Under £10 A Night Stops - bit of a demand for this! (1 Viewer)

[Wombles]

A couple just started this Facebook group whilst away in their motorhome just 2 days ago https://www.facebook.com/groups/424445484557782/ & over 1000 people have joined them!
Know that there are various websites already for this but often the information is out of date so with people sharing their recent experiences & local knowledge this seems like a good idea Don't think the Facebook couple are interested in developing it that much but wouldn't it be good to be in Tripadvisor style format with ratings & feedback for budget campsites & overnight stops - especially with photos too?!
Don't know if the big clubs now post photos & detailed info. about their CLs but always thought they were missing a trick with their basic listings.

 

[movan]

A couple just started this Facebook group whilst away in their motorhome just 2 days ago https://www.facebook.com/groups/424445484557782/ & over 1000 people have joined them!
Know that there are various websites already for this but often the information is out of date so with people sharing their recent experiences & local knowledge this seems like a good idea Don't think the Facebook couple are interested in developing it that much but wouldn't it be good to be in Tripadvisor style format with ratings & feedback for budget campsites & overnight stops - especially with photos too?!
Don't know if the big clubs now post photos & detailed info. about their CLs but always thought they were missing a trick with their basic listings.

Thank you.. have joined. Desperate to try and keep motorhome on road .. this will help. Yeah. Thank you. X

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

Sounds great. We'd be interested too if they are basic CL type stop overs.
Shame you have to join fb to access it.

 

[The Dudess]

Great info - just joined. Thanks.

 

[Silver-Fox]

Ive joined as well

I think there was mention of an app being developed which would be good

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[Dave K]

Kath has just joined, I don't do the Facebook thing

 

[Wombles]

Crikey - it's now at 1966 members

 

[MillieMoocher]

Thanks for this, have also joined!

 

[tonka]

Cheers..

Another 2 that i use regular are;
https://www.facebook.com/groups/372313816175910/
and
https://www.facebook.com/groups/139976009506064/

These groups and the info can develop very fast.. I had a motorhome buy / sell group that went to 5,000 very quickly.
Pulled the plug as being admin on there because almost a full time job..

 

[Welsh girl]

I've joined as well. Fed up of paying the higher prices . Going up all the time I the UK. Love the french Aires but can't stay abroad all the time.

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[Ninovan]

Just joined as well. 2203 now

 

[tonyidle]

Joined!

 

[movan]

Might be a good idea for @Jim to have an ongoing forum on here UNDER £10 PER UNIT PER NIGHT and one called SOLOS .. UNDER £10 PER NIGHT

 

[Raybreck]

Agree with Movan. There are plenty on here that would contribute and am sure, looking at some threads which have tons of views about travels ect that it would be very popular. So another vote Jim.
Ray.

 

[Debs]

Might be a good idea for @Jim to have an ongoing forum on here UNDER £10 PER UNIT PER NIGHT and one called SOLOS .. UNDER £10 PER NIGHT

Love it Joy - would it need to be sub divided by north, south, east, west or something as once you get more than a few pages on a thread it's a 'mare to find things

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[PeteH]

Good idea. Will help keep costs down, with caveat that people dont expect too much. Lot of people expect CC(CMC) quality for "Chuck-it and Bucket" in a grass field, money. When I started out, you could get a "site" (Elsan emptying and water) for 10shillings per night!. Or less!.

 

[Clarky]

Great idea.
Just sent a request to join.
2440 members now.

Richard.

 

[buttons]

Good idea but not worth joining facebook for the service..

 

[Gaston aires]

Good idea. Will help keep costs down, with caveat that people dont expect too much. Lot of people expect CC(CMC) quality for "Chuck-it and Bucket" in a grass field, money. When I started out, you could get a "site" (Elsan emptying and water) for 10shillings per night!. Or less!.

10 bob was a lot of money then ! And yes, I remember those days too.
Phil

 

[GeriatricWanderer]

I'm not very familiar with FB, if people add details of sites are they buried in the ever growing list of posts or stored separately?
How would you be able to see the site details without ploughing through other posts?

Just asking.

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[Jim]

I'm not very familiar with FB, if people add details of sites are they buried in the ever growing list of posts or stored separately?
How would you be able to see the site details without ploughing through other posts?

Just asking.

That is one of the issues with facebook. It's just one very, very long thread. In this case though, the group owners are adding sites to a spreadsheet that you can download.

 

[Jim]

Might be a good idea for @Jim to have an ongoing forum on here UNDER £10 PER UNIT PER NIGHT and one called SOLOS .. UNDER £10 PER NIGHT

It is a good idea, you'll find that thousands will join it but maybe just 6 people will add sites. Its similar here and funsters really need to be encouraged to add info. I added this section a couple of years ago and I'd hoped it would have more entries that it has Best Campsites For... I must start pushing it again

 

[Waves]

Thank you joined

John

 

[Manic]

Thanks I've joined

 

[Wombles]

Knew that the campsite review area on here hadn't yet really taken off & that websites are not always accurate or up to date so the idea of a somewhere where feedback from local knowledge or recent experience especially of low cost stops or sites seems like a great idea. The Facebook page owners now have a bit of a monster as a lot of work not just updating the file that they are using but adding those joining (now just under 3000 in 2.5 days!) & answering all the messages They don't seem to be getting anywhere near as many contributions to be added as those joining to find info. so that is where Fun might be better as we like to share & help each other
TripAdvisor is a great resource for finding where to visit, eating out & accommodation across the world so something similar on here for motorhome stops & sites with members giving feedback (member login only) could be a great asset to Fun forum?! Could see that it could eventually become enough to attract more members (especially with low cost options or deals all in one place rather than spread across the forum) & be really useful to us all but although an appealing idea in an ideal world it would probably not be easy to add or run

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[buttons]

Knew that the campsite review area on here hadn't yet really taken off & that websites are not always accurate or up to date so the idea of a somewhere where feedback from local knowledge or recent experience especially of low cost stops or sites seems like a great idea. The Facebook page owners now have a bit of a monster as a lot of work not just updating the file that they are using but adding those joining (now just under 3000 in 2.5 days!) & answering all the messages They don't seem to be getting anywhere near as many contributions to be added as those joining to find info. so that is where Fun might be better as we like to share & help each other
TripAdvisor is a great resource for finding where to visit, eating out & accommodation across the world so something similar on here for motorhome stops & sites with members giving feedback (member login only) could be a great asset to Fun forum?! Could see that it could eventually become enough to attract more members (especially with low cost options or deals all in one place rather than spread across the forum) & be really useful to us all but although an appealing idea in an ideal world it would probably not be easy to add or run

Blimey I think I have misunderstood this entire thread, I thought at under a tenner a night it was listing sites that should be avoided. I had no idea it was the opposite....now I see it having two purposes, one for those who prefer sites for under a tenner and those like me who don't...

 

[Jim]

Blimey I think I have misunderstood this entire thread, I thought at under a tenner a night it was listing sites that should be avoided. I had no idea it was the opposite....now I see it having two purposes, one for those who prefer sites for under a tenner and those like me who don't...

Quiet day in Watford Buttons?

 

[cornish boy]

Best Campsites For... I must start pushing it again

Would it be possible to use a Google 'My Map' for the data capture especially as it has the ability for funsters to enter free-form information about the location they are pinning onto the map. The layering could be used to segregate from less than £10/night, good for solos, etc, etc.

Only asking because I don't have the patience to sift through mutliple posts to find something I like the sound of, especially when there are multiple locations in the UK with similar names!

 

[SmithsInFrance]

It is a good idea, you'll find that thousands will join it but maybe just 6 people will add sites. Its similar here and funsters really need to be encouraged to add info. I added this section a couple of years ago and I'd hoped it would have more entries that it has Best Campsites For... I must start pushing it again

Jim - didn't even realise that existed here, so much to explore. Can you also add another with one "Best sites for sightseeing". Would really find that useful

 

[buttons]

Quiet day in Watford Buttons?

It would be if my phone stopped ringing. I popped over to see my son earlier he left his phone at mine, at least he is predictable, dad can you pass a few blocks up, can you fill this bucket with muck, can you pass that bolster. So now the rest of the day is mine, yes hopefully it will be a quiet day in Watford..

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