Email regarding price increases

I wonder if the club is considering increasing the supplement to charge electric vehicles due to the increased energy costs. 

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some premier inns are bleak but they do have some lovely locations.

Perhaps you should also consider, fuel, for me towing caravan 25mpg, solo 40mpg, with diesel prices going through the roof, this could amount to some big savings, and whats not to like, park up, collect key, crash. 

There has been a massive call over the last decade to move to renewable energy and less wasteful methods of usage. Many have not only future proofed their homes making them less dependant on the grid but some have taken this into their leisure time and their vehicles. Given this and the desire of the club to showcase its green credentials it makes absolute sense to me that they consider an option to opt out of EHU usage. If some are correct in the suggestion that the pitch costs are going to be so high that many will not be able to afford club prices then this option may just make long term economic and environmental sense. Creating non electric pitches is not the way in my opinion but a discounted tariff is. It really is time to be forward thinking and consider the next ten, twenty or more years but the real and immediate issue is that energy sources and costs are running away from us right this minute. 

 

As long as the club hangs on to the "inclusive of electricity" policy, we do not know what we are paying for it. We do not know what cost of electricity consumption has been factored in to the site fee by the club's accountants. The 'investment in site's development budget' is probably a huge element of the retail price, because the club will make its future fortune from that. These two elements probably represent 60 - 70% of the site fee pre tax. It would be interesting to see an honest breakdown of the costs included in the retail price of a booking.

The Club have not ruled out the introduction of electricity meters but accept it would be an expensive endeavour but also accept the fairest way is for people to pay by use (AGM Minutes 2021)  It is a bit of a chicken and egg situation, its being brave enough to invest the required amount of money to put metering in place. Some have suggested non electric pitches, which do exist in a few location, but how would that work generally? As the vast majority of pitches on Club sites have access to an electrical bollard how would it be policed? Would we find a situation where a specific point is unlocked for use on arrival? Is that really going to happen. If we take the average increase being about £1.62 a night over say 250 nights a year that amounts to about £400 a pitch which would be more than enough to install a meter. We have no idea how long the current prices of electricity will stay high but even without the current crisis the move towards the use of "green" energy I would suggest we won't see the sort of reduction to the levels we have been used to in recent years? The Club have a decision to make.

David

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Given this and the desire of the club to showcase its green credentials it makes absolute sense to me that they consider an option to opt out of EHU usage.

Would it be showcasing its green credentials?  If I opted out of EHU I would consume gas for fridge, water and space heating, as well as our normal cooking. Surely it’s greener to use renewable electric from the EHU?

So ,what is the Club doing about reducing its costs on sites , they Em to want us the customer to do all the saving for them .

when are they going to put solar panels on the reception etc , it has to work both ways 

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