Proportion of Serviced v Standard Pitches

DavidKlyne replied on 25/06/2019 12:57

DavidKlyne

Posted on 25/06/2019 12:57

On this forum the subject of whether there are not enough or too many serviced pitches has been discussed from time to time. We have recently stayed at the new Club site Cayton Village near Scarborough. Nice site and from a motorhome perspective it has good access to public transport. However what surprised me was the fact that the site only seemed about half full over the weekend and I wondered if this was a result of the site having a majority of serviced pitches, 190 out of about 270 pitches in total and people not being willing to pay the extra £3.90 a night? I suspect when the Club refurbish the the site the number of serviced pitches will be considerably reduced as in general the current ones don't meet the Clubs spacing requirements. The reason we had a serviced pitch was that we wanted a hardstanding and with only 29 standard hardstanding on the site we didn't want to risk it!

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DSB replied on 25/06/2019 22:09

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Posted on 25/06/2019 20:16 by Simon100

We always use serviced pitches, partly due to the convenience but also because you are guaranteed a hard standing pitch. We really don't like grass pitches.

I think that it is a bit of a stretch to blame the number of service pitches for low occupancy. From the above comments it seems that the site has many deficiencies that need to be addressed before it becomes popular, or well know, with club members

Posted on 25/06/2019 22:09

I'm with you entirely Simon.

We started by booking Serviced pitches because we like hardstandings, and, after a while, we found we actally quite liked serviced pitches. So much so, I have booked all serviced pitches for our 5 weeks during the summer. We're not taking the aquaroll or wastemaster. Instead of the aquaroll, I have bought a little bucket device that works with the same ball cock type system that fits into the aquaroll. (We got it from a company called Colapz). We bought their waste pipe connections too. I'm all for making life easier.

David

replied on 26/06/2019 07:27

Posted on 25/06/2019 22:09 by DSB

I'm with you entirely Simon.

We started by booking Serviced pitches because we like hardstandings, and, after a while, we found we actally quite liked serviced pitches. So much so, I have booked all serviced pitches for our 5 weeks during the summer. We're not taking the aquaroll or wastemaster. Instead of the aquaroll, I have bought a little bucket device that works with the same ball cock type system that fits into the aquaroll. (We got it from a company called Colapz). We bought their waste pipe connections too. I'm all for making life easier.

David

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JollyKernow replied on 26/06/2019 09:14

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young thomas replied on 26/06/2019 09:15

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Posted on 26/06/2019 09:15

"We always use serviced pitches, partly due to the convenience but also because you are guaranteed a hard standing pitch. We really don't like grass pitches."

wouldn't the best way to acheive this simple request be for the club to change the booking process?

however, because the club won't set up the booking system to book a hardstanding (which would be the same price as grass) this is a great way of extracting an extra £3.90 a day for the same result...

this seems a more likey reason for not changing the website than "confused members"

the more members tell the club this is how to get a HS (and pay £3.90) the less inclined the club will be to sort it properly, and fairly.

all of our five trips in the uk this year (since we returned from Portugal at the end of March) have been on grass pitches (two CL, two Club, one Commercial) which have all be in perfect condition and (in our opinion) far nicer than chippings....and a saving of around £100 against someone having to book an SP just to get an (equally priced) HS....

we are moving on to another Commercial in a day or two and we will be on a HS pitch....to be with our pals who prefer HS in their large van.

obviously hourse for courses but the club should really be giving those who refer HS the opportunity to book one without the additional cost of a SP.....

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