Overpriced Caravan Parks

Old Timer

Why are all Irish Caravan Parks so expensive. For two Adults and two childern you can pay up to 40 euro per night. On the Continent you can have a pitch for 10 euro per night and no extra charge for a hot shower in the morning. You can even go to the site shop and collect your hot fresh bread in the morning. :mad:

justo

Old Timer wrote: »

Why are all Irish Caravan Parks so expensive. For two Adults and two childern you can pay up to 40 euro per night. On the Continent you can have a pitch for 10 euro per night and no extra charge for a hot shower in the morning. You can even go to the site shop and collect your hot fresh bread in the morning. :mad:

Is that 40 euros for a blank pitch? i.e. somewhere to put your tent?

Macspower

I have yet to pay for one of these.

Tabnabs

I paid €24 per day recently (for a family) in a 4 star campsite in Wexford, where are you paying that price?

Tordelback

Old Timer wrote: »

Why are all Irish Caravan Parks so expensive. For two Adults and two childern you can pay up to 40 euro per night.

You can pay considerably more than that on the Continent in July and August, depending on location and facilities. I'd be surprised if you'd even get two people and a small tent in anywhere for €10 in high season.

Without even looking, here's one that'll cost you €50 this week with two young kids:

http://campdudomaine.com/camping-caravan-rates.html

(Amazing site, BTW)

However, I'm guessing this €40 park didn't have a swimming pool, washing machines, choice of restaurants and a view of the Med, so the oP's point is a valid one.

stapeler

Old Timer wrote: »

Why are all Irish Caravan Parks so expensive. For two Adults and two childern you can pay up to 40 euro per night. On the Continent you can have a pitch for 10 euro per night and no extra charge for a hot shower in the morning. You can even go to the site shop and collect your hot fresh bread in the morning. :mad:

I agree that the cost of campsite pitches here are expensive considering what you get. Then the additional €1 or €2 for a shower is greed.

Just back from France and for around €40 per night gets you a 4 star site with excellent pools, kids clubs, free showers etc.

coolvale

we have a camper & "wild camp" all the time & a lot of others do it as well, you can see why.
the money we save on campsites goes to diesel.

Old Timer

Dyflin wrote: »

I paid €24 per day recently (for a family) in a 4 star campsite in Wexford, where are you paying that price?

Just back from a holiday in France and stayed at the municipal site in Sierck les Bains on the banks of the Mosel river where we paid €10 per night which included 10 amp electrical hookup, when you stayed 3 nights we got the 4th for free. Site was clean and modern with free hot showers and plenty of hot water, all day for washing etc. Plenty of commercial and pleasure traffic on the river, yet you were not kept awake at night by the noise of the barges.
It is time that we woke up to site charges in Ireland, Try staying on some of the sites in Killarney. Unlike the hotel industry the Caravan Parks seem to be increasing their charges rather than reducing them.

bido

Old Timer wrote: »

Why are all Irish Caravan Parks so expensive. For two Adults and two childern you can pay up to 40 euro per night. On the Continent you can have a pitch for 10 euro per night and no extra charge for a hot shower in the morning. You can even go to the site shop and collect your hot fresh bread in the morning. :mad:

Nombre d'emplacements : 50
Tarif en saison pour 2 adultes, 1 emplacement et 1 voiture : 10€
That Park you mentioned charge the above, children are extra.
But I do think the prices in some caravan parks in Ireland are too expensive.;)

clionaricho

Absouutely agree with you ... when are we going to learn in this country that people will not come here to pay 40 for a piece of grass for one night and extra for showers etc when they have the weather and cheaper everything on the continent. It is pure greed by campsite owners

Tabnabs

Old Timer wrote: »

Just back from a holiday in France and stayed at the municipal site in Sierck les Bains

Just to clarify, 'municipal site' as in owned, financed and run by the local co.co. type thing?

If so, private business and state funded organisations are not a level playing pitch. The French are wonderful at providing tax payer funded amenities. But they are built to provide infrastructure and bring tourism to the area. Private individuals or companies doing this have a very different set of rules to follow. It's not comparing like with like.

aja72

I think the most Camps Bay accommodation will be expensive - it's one of the most exclusive areas of Cape Town. It's definitely not a caravan park kind of place.

SARZY

For those not familiar with this, throughout Europe, low season, Pitch-2 adults and hook up with full use of all facilities for 11,13 or 15 euros per night. All sites inspected and guaranteed.
Used it in France in May/June, got amazing value and many others were availing of the card also.
One particular Campsite in Morbihan, Southern Brittany called Domaine le Bohat at 15 euros, is astonishing.

But, the continental campsite owners understand that its better to have people at a reduced rate than have no one at all especially during off peak periods.
Our native version complain when its quiet but do NOTHING to encourage people to visit.
The Dutch, French and Germans use this card in their thousands and they know that its not useable in Ireland.
So whats new really, sure dont we pay our Taoiseach the 4th highest salary in the civilised world and aren't our campsites worth it too.

*Kol*

stapeler wrote: »

Then the additional €1 or €2 for a shower is greed.

Just back from France and for around €40 per night gets you a 4 star site with excellent pools, kids clubs, free showers etc.

The charge for showers really annoys me especially if they are timed.

We were paying around from €28 to €60 per night in France recently depending on the site.

Bessa

We used the Asci card this year also, its great value, and their listed camp sites are fantastic.

Tordelback

SARZY wrote: »

For those not familiar with this, throughout Europe, low season, Pitch-2 adults and hook up with full use of all facilities for 11,13 or 15 euros per night.

One particular Campsite in Morbihan, Southern Brittany called Domaine le Bohat at 15 euros, is astonishing..

Mmmm, that is good - I'll bear that in mind next time. For a small tent, car, 2 adults and 2 kids under 5 plus electricity we were paying €20-30 in June this year in the Var, Ardeche, Languedoc and the Lot for sites that generally had a pool or direct access to the sea, all had superb free showers and washing facilities.

But then when you can all squeeze into a cheap Formule 1 or Premiere Class motel for the night for about €30 they wouldn't want to be charging any more.

siobhan.murphy

2 Adults and 2 kids
€37 for over night with hook up
free showers no wifi