Even more extra charges by Campsite

[The Dudess]

Anyone come across this one before? ........................... We're booked into a campsite near our friends for 2 nights so that they can come to visit us at the campsite for a couple of hours on Friday night. Current cost for 2 nights is £55, so not cheap. Just read the Ts & Cs about visitors and they specify that for day visitors, who must leave by 17:00, it's £3.50 person, and if they stay after this time we will be charged as if they're staying overnight and it will be £3.75 per person. What's the general consensus on this - do you think it's fair/reasonable?

 

[Jonno1103]

Anyone come across this one before? ........................... We're booked into a campsite near our friends for 2 nights so that they can come to visit us at the campsite for a couple of hours on Friday night. Current cost for 2 nights is £55, so not cheap. Just read the Ts & Cs about visitors and they specify that for day visitors, who must leave by 17:00, it's £3.50 person, and if they stay after this time we will be charged as if they're staying overnight and it will be £3.75 per person. What's the general consensus on this - do you think it's fair/reasonable?

They've been doing it for years. If you read a lot of the site's small print, a lot also say that the pitch you pay for is for your outfit and 2 adults.

 

[Odd-no-more]

It's not fair, but their site so their rules. I understand an overnight stay but to visit for a cup of tea it's wrong

 

[Itsmcb]

It's not fair, but their site so their rules. I understand an overnight stay but to visit for a cup of tea it's wrong

I suppose your visitors could use the site toilets a few times during the day, even have a shower if they have come straight from work to visit. Even water costs more than people realise these days.

 

[busbuddy]

It's because visitors might not go home, our favourite local site started doing it last year as people would park in free park-and-ride over the road and stay on site with their mates for free
They have to make rules to stop the bad ones but it also affects the good ones

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[TinaLes]

I can only guess that the campsite have experienced "Day Visitors" that have ended up staying overnight after having a few sherbets maybe. The visitors must be gone by 17.00 must be an attempt to curb this behaviour also.
How they come up with a set "Visitor Fee" is something I would ask about, why £3.50 per person?, is that to cover visitors using the campsite facilities like toilets, hopefully not the shower block?.
I like many others have seen day visitor fees mentioned on many sites, so there must be a valid reason for it, but asking the reason why would enlighten us all.
Good Luck.
LES

 

[Janine]

I have come across it at one of my local sites. I presume it is to deter campers having parties and inviting all their friends over.

 

[gus-lopez]

Yes I have seen it before.

 

[62272]

A lot of these rules are set up because too many people abuse reasonable rules, and take the Michael!

 

[nicholsong]

Anyone come across this one before? ........................... We're booked into a campsite near our friends for 2 nights so that they can come to visit us at the campsite for a couple of hours on Friday night. Current cost for 2 nights is £55, so not cheap. Just read the Ts & Cs about visitors and they specify that for day visitors, who must leave by 17:00, it's £3.50 person, and if they stay after this time we will be charged as if they're staying overnight and it will be £3.75 per person. What's the general consensus on this - do you think it's fair/reasonable?

The £0.25 difference from day to overnight seems strange, or is it £3,50 PLUS £3.75?

I can understand the charges if there is a swimming pool, bar etc., but a bit piccy if just for a cup of tea.

Anyway just another reason not to use campsites, not that we needed any more.

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[Mikey RV]

Anyone come across this one before? ........................... We're booked into a campsite near our friends for 2 nights so that they can come to visit us at the campsite for a couple of hours on Friday night. Current cost for 2 nights is £55, so not cheap. Just read the Ts & Cs about visitors and they specify that for day visitors, who must leave by 17:00, it's £3.50 person, and if they stay after this time we will be charged as if they're staying overnight and it will be £3.75 per person. What's the general consensus on this - do you think it's fair/reasonable?

They should have gone to a club site where visitors are allowed free.

 

[KUSKUS]

My wife sometimes travels in her car after I have arrived on site and gets charged £5 per night for the parking the car , I have asked why is this different from a car and caravan but it just is ?

 

[Chris Laing]

It's the additional charge for an awning I just can't be bothered with and usually dont pay. If the weather is crap I'll attach it if not I won't but I certainly won't pay extra on the off chance.

 

[ctc]

Makes you wonder why people go abroad.

 

[62272]

My wife sometimes travels in her car after I have arrived on site and gets charged £5 per night for the parking the car , I have asked why is this different from a car and caravan but it just is ?

When we A frame abroad, most sites insist we must drive through the entrance barrier coupled-up, other wise they have to charge for an extra car! There is no difference between a caravan with tow vehicle or a motorhome towing a car.

We never get charged in the UK for an extra car.

Although I suppose in your case there is no element of towing .

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[old-mo]

I will not stay at a site that charges for DAY visitors...

Don`t mind reluctantly to paying for the dog, and WONT pay extra for awning or the like..

Unless any extra does not fit on the pitch I have rented..

 

[busbuddy]

Never been charged for our car (I sometimes have to go to work from where we are) i've heard of charging for an extra car but it usually states one is included in pitch price so the 'extra car' would mean having 2 on the pitch

 

[nicholsong]

It's the additional charge for an awning I just can't be bothered with and usually dont pay. If the weather is crap I'll attach it if not I won't but I certainly won't pay extra on the off chance.

'Awning' charge - are we talking about just for a wind-out canopy, or for a 'tent'?

 

[Chris Laing]

'Awning' charge - are we talking about just for a wind-out canopy, or for a 'tent'?

Most campsites just say awning so how do you define an awning?
I have a wind out and a Rally air pro that attaches to the wind out.

 

[Littlewheels]

I once got charged for the car and trailer and l never took the car off the trailer, robbers.

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[pelican]

I once got charged for the car and trailer and l never took the car off the trailer, robbers.

Amazing

 

[Nirvanauk]

It’s their site so their rules

 

[Brains]

Not a new idea

As a small kid I remember friends of my parents being charged to be guests at a dinner party held by my parents on a French camp site in the very early 1970's

It caused a certain amount of 'friction' even then
(End result was we moved sites, all three families of us, for 6 weeks! Must have lost the original site a small fortune at the time!)

 

[DDJC]

This is not just common. I'd say it was entirely expected.

Stayed at a site in Switzerland and my sister and bil dropped over to get hammered with us, and stayed in the inner tent. Next morning I went to pay the visitor charge (4 swiss francs per, I think) and the lady told me not to worry about it.

 

[eddie]

I shall be popping into Taunton later, and will park my car, which will cost me £2 for the first hour, up to a maximum of £5 for five hours.

Whilst I am in town I may need the loo, smelly nasty dirty things they are, 50p a pop

3 miles away I own a campsite, nice rural setting, we charge £22 for 24 hours for two people, a Motorhome, an ‘A’ framed car if brought, electric, free WiFi, gravelled hard standing, numerous grey and black disposal points and beautifully clean, heated toilet and shower facilities which are regularly checked by the site wardens.

In the event of an emergency, a fire for example we are expected under our site licence to know exactly who is staying on site including day visitors, which is why we insist we are notified, shouting out to Stevie Boy the Warden, as he rumbles by with his headphones on driving his tractor won’t work. So he’ll stop and walk over with you to the office to make a note

”We have friends who live near here“
”Oooo there’s lovely (Stevie Boy is Welsh you see) “Picking you up and taking you to ‘theirs’ for dinner are they” “You’ll be able to have a natter and a cwytch“

”No, there coming here”
“Fair Doo’s there is a charge”
”charge? A CHARGE? How dare you, rip off Britain, this is why we go to France, your robbing bastards, I’ll leave, I’ll ruin you on Social Media, why should I pay you more than the £22 I already paid for a Four Gold Pennant, Award winning site?

”Where are they going to park?”
“In your car park for a few hours”

”Where are they going to pee and poo “
“In your fully tiled, centrally heated toilet block that you or your wife check constantly“

”If they get pissed and taxi it home, where will they leave their car overnight? ( I know, I know NO one’s friends would ever do that, but I live in the real world, not the fluffy imaginary one that resides in lots of peoples heads. Mates you’ve not seen for ages, added to a Sunny afternoon BBQ, Beer & Wine, are a recipe for a taxi booking)
”In your car park”

“If your mates piss off my guests, walking through pitches (as they know no different) or make a mess in the loo’s, Who will deal with it?
”Well you will, your the Warden”

“Yes, your right, I am so here is what we will do:-

I’ll put their names in the visitor book (legal)
I’ll add their vehicle into our system so they can get into the site (Essential) (We have an ANPR Barrier in place for security)
When they arrive, I’ll show them where to park, and I‘ll wander over with them.

You’ll explain about not crossing other peoples pitches and you’ll pay me £2 a head for the inconvenience the parking and the use of the facilities, on the basis I don’t hear any more moaning or bleating, cos if I do, you’ll be parking on your friends drive tonight!

But why wouldn‘t you do that anyway

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[peterc10]

We are members of the C&CC, but rarely use their sites. If you are not happy with with club sites why use them? Vote with your wheels and leave them to the people who enjoy them and their rules.

This year we are hoping to be away for over 120 nights in the motorhome and not one at a UK club site. We have just finished a 43 night trip to France, Spain and Portugal staying in a mix of Aires, camperstops and camp sites (not one with a peg ). We are planning to go away again to Southern Europe for a similar period in the Autumn, but hoping for better weather. And this summer we are planning to do about 30 nights in the UK mainly using MHF rallies and meets with some Brit Stops and maybe a couple of the C&CC's Temporary Holiday Sites or CSs.

 

[Jonno1103]

I shall be popping into Taunton later, and will park my car, which will cost me £2 for the first hour, up to a maximum of £5 for five hours.

Whilst I am in town I may need the loo, smelly nasty dirty things they are, 50p a pop

3 miles away I own a campsite, nice rural setting, we charge £22 for 24 hours for two people, a Motorhome, an ‘A’ framed car if brought, electric, free WiFi, gravelled hard standing, numerous grey and black disposal points and beautifully clean, heated toilet and shower facilities which are regularly checked by the site wardens.

In the event of an emergency, a fire for example we are expected under our site licence to know exactly who is staying on site including day visitors, which is why we insist we are notified, shouting out to Stevie Boy the Warden, as he rumbles by with his headphones on driving his tractor won’t work. So he’ll stop and walk over with you to the office to make a note

”We have friends who live near here“
”Oooo there’s lovely (Stevie Boy is Welsh you see) “Picking you up and taking you to ‘theirs’ for dinner are they” “You’ll be able to have a natter and a cwytch“

”No, there coming here”
“Fair Doo’s there is a charge”
”charge? A CHARGE? How dare you, rip off Britain, this is why we go to France, your robbing bastards, I’ll leave, I’ll ruin you on Social Media, why should I pay you more than the £22 I already paid for a Four Gold Pennant, Award winning site?

”Where are they going to park?”
“In your car park for a few hours”

”Where are they going to pee and poo “
“In your fully tiled, centrally heated toilet block that you or your wife check constantly“

”If they get pissed and taxi it home, where will they leave their car overnight? ( I know, I know NO one’s friends would ever do that, but I live in the real world, not the fluffy imaginary one that resides in lots of peoples heads. Mates you’ve not seen for ages, added to a Sunny afternoon BBQ, Beer & Wine, are a recipe for a taxi booking)
”In your car park”

“If your mates piss off my guests, walking through pitches (as they know no different) or make a mess in the loo’s, Who will deal with it?
”Well you will, your the Warden”

“Yes, your right, I am so here is what we will do:-

I’ll put their names in the visitor book (legal)
I’ll add their vehicle into our system so they can get into the site (Essential) (We have an ANPR Barrier in place for security)
When they arrive, I’ll show them where to park, and I‘ll wander over with them.

You’ll explain about not crossing other peoples pitches and you’ll pay me £2 a head for the inconvenience the parking and the use of the facilities, on the basis I don’t hear any more moaning or bleating, cos if I do, you’ll be parking on your friends drive tonight!

But why wouldn‘t you do that anyway

Absolute CLASS response, real life... never stayed on your site Eddie but this makes me want to come tomorrow! Any space for Friday the 20th on our way to Heligan, it'll be late afternoon as driving from Yorkshire?

 

[The Dudess]

We are members of the C&CC, but rarely use their sites. If you are not happy with with club sites why use them? Vote with your wheels and leave them to the people who enjoy them and their rules.

I didn't mentioned C&CC sites and only wondered if these charges were the norm! The whole reason for staying on this site is that it is less than 3 miles from our friends house who we haven't seen for far too long. They won't be staying overnight (they're coming for a couple of hours) or using the loos or shower or any other facilities although they will be using the carpark. So in effect we're paying £15 for them to park the car for a couple of hours. We'll pay it of course but now it's worked out at £70 for 2 days camping.

 

[eddie]

I didn't mentioned C&CC sites and only wondered if these charges were the norm! The whole reason for staying on this site is that it is less than 3 miles from our friends house who we haven't seen for far too long. They won't be staying overnight (they're coming for a couple of hours) or using the loos or shower or any other facilities although they will be using the carpark. So in effect we're paying £15 for them to park the car for a couple of hours. We'll pay it of course but now it's worked out at £70 for 2 days camping.

Park on their drive and it's free!

Just out of interest how do you know that they won't need to use the loo? I'm not sure about the next 15 minutes let alone the next week!

If your paying £70 for two nights it's too expensive any way unless the site has amazing facilities

Lots of sites, have a "basic" pitch fee, and its laid out clearly what is included and then "tweak" that price to suit, but as a site owner I promise you I have heard every argument for and against! I'll give you an example

I am a dog lover, all dogs (so long as it stands above my knee when its on four legs ) So when we opened the site we didn't charge for dogs which I knew is a bone (See what I did there?) of contention with many dog owners. That made us a target for the nutters that have six dogs (often in a Romahome ) noise, shit and shouting!

Either side of the tall, gangly, ethereal, otherworldly creature with Six dogs (think that there were Six the snappy little rat type things never kept still long enough to count them) the people who were paying the same, wanted to know why the cost was the same as "We don't have a dog, let along six bloody dogs" so expected their site fee adjusted accordingly, same with tents, same with trailers arguments for and against

So we charge currently £22 a night, if you bring a dog, we add a bit, if you bring extra people we add a bit, want to put a tent up we add a bit but by starting with a low, fair, flat rate the site is always the "right" level of busy, and everyone is happy.

 

[Nedge68]

could you visit your friends? Or will they charge you for the use of facilities? Eddies post explains the situation very clearly, I will be charging all our guests in future, following the Ryan air model, there will be a soap supplement, and 10p per sheet, 50p per flush…

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