Camping/Touring Caravan Site
(up to 5 pitches)
How to use this
interactive guide?
This
checklist looks at some key factors and is designed to help you decide if
opening a Caravan Site is an opportunity for you and your farm or
not.
Taken
overall, if you answer ‘Yes’ to most of the questions posed and like
the broad financials, then opening a Camping/Touring Caravan Site may well be
feasible.
Your Farm
-
Adequate
space in attractive setting?
- Somewhere
to act as a ‘reception’ facility. Also desirable to operate a small shop selling basic
foods.
- Close
proximity to visitor attractions/activities/scenic destination
or a good ‘stopping off’ location?
- Good
access allowing for cars towing vans?
- Level
site with ample room to manoeuvre the caravan?
- Good
land in terms of drainage and shelter?
- Able
to provide water point, dry waste and chemical toilet emptying
facility and, as a minimum, access to toilet/shower facilities?
- Adequate
utilities (water, gas, electricity, sewage) to meet extra
demand?
- Visitors
not affected by undue farm noise, smells, mess etc?
- Site
located to avoid conflict with farm operation?
You (and your
family)
- Available
during lets as landlord/problem solver/holiday advisor?
- Available
daily for bookings and arrivals/departures?
-
Prepared
for regular customer contact?
- Happy
to have visitors around the farm, particularly children?
- Willing
to accept pets and provide an exercise area?
- For
camping sites prepared to tolerate a level of boisterousness
from the youth market?
- Time
for site cleaning and maintenance, daily on larger sites?
Financials
-
Capital.
£15,000-£30,000 as an entry level figure for a small to medium site, up to 75
pitches.
-
Potential
profit. This
will vary widely. A
50 pitch site could make £15,000 or more per year.
- Loan
interest/repayment. To
repay £10,000 over 10 years @ 8% interest requires annual
outlay of £1,500.
What is your initial conclusion?
Looking
at the above questions under Your Farm and You (and your family) and
the outline Financials -
Is this an option you should be considering?
Would
you like to continue?
Bed
and Breakfast - Self-catering
- Static
caravan site
Camping/Touring
caravan site - Camping
Barn/bunkhouse
Visitor Attraction
- Restaurant/Tea
Room
*This
Guide has been produced by South West Tourism, working through MPA. It
was originally developed with the assistance of DEFRA and EAGGF
funding.
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