Campsite costs

Welcome to 2022.

Colin

I assume you are talking CL's here as you have posted in this section? Not sure I would run a CL for under £20 a night, hardly worth it? Would prefer to have electrics rather than toilet facilities. I think when CL's were just a grass field with a tap and an Elsan point perhaps lower fees could be justified but the demand now is for them to be bijou campsites which unfortunately means prices to match.

David

I tend to agree that I am finding the average cost for an "average"CL has increased somewhat.

I don't know if CLs are trying to recoup some of the lost revenue after Covid or/and fixing in increased overheads, such as electricity etc.

I have been surprised at the prices that some new CLs want to start charging at when there are no "extras" such as toilet, shower, hardstanding, wifi, serviced pitch etc that might justify the £22 p.n. price tag. 

There is a general squeezing of incomes at the moment and I can foresee some new sites closing due to lack of demand once the income squeeze really starts to bite. 

I do understand the pressure that CLs are under to try to just break even. There has been much talk of it on recent threads.

As far as we are concerned, we don't mind paying a £22 pn if we feel it is value and value is the key word. I doubt I could justify paying that as an average over a years usage and still have the same number of nights away.

I have returned from the ultra peaceful Broomfield Farm Club site.Minimum facilities and price was £17.00.

TBH I thought ths was remarkable good value.

This was cheaper than some CL's I have visited.

But on the other hand I am visiting a popular site in York and that is over £40.00 a night.I did not realise at the time of booking, part of it is school holidays.

Diesel wasn’t always £1.85 per litre…….

It's life, Jim, but not as we’ve known it. 

I'am with Wherenext, I don't mind paying £20+ for a CL, if I feel it offers value for money.  I can understand the extra cost for a hardstanding service pitch for instance, but then you find a basic grass pitch with just EHU is also £20 + pn  

A CL we have used  regularly has just increased their pitch fees by 50% and that doesn't include EHU,  

I think like with everything you have to shop around. There are still some good CL'S  out there for £15 pn Inc EHU. 

The price pn for the CL is often nothing compared to the cost of the diesel to get you there! 

If someone with some land chooses to be part of a scheme which limits them to 5 outfits, and obliges them to turn away people with tents, and turn away people who don’t have the right membership card,  then someone needs to take them to a quiet room and explain how they could generate more income by expanding their business. It’s called economies of scale.

It really depends where one looks. We will have been away for 99 nights by Sunday night this year, having stayed on 16 Cls, 3 CC sites and 2 commercial sites, one twice, and our average cost is less than £16 per night, with the dearest just over £18 pn. The vast majority of sites had hardstanding, and all had EHU, so there are still lots out there that are not charging £20+.

We have stayed on 6 CLs by next month - all with EHU. Most expensive was £22, which was a new site, hard standings, in an area where very few HS, and at their winter price.

Costs are creeping up, understandably.  However, CLs provide what we want, cheaper than Club sites (especially as we use our facilities) and are, I think, still value for money.

I wouldnt pay £20 for no EHU unless it was a very special site for some other reason e.g. special location.  There is almost always an alternative.

We won't pay £20  for a site, be it a CL, club or commercial. As you say hja there are always alternatives, it only takes a bit of research and careful planning.