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kevinbird · Last edited by kevinbird on Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:45 pm; edited 1 time in total

first of all let me introduce myself. my name is kevin bird and i live in seaton burn which is up in newcastle upon tyne. i am the founder of motorhomestopover. i will try and explain some of the main ideas to you all. first of all the web site that you are looking at is only for registration and the member site will look totally different. at the moment we have aproximatley 150 stopovers up and down the country, most of these sites are in rural and tourist areas, we are still recruiting sites and we will continue to do so. the main idea is that a member with a membership card can stay for one night absolutely free at all of the sites listed, if you want to stay for extra nights you must ask the landlord for permision, some landlords will charge £5 per extra night but some will not charge at all if you have a drink or something to eat at the pub.the database will tell you the location, length of vehicle, how many vehicles he can hold , shops near by,dog walks near by.and if they have electricity on site. electricity will be a donation of (£2.50) per night. the main difference with this site is you will have a face and a telephone number to talk to as well as a forum for members to post there items. i hope this answers most questions and i hope to meet people at the peterbourough show at the end of the month(im in the arve bit) if you have any further questions the please email the site and i will try to answer them. the site will be opening in aproximatley two weeks time... kevin

hilldweller

>> electricity will be chargable (£2.50) per night.

Well there's a good start, that is illegal.

kevinbird

Telbell

Are you sure? I know that sites aren't allowed to make a profit on leccy used. Perhaps they're going to use meters?

kevinbird

olley · Campsite DB Admin

Flipping marvelous, bloke tries to do something for the benefit for all of us, and all he gets is people picking holes in it.

£2.50 a night for leccy, sounds like a bargin, don't like it? don't have leccy. Great idea Kev.

Olley

cabby

Sorry Kevin, but one has to presume unless the details are fully laid out.This does seem a good idea and am looking forward to getting more information.

cabby

peejay · Campsite DB Admin

150 on the books already - thats a great start.

Good luck with it Kevin, I think it's a brilliant idea.

pete

Rapide561

Kevin - welcome to the site - the stop over idea is the sort of thing many of us are looking for.

I do not know the law re the electricity - but if it is illegal - and I am not saying it is, then how about doing what Stellios from EasyJet did a few years ago?

Basically, EasyJet had advertised flights from Switzerland but there was some kind of foul up and EasyJet were allowed to fly but not charge. EasyJet refunded the fairs at the airport, but once the clients were on board the aircraft, they were asked to make a donation! I don't know if that is legal either.

Just for the record, if there was such a parking place within striking distance of the ports, it would be fabulous. I would certainly hand over £2.50 for electric.

Russell

Mandi

Hi Kevin,

Would you just clarify. Is this a database of pubs where you can stopover or does it include non pub type places. If so lovely idea.

Regards. Razz