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The Brief
• Commissioned by WTB and BH&HPA
• Aim= Increase the understanding of holidays taken in caravan holiday homes in Wales.
• Focus on caravan holiday homes (‘static caravans’) rather than touring caravans. (Abbreviated to CHH)
The Brief
Collect information about:
• Visitor profile
• Visitor motivations, expectations and satisfaction levels
• Use of local facilities
• Booking behaviour
• Past and future holiday taking patterns
• Expenditure patterns
• Segmentation of the market
• Occupancy of caravan holiday homes
Method
Industry view
• Structured interviews with 26 park managers/owners across Wales
Caravan holiday home (CHH) users’ view
• 807 interviews with caravan users spread across 17 sites in July, August and September
Method (Sample)
• British Holiday and Home Parks Association’s database of caravan holiday home parks in Wales
• 322 parks (158 graded)
• 35,895 CHH pitches (21,652 graded)
CHH USER SURVEY
CHH USER SURVEY
Visitor Profile
Sample
• 58% owners
• 15% renting from private owner
• 7% renting through an agency or holiday company
• 6% renting direct from park owner
• 5% renting from friends/family
• 4% borrowing from friends/family (no fee)
• 4% DK/NA/None
Age
16%
35%
50%
30%
49%
20%
30%
47%
23%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
16-34 35-54 55+
Age
Owners Renters Wales Holiday trips (UKTS)
Socio-Economic Group
61%
39%
29%
71%
56%
44%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
ABC1 C2DE
Owners Renters Wales Holiday trips (UKTS)
Family life-stage
13%
47%
8%
40%
20%
72%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Pre-family Family Post-family
Owners Renters
CHH USER SURVEY
Holiday taking patterns
Average length of CHH holiday
7.8
8.7
3.6
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0
Renters
Owners
Wales holidays (UKTS)
No of nights
Type of holiday
19%
26%
2%
3%
24%
36%
18%
1%
50%
22%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
One of several mainholidays
Main holiday of 2003
Secondary / additionalholiday
Only holiday of 2003
Don’t know / not sure
Owners Renters
Average No. of holidays taken in 2002
Type of holiday Owners Renters
Short hols (1-6) 2.9 0.5
Long hols (7+) 2.5 1.0
•45% of owners took 5 or more short breaks (compared with 27% of renters).
•Renters were much more likely to have not been on a short holiday or break than owners (73% as compared with 27%).
Use of Owned CHH
%
Yes 53%
No 41%
DK / NA 6%
Frequency of use
Allow use by friends / family?
Owners Friends / family
Almost every week 49% 5%
Once or twice a month 31% 6%
Every couple of months 9% 21%
2-3 times a year 4% 48%
DK/ NA 7% 3%
Holidays taken in 2002 (Destinations)(Percentage of trips)
OWNERS RENTERS
Long Short Long Short
Wales 74% 91% 55% 44%
Other UK 5% 7% 15% 43%
Abroad 21% 1% 30% 11%
Don’t know 1% 0% 0% 1%
Figures relate to total trips
Alternatives (destinations)(Percentage of trips)
Destination %
Elsewhere in Wales 34%
Other UK 21%
Nowhere 14%
Abroad 12%
DK/Not sure 20%
We asked what other locations CHH renters would consider for a holiday or break.
Alternatives (accommodation)(Percentage of trips)
We asked what other types of accommodation CHH renters would consider for a holiday or break.
Accommodation type %
Other caravan park 46%
Other self catering 15%
Serviced accommodation 8%
Nowhere 4%
DK / Not sure 29%
CHH USER SURVEY
Motivations and satisfaction levels
Renters - Factors influencing holiday choice
90%
87%
83%
80%
Wanted a value for moneyholiday
Wanted to stay on acaravan park
Wanted to holiday in thispart of Wales
Wanted a holiday in Wales
% quite/very important
Renters - Appeal of CHH
42%
21%
14%
8%
8%
6%
6%
6%
Flexibility / Freedom
Good for kids
Relaxing
Cheap break / holiday
Home from home
Like / enjoy CHH
Good facilities available
DK/NA
Owners - Appeal of CHH
28%
23%
22%
19%
9%
6%
Relaxing
Freedom
Escape / get away from it all
Able to use for short breaks
Peace and quiet
Good for children
Reasons for choice of park
3%
13%
11%
10%
9%
9%
7%
21%
5%
14%
12%
6%
5%
1%
Peace & Quiet
Good for kids / kids love
Good location/like the area
Recommended by friend /family
Wide range of facilities
By the sea / sea view
Lots of entertainment
Renters Owners
Satisfaction with CHH holiday
93%
93%
86%
65%
94%
85%
88%
78%
Location and thesurrounding area
Caravan holiday homeitself
The look of the park andthe way laid out
Facilities on the park
% very /quite satisfied
Owners Renters
CHH USER SURVEY
Booking behaviour
Time of booking (renters only)
6%
5%
12%
27%
21%
24%
5%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Week or less before
More than a week, up to 2weeks
More than 2 weeks, up to1 month
Over 1 month, up to 3months
Over 3 months, up to 6months
More than 6 months
DK/NA% renters
Information Sources (renters only)
• Been before 39%
• Word of mouth 26%
• Advert in newspaper/ magazine 13%
• Holiday brochure 11%
• Internet 5%
Influence of grading schemes (renters)
Whether grade influenced parkchoice
% total (renters)
Yes 5%
No 40%
Not sure/ don’t know 56%
CHH USER SURVEY
Expenditure Patterns
Expenditure on accommodation and subsistence
Spend area Amount spent (whole holiday)
Owners Renters
Accommodation - £351
Subsistence* £184 £466
Spend per group per trip £184 £817
Average group size 4.2 3.0
Spend per person per trip £61 £194
Spend per person per night £7 £25
Nights/trip 8.6 7.8
Comparison of spend figures
CHH Survey Wales holidays1 Gwynedd2
Owners Renters Ownedcaravans
Rentedcaravans
Allhols
Caravanusers
Spend perperson per trip
£61 £194 £77 £183 £136 £150
Spend perperson per night
£7 £25 £20 £34 £37 £20
Nights/ trip 8.6 7.8 3.9 5.3 3.6 7.5
1. UKTS 2002 – figures for rented and owned caravans are based on very small samples and should be taken as a guide only 2. Gwynedd Tourism Survey, 2000, System Three
Expenditure (% spent on various elements)
14%
34%
6%
33%
11%
2%
5%
42%
16%
23%
13%
2%
Transport
Meals and Drinks
Entertainment /Attractions
Groceries
Other shopping/gifts
Anything elseOwners Renters
CHH PARK OPERATORS’ SURVEY
•Structured interviews with 26 park managers/owners across Wales
The Market
Split into two main markets:
• Owned CHH
• CHH Hire Fleet
Owned CHH
Pitch Fees
• £750- £3000 per yr (+ insurance, rates and utilities)
Sub-Letting Policy
• Majority don’t allow commercial sub-letting
• Friends and family only
Occupancy
• Difficult to get figures on occupancy due to confidentiality issues or lack of info.
Promotion - Owned CHH
• Word of mouth very important
• A lot of owners introduce friends
• Hirers who then go on to buy
• Very little indication that any active promotion is undertaken
The Market - Hire Fleet
Letting Fees & Policies
• Range from £125 - £530 per wk (depending on season)
• Some offer short break rates (even in high season)
• Vast majority handle the letting of CHH themselves rather than use an agency
Occupancy
• 60-100% during high season
• Occupancy is seen as relatively stable over the last few years.
Promotion - Hire Fleet
• Word of mouth important
• Advertising in local /WTB guides
• Increasing importance of internet
– Up to 80% of business
– WTB & BH&HPA websites were cited by as important for a number of operators
Park Operator Attitudes
Market Trends
• Shift back towards taking domestic holidays
• People are taking more holidays so not worried by people taking overseas holidays
• Central heating in CHHs has extended the potential season
• People are willing to invest more in their leisure choices
Park Operator Attitudes
Outlook for Industry
• Generally very positive
• Can’t see any major problems affecting business
• Limited opportunities for physical expansion of parks means business growth will come from up-grading of CHH and parks
• Park owners / managers still enjoy the job but feel it is getting harder
Park Operator Attitudes
Grading schemes
• For hired CHH, operators find it hard to judge importance of grading schemes to customers, but don’t get asked directly about it
• For Owned CHH, operators feel it is not important at all
• Over-emphasis of grading schemes on facilities rather than customer service
• David Bellamy Award scheme is generally well thought of
Park Operator Attitudes
Frustrations
• Increase in health and safety legislation
• Strictness of employment law (leads to reticence to employ in favour of sub-contracting)
• Negative view of local authorities towards CHH parks
• Problems with recruiting some staff (e.g. cleaners)
• Duplication within inspections (i.e. Fire boxes being checked by more than one organisation)
SUMMARY
Profile - Owners
• Older, half aged 55+
• Slightly greater tendency to be ABC1 than Wales holidaymakers as a whole
• Couples and families
• Prolific holiday takers
• Tend to buy on rural parks with fewer facilities
• Quality of park environment is very important
• Looking for sedate pace and peace and quiet
• Enjoy time on the park but also enjoy the surrounding countryside
• Value freedom of CHH
• Main provider of rented CHH
• Average length of stay is twice average for Wales
Profile - Renters
• Younger profile
• Lower socio-economic groups
• Dominated by families
• Caravan holiday taken as main holiday
• Kids’ needs drive park choice
• Past experience and recommendation are main reason for holiday choice
• On-park facilities important although sea/beach is a major draw
• High satisfaction with Welsh parks leads to high repeat business
• As active as Wales holiday-takers as a whole
• Overseas destinations are main competitor for long holidays
Economic impacts
• Total spend in Wales £209m (Owners £73m /Renters £136m)
• 55% spent on subsistence
• Half of this spent off park (Owners 61%/ Renters 52%)
• A third of people bring food with them
• 43% of owners at some point have used CHH holidays to make major purchases
• Small park (e.g. 100 owned CHH) - £535k
• Large park (e.g. 300 owned and 200 rented CHH) - £7.4m
Social impacts
• Little appeal to non-white ethnic groups
• Appeal to families and older groups
• Owners 2/3 ABC1, average hh income £25K
• Renters 2/3 C2DE, average hh income £20K
• Socially inclusive holidays
• Main/only holiday for half respondents. Only 30% had been abroad
Tourism impacts
• An important strand of tourism for Wales
• Delivers high degree of satisfaction
• Perceived as good value for money
• A captive market for Wales
• Sustainable consolidation rather than expansion?
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