My park is the same, their admin/communication skills leave much to be desired! They rang me yesterday to say (6 months after starting paying by dd for the rent for this year) that 2012 has now gone up from £3095 to £3449!! That's a hefty jump isn't it 12% just like that and there's nothing I can do about it but pay it! My rents are going up this year I can see that coming, gotta claw it back!

It's a good job you live nearer than your brother, he would not have been at all impressed with a 5 hour round trip for nothing would he!!! Glad it's not his anyway.

I don't think I would ever want to live in a caravan through choice ... but would consider it if the alternative was homelessness!

We kept an eye on my son's too when he had one here. Now he just stays with us, much cheaper - for him at least.

The company that owns the site where my brother has his van has a number of sites and they are absolutely terrible at admin. Ground rent prices hike every year. Add the price of petrol on top and they really are becoming a very expensive luxury. My brother doesn't rent his out. Usually one or other of his kids and their families have it when they aren't there so it does get fully used throughout the season

Yes, as one of my friends said recently, we're not trailer trash anymore, more like trailer toffs lol! She's right of course!!! I love mine, Dave hates it with me and the dogs, so unless I spent the whole summer up there without him, I have to rent mine out for the whole season so it becomes a good earner for me, otherwise, it's a liability for me.