !
Gave that a miss and booked into Crossfell C&CC CL campsite near Penrith, I always use this site when in the lakes.
£20.00 for 2 nights or £26.00 if on ehu which I don't need. No play area and only a toilet on the site but it's quiet, excellent water and waste facilities and I can use the motorhome shower.
We could have a week here for what Hillcroft wanted for 2 nights.
So pleased I wildcamp the majority of the time and found this forum.

Well you get what you pay for as you can see from the difference in facilities, we have just spent a weekend on a CCC rally £7 a night, on Saturday evening we had a Country and Western evening in the Barn, several free tots of Jack Daniels and a great free Barbi, Sausages and Burgers ,great company, we just wanted a weekend away, saw the rally advertised in our magazine and just turned up, we were unaware of the entertainment till we arrived, the venue was a short walk to Fordingbridge town with busses to Bournemouth or Salisbury , Way to go IMO.

 

[caledonia]

It's not the price that stops me going to camp sites, it's the rules and other people that make me hide in forrests or on deserted beaches.