Excessive storage fees/increases

Regardless of the increase I could not comment without knowing the price

...11% increase in storage fees for next year is EXCESSIVE IN THE EXTREME

I personally would have to know what the original and after prices are before thinking anything

after a year when people,at best received 80% of their pay?

Well a few points there, not all people received 80% of their pay at best, and also how many people who stored their caravan with the club were on the furlough payment?

... when they are on fixed pension incomes is a mystery to me...

If they are on a fixed pension they won't have been affected by the 80% pay you talk about?

Are there grounds for the increase? No for you obviously but that doesn't make it the 'truth' or even pure greed? Personally I would look at the actual amount and decide based on that and other factors (like how close to home, security...) and assume others will make their decision rather than follow your hope?

Not sure what you mean by pitches getting smaller?

I have often said that if the club isn't offering what you want or not good value for money go elsewhere, just like any purchase.

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Thanks, Corners, you saved me the trouble of writing that.

I'll just add that I'm not sure it should be the club’s concern whether members are pensioners on fixed incomes. Btw, is there such a thing these days when even the state pension increases annually?

Until the access problems this year, for the quality of storage they provide the club look pretty good value for money. Ours is much more expensive, although very convient and we have had no restriction on 24/7 access. Personally I am not surprised they are trying to make a little more money from them.

I am not sure why the club storage at Ashwell has increased by so much? we are in club storage and it has increased by £10 per year on last years prices ,which when looking at other storage in this area is although pricey ,  is as expected in this part of England it is over £100 cheaper than the ccc  storage at Hertford at last years prices

Ps as others have mentioned where do you get the idea that pitches are smaller on club sites? can you expand on that comment?

or is it that LVs have got larger and as pitches on older sites may not be as big ,as newer and some reburbished sites , we have not noticed otherwise

"We shall squeeze them until the pips squeak" ?

Not sure that pitches have become smaller as such but depends on how far you look back. In about August 1995 I went away with my wife and youngest daughter for about 50 nights. We used around 16 sites. At least 3 were not C sites although maybe one affiliated site. I reckon that on at least 6 of the club sites I hooked up the night before for an easy early departure after breakfast. Very few sites to be able to do that now in main school holidays.. Many were grass sites and not very well defined without the hard standings  of today. Far less competition for space as I normally phoned the next site the day before moving ad was generally able to agree arrival after 10.30

Hi Paddie, I agree an 11% increase does appear to be on the steep side on the face of it and I think you have done the right thing by taking your caravan out of storage if you are not happy with it. I have done the same thing this year. I stored my motorhome at Salop Leisure in Shrewsbury for many years, but after yearly increases in the charge of well over the rate of inflation each year I have decided to move it. They wanted over £600 this year which I thought was too much. Having said that, there are still many people who are prepared to pay that sort of money since the storage compound appears almost full.

What does surprise me in this particular thread, is there was a post on the CCC's forum about exactly the same issue with someone storing their caravan at the CCC Theobalds Park. 

It just seems rather odd that both Club's storage fees have risen the same.

Our cc storage fee has gone up £10 per annum (deep breath from those who  think the north south divide is a myth) to £700 pounds  and that is/was over £100 cheaper than the ccc in same area