Deliberately arriving early
I have just now amended our May booking, chopping a day off the start date.
We would have arrived Saturday afternoon, but now its looking like Monday morning.
So I have booked from the Sunday knowing we wont be arriving until first thing (10 am) Monday. The idea is to travel before the Bank Holiday traffic possibly builds up.
Is this wrong?
I will phone the site once work patterns have been confirmed, but opinions?
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Sorry but my reading of this is that you are not deliberately arriving early but deliberately arriving late. As you know you will not be at your site until Monday morning, by booking an unused Sunday spot you are wilfully denying another member a pitch. Book from Monday and arrive at 12.00 or 1.00 which ever applies. The chances are that you will not be allowed on the site at 10.00 but will be required to wait until earliest arrival time anyway.
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Even though I have paid for the 24 hour period prior?
Wilfully denying ?
I would say its first come first served, so I'm actually helping members gain the opportunity to increase their pitch selection by one!
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Is it wrong? Probably not but it’s a bit daft in my view. You’d pay a night's fee for 2 hours on site and the warden would certainly need to know for the reasons given by WW.
Opinions? Mine is to cancel Sunday and arrive at the earliest allowable time on Monday. However, speak to the warden nearer the time and see if he/she can use discretion to allow you in earlier on Monday.
Hmm, on second thoughts, this is starting to sound like a prize wind-up.🤣🤣🤣
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You don’t pay until you arrive on site. If you aren’t allowed on site until after 12/1 pm, how can you pay?
You can book Sunday and arrive up to 8pm however. After that you are in LNA area, if there is one.
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And if the office is closed at 10am due to the wardens being involved in other tasks, who's to let you on site, W&M?
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Hmm, on second thoughts, this is starting to sound like a prize wind-up.🤣🤣🤣
and you got sucked in ?, and another 1k+ post glad i am out of country come next Tuesday
this is the best and most straightforward case, no if buts may be'sss
You don’t pay until you arrive on site. If you aren’t allowed on site until after 12/1 pm, how can you pay?
You can book Sunday and arrive up to 8pm however. After that you are in LNA area, if there is one
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as said how have you paid? All you have done is book a pitch. I'm not even sure that the warden could 'back date' your payment anyway.
And yes you are denying another person that pitch. If the site was full (and it's a BH you said) then no one else can book a pitch.
It sounds like a brite and dazzling idea to get on early but I don't think it will work, and IMHO nor should it work
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Oh, Rufs, the irony🤣🤣🤣
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Does that happen?
Not a wind up, we have done this sort of thing on commercial sites, in fact our July holiday (commercial site) is looking like we will be doing the same as this one.
It's all because of Michelle's work, she has a weekend rota which can change at short notice, this is what's happened here, found out yesterday she has to work the Saturday and Sunday, the Saturday was our arrival date.
So at the moment she is looking to see if she can swap the Sunday, if not it's a Bank Holiday Monday arrival, which if the weather forecast is good will lead to traffic issues.
I would much rather pay for an extra day so we can travel early, stress free.
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If you book Sunday the pitch is available to you from 12.00/1.00 Sunday until 12.00 Monday. To which you may arrive any time up to 8.00pm. By not doing so you are indeed preventing another member from using that pitch on Sunday, as it is booked to you. You will only be required to pay for actual nights on site.
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Travel early and pass away a couple of hours somewhere - perhaps a supermarket car park - Asda, for example. Then you can arrive on site at 12 or 1.
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yes it does.
as I said a dazzling wheeze to get on early but like crime in a multi story car park - it's wrong on a number of levels
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or you go as planned and she comes up on the bus?
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So I'm a slave to an out dated booking system?
Dont really fancy kicking off my holiday sat in a car park
If I'm willing to pay what's the issue?
The only issue I could think of was narrow roads, never thought I would be denied handing over money!
Odd.
Think I will look at commercial sites nearby as a back up
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Re getting in early, I suppose its down to the wardens discretion. In the past I have been made to wait whilst the magic hour appeared and the office door sign was turned around to the open position. The funny thing was, we couldn't book in until the official time but he was quite happy to come out and marshal the line of outfits.
On Sunday at a site we were at over the weekend they booked a MH in at 10.15 am.
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But we are more than willing to pay, back dated for the privilege.
Why the hostility?
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Ah well, if you scoot off somewhere else, that’s another pitch for the rest of us. 😋😀
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Do you know what, I think I'm finished with this forum.
What exactly is your issue with me?
In fact dont bother I wont be reading it.
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because it is cheating?
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Sounds like a plan.😂
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It will interesting to see if a non club site will be able to do that, most have a 2pm arrival time. But if you find one, that might be a better bet for you.
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Why the hostility. Not from me, just sharing my experiences with you
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Good point, Husky, as it immediately suggests someone intent on getting special treatment. It’s all very odd. 😏
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, but i suppose they had the decency to book in 
