Proportion of Serviced v Standard Pitches

DavidKlyne replied on 25/06/2019 12:57

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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! 

David

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Cornersteady replied on 26/06/2019 15:00

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On my last visit to a site with SP during the week, there was actually a greater occupancy on one day on SP rather non service pitches. Most sites run at about 10% SP but this one has a third of pitches being SP. Again just one day and the SP were full before the rest of the site was. They do appear to get booked up early and before non SP pitches on sites where the number of SP is about 10%

Also while it may be true that people book them to secure a HS, but on the sites I go use are all HS and again SP go first, with motorhomes and caravans too, often 50% MH on SP. 

moulesy replied on 26/06/2019 16:36

Posted on 26/06/2019 10:09 by Briang

This is Carnon Downs in Cornwall price 

All Service Hard Standings:
£2.50 per night (including Mains drainage and Water point on each pitch)

 If they can do it why don't the Caravan & Motorclub do it. £3.90 too expensive.

http://www.carnon-downs-caravanpark.co.uk/tariff.html

Posted on 26/06/2019 16:36

Possibly because Carnon Downs basic pitch price for 2 adults & 2 children in August is £41 a night, whereas, for example, Treamble Valley is £33.40!

The club clearly has a pricing strategy which works as far as service pitches are concerned. On our recent stay at Putts Corner there was never more than 1 vacant serviced pitch, even midweek. They're not for us but certainly seem popular with lots of vanners and MHers.

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