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UK Lodge and Caravan Owners Face Rising Costs and Limited Resale Transparency
Research reveals 74% of UK lodge and caravan owners faced site fee hikes of 10% or more in five years, prompting launch of a transparent resale platform.
- Today, lodgesandcaravans.forsale launched as a consumer-first resale platform built in-house by Robert Kingsley and Sarah Kingsley, backed by Phil Spencer to offer owners an independent market route.
- New research published today shows exclusive research among 1,000 UK lodge and caravan owners documents rising costs, limited transparency, and unfair resale outcomes across UK holiday parks and campsites.
- Owners report 84% say fee increases made them consider selling and 88% believe they'd lose between 5,000 and 20,000 if they sold today, with 89% likely to use a trusted platform.
- The platform uses subscription listings instead of percentage commissions and includes human review, suitability checks and pausing abilities to protect owners independently from park operators.
- With nearly 440,000 pitches and 6,169 sites, the UK holiday park sector generates 12.2 billion pounds and supports 226,745 jobs, while 79% of owners fear being priced out within five years.
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New research exposes the hidden cost crisis facing Britain’s lodge and caravan owners
For hundreds of thousands of lodge and caravan owners across the UK, what was sold as a place of escape has quietly become a source of anxiety, financial pressure and regret.
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