Awning and non-awning pitches

Posted on 12/07/2019 17:04 by JVB66

Some years ago it was £1000 or more if the ground needed a lot of work to get it as level as the area permitted

Posted on 12/07/2019 18:52 by JollyKernow

Evening

I think you'll find that present day prices are slightly more than that JV. Try more in the line of 3k for a basic hardstanding if there's already a tarmac road. If there's not you can add on £80 per meter to get to it. That was 2017 prices.  Don't know the cost of planning but I know it's a contributing factor when deciding where and when to put hardstands in.

Grass any day for me

JK

Posted on 12/07/2019 19:13 by Cornersteady

interesting, so say a site is open for 8 months (March - October) that is at say £25 per night per pitch income averaged out (?), that's a possible rough figure of £6000 income, now if it's a grass pitch then maybe it is out of use for 4 months? that means a loss of £3000 pounds, turn it into a HS and you can use it all year and it sort of pays for itself in one year, and makes more income the following year.

Yes I know these are rough figures and maybe you won't fill every pitch all the time (well some sites manage it though) and the average price per night might be wrong but you can scale it over two years or even have the site open all year/longer, but it gives you an idea of why HS are so attractive to the club?

Yes by all means charge for a HS over grass, won't worry me on a number of levels but it may worry the club when it doesn't fill a site since all the HS are taken and people go elsewhere, whereas now they'll take a chance on getting one and take grass if nothing is else is available when they arrive?

Posted on 12/07/2019 19:13 by Cornersteady

interesting, so say a site is open for 8 months (March - October) that is at say £25 per night per pitch income averaged out (?), that's a possible rough figure of £6000 income, now if it's a grass pitch then maybe it is out of use for 4 months? that means a loss of £3000 pounds, turn it into a HS and you can use it all year and it sort of pays for itself in one year, and makes more income the following year.

Yes I know these are rough figures and maybe you won't fill every pitch all the time (well some sites manage it though) and the average price per night might be wrong but you can scale it over two years or even have the site open all year/longer, but it gives you an idea of why HS are so attractive to the club?

Yes by all means charge for a HS over grass, won't worry me on a number of levels but it may worry the club when it doesn't fill a site since all the HS are taken and people go elsewhere, whereas now they'll take a chance on getting one and take grass if nothing is else is available when they arrive?

Posted on 12/07/2019 19:47 by Navigateur

Just to make the idea of charging a bigger amount for awning pitches than non-awning ones, what would happen at sites such as Bunree where the loch side pitches are the ones in great demand, yet they are non-awning?

Posted on 12/07/2019 17:20 by

Hardly eye watering.  

Posted on 12/07/2019 20:13 by nelliethehooker

It would take a lot of getting back with no price differential!!