To not expect to pay excessive amount as we're family.

[Boop1e]

In laws brought themselves a caravan on a haven site a year ago. Decided to spend some pension money on it.
the site fees have renewed and have gone up just like everything else in life.
They don't rent it out and we only use it as family.
Anyway father in law has just charged his own son £75 for 3 nights to use it. He owed me money for ordering him a new tablet and doing him a favour so took the money out of that which I couldn't afford to lose.

Before the season started he mentioned charging £25 a day but nothing else happened and no mention of it again before we went.

He's also charged brother in law £150 to use but they paid upfront.

Am i being unreasonable to feel this is a lot to charge your own children and £10 or so a day would be sufficient. I'm not convinced I spend £25 a day heating and lighting my 3 bed home. They get their passes included with the caravan for 10 people.

Husband won't challenge it because it won't make any difference.

Yes so point is

If he’s charging this time

It is because he bloody well needs to!

Believe me, he hasn't made a profit from that. He'll be lucky if it even covers the gas, water and electricity used.

You’re being ungrateful. There’s so many people who’d be happy to be so lucky.

Exactly!!!!!

That was my point along with fact he must genuinely need to charge this time

A) they BOUGHT it; not BROUGHT it
B) they are entirely reasonable to ask for contributions to its upkeep in the form of rental to anyone they let use it.
C)you knew in advance he was asking £25/day
D) if he’s deducted it from money owed to you and it’s a problem then get the money from your husband and tell him to speak to his dad about it.

YABVU

@Boop1e do you get free holidays from your parents too?

Now you know that you have to pay and that it wasn't a joke, you don't need to stay in the caravan again

You can find another holiday destination to whinge about

Why do you think the onus was on him to confirm he would charge, and not on you or DH to check, given he'd already said, "oh, costs have gone up, we'll have to charge a bit this year" or words to that effect?

OP, why then do you not use your family''s caravan since there wss no question that it would be free?

I wouldn’t be quibbling over a caravan in a location you have already been at less 3 or 4 times! Spread your wings and experience somewhere new!

In what world is a family of 4 staying at a premier in for less than £25 total per night??

At least ffs

Pretty much anywhere then as shel have to spend money!

YANBU, we didn’t pay anything for holiday flat over the Easter weekend as family owns it. Obviously we offered but I expected it to be free and it was. If you own some kind of holiday accomm then you don’t need to penny pinch.

£25 per night is extremely cheap! Does he have a bookings website?

We put in pre payment meters on the permanent pitches on our seasonal area this year at the caravan site I manage. These are towable caravans so will be using much less than a static. We also managed to fix at a fairly decent rate, and there is no standing charge. Most are just 2 people in the van. Seasonals are feeding back that they are going through about £10 a day electric. So I expect really you are probably only paying them about £10 a day to stay, after electric, which must be at least £15, possibly more depending on their electric rate. So peanuts!

I don’t think anyone is missing that? The OP has had 3 free holidays and this year FIL told her and her DH that he was going to start having a fee for the stay.
Just because they let op stay for free before isn’t a reason it needs to remain like that.

Funnily enough I was eyeing up a caravan haven holiday just last night and even off season it's way more than 25 per night. I think he's being very fair and you're being very entitled, sorry.

Yes I’ve followed up 3x confirming that was my point

So free holidays 3 times from your in-laws plus free holidays from your parents and you’re still moaning?

He's not profiting, he's expecting a contribution towards the site fees he has to pay which is I think entirely fair. Also as op admits, he did state a while back he intended to charge for this.

I think the main point of the feedback here is SORT OUT YOUR OWN HOLIDAYS in future (and pay for them) and stop expecting freebies from family, when you just slag them off afterwards.

Entitled? More like ungrateful and spiteful.

Three nights in a caravan, in the Easter holidays, for £75 quid. Bargain.

I feel this is yet another in law bashing thread ...🙄

What a stupid thing to say. What if someone owns the holiday acc and their situation changes. So many entitled grabby people on this thread. Why would you NOT contribute?

@Collaborate thank you