How do you mark your campsite pitch if you need to leave site in van?

[Wandering Pumpkin]

We are planning a few nights away in our campervan at a campsite but during the day want to leave site and drive the van places. How do you mark/reserve your pitch so no one else takes it? We don't have a drive away awning to leave behind, do people just leave out chairs etc and hope no one steals them?

 

[Plumberman]

We are planning a few nights away in our campervan at a campsite but during the day want to leave site and drive the van places. How do you mark/reserve your pitch so no one else takes it? We don't have a drive away awning to leave behind, do people just leave out chairs etc and hope no one steals them?

We leave chairs, table, gas bbq, leveling chocks, all sorts of junk, never had anything taken in 15 years of camping.

 

[Paynewright]

You could get one of those cheap festival tents to put all of your stuff in rather than clutter the van. A sort of camping shed!

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Camping chairs and a mat on the pitch does the trick

 

[Chippie1]

Reminds me of my childhood when our dad used to put the bins out side the house so no one would nick his parking space

 

[JumpShip]

Chocks and lecky lead normally works for us .
I keep meaning to make a 'pitch reserved' sign but never seem to get the time .

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Unless of course your neighbours are Germans.
They leave towels

 

[roadtripper]

My nephew got myself and MrsRT personalised T6 tin mugs by this artist (which are great) but they also do a sign for this purpose

Personalised Camper Van Pitch Sign - Mountains

Leave this personalised sign on your pitch as you leave for the day to make sure you still have the same pitch when you return. Personalise your van type, number plate (reg number and colour) along with the locations of your choice on the signposts. You can also personalise the small van...

www.elliebeanprints.co.uk

 

[cgtmiles]

We stayed a night at a slightly dodgy site near swanage and saw an old couple carrying all sorts of stuff from one side of the site to the other, tables, chairs, boxes etc. Turned out the site had given someone else their pitch while they were out and even though it was covered in stuff they just moved it all to the side and parked up!

 

[cgtmiles]

I try to avoid this whole issue by ensuring my blood alcohol levels prohibit driving anywhere

 

[Drive Wayne]

Coming away with our 17 year old daughter the plan was for her to stay in the 4 man teepee tent leaving the wife and I to the van. Sadly baby daughter has discovered that since I made an extension to the bedboard, she is now more than comfortable in the poptop, so the tent is just filled with our unnecessary gear, but useful for reserving our 'spot'. Following forum rules the bedboard extension has now doubled up as a useful card table. Result. For who I'm not sure...

 

[Ayjay]

We always have a pop up tent with us full of stuff and that stays on the pitch. As it’s usually to one side of the space, I also have an old rear number plate fixed to a long tent peg bashed into the ground.

 

[T6Bob32]

Has anyone ever been charged for having the shed tent on the pitch? I'm tempted by this idea

 

[Dellmassive]

Chapter-8 Barriers . . . . .



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on a less comical note,

we always carry these 15" football cones, handy for may things, including marking a missing van space.

https://amzn.to/4cfDpYl

 

[Dellmassive]

My nephew got myself and MrsRT personalised T6 tin mugs by this artist (which are great) but they also do a sign for this purpose

Personalised Camper Van Pitch Sign - Mountains

Leave this personalised sign on your pitch as you leave for the day to make sure you still have the same pitch when you return. Personalise your van type, number plate (reg number and colour) along with the locations of your choice on the signposts. You can also personalise the small van...

www.elliebeanprints.co.uk

love the look of these, but get the impression that the ALU legs will bend when being hammered into sun baked hard ground? - suppose a separate short pole and a cable tie would work.

 

[Dave A]

We are planning a few nights away in our campervan at a campsite but during the day want to leave site and drive the van places. How do you mark/reserve your pitch so no one else takes it? We don't have a drive away awning to leave behind, do people just leave out chairs etc and hope no one steals them?

A cheap windbreak like you would use on the beach.

 

[Teesix]

I usually place a towel and then leave my wife on it.
Must go back and get her one of these days.

 

[Wanderlust]

We have Van reserve sign we picked up at Volkfest, In the past we have used Windbreaks and Toilet tent.

 

[Ayjay]

Has anyone ever been charged for having the shed tent on the pitch? I'm tempted by this idea

We use one (a Decathlon Air Seconds 2 person pop up with relatively small footprint) and, no, we've never been charged. We tend not to book in advance very often but on a couple of occasions that we have, the on-line booking system has mentioned a 'pup tent' (or similar) at extra cost. I've always ticked the 'No' box and never been pulled up but if somebody was actually sleeping in the tent I might give a different answer!

 

[Wandering Pumpkin]

A few good suggestions! Thanks all. We'll probably just leave a windbreak and a few other bits and pieces that we don't mind getting wet in the british weather!