Club Website

Grahamgillian
Grahamgillian Forum Participant Posts: 8
edited January 14 in Club Membership #1

Have had a weird issue with access to Website. I log on absolutely fine and can browse etc. However when searching for a site to book after entering dates and hitting the search button the Website comes up with a message ' We have lost you' and 'Try Again'  which I do and it takes me back to the page to search and enter dates again. No matter what time I do this it comes up with this message. Have rang Caravan Club as they request if this happens and they say they cannnot explain it ! Cleared cookies etc. All other sites are fine and the Caravan Club App on phone works fine but prefer a big screen on laptop ! Help ! 

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  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,134 ✭✭✭
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    edited January 14 #2
  • Bakers2
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    edited January 14 #3

    I've taken the liberty of reporting your post.

    "Reporting in the hope that the issue can be fixed...."

     

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited January 14 #4

    Have you tried " Check Availability" first? When I want to book a site I use the check availability option and then go through the process of adding the number of people and pitch types before proceeding to date selection. It might be worth a try.

    David 

  • con
    con Club Member Posts: 16
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    edited January 15 #5

    Hi Grahamgillian. I have had exactly the same issue. I’ve found the caravan club absolutely useless in resolving this issue it’s as if they think I’m the only one with this problem 🤨
    I use Apple devices with safari as the browser & had the same issue with phone iPad & iMac. 
    However things are now working for me I think it’s just luck but after I cleared the history on the iPhone safari app things started working again on all devices 🤔Clearing cache didn’t appear to do anything but it was after clearing the history all devices started working again. Good luck  

     

     

  • Arch
    Arch Forum Participant Posts: 347
    edited January 15 #6

    I had the same problem a few days ago when trying to book a site I was using Windows browser I changed to Google chrome and had no problems 

  • peedee
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    edited January 15 #7

     

    I also do eactly as JK and I have not experienced any problems accessing sites and running through the booking system using a PC running W11 Firefox or Edge or on tablet running Android and Firefox. That does not mean to say there aren't any, the site goes down often enough so others may have experience a transient problem which was fixed during a downtime? I rarely use the App so cannot comment on that.

    peedee

  • SteveL
    SteveL Club Member Posts: 12,299 ✭✭✭
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    edited January 15 #8

    I can’t claim to be as disciplined. I tend to clear the history when I notice a problem, such as sites showing they are  full when they clearly aren’t. 9 times out of 10 that resolves the problem. I’m using an iPad running safari and the latest version of OS 17. As to whether the issues are down to the CC website or memory storage on the iPad I have no idea. However I suspect a bit of both.

  • peedee
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    edited January 15 #9

    I can’t claim to be as disciplined. I tend to clear the history when I notice a problem,

    Use your settings to do it automatically. I also run software to tidy up and optimise my PC.

    peedee

     

  • Hja
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    edited January 15 #10

    Well I don’t clear my history every day. I doubt a majority of people do. Most people just use their devices and do little maintainence. I actually use my history to revisit web sites. Can’t book make everything.

  • SteveL
    SteveL Club Member Posts: 12,299 ✭✭✭
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    edited January 15 #11

    Not sure I can on my iPad, the only options seem to be various periods, which have to be manually selected. I just opt for all.

  • peedee
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    edited January 15 #12

    It is usually a function of your browser not the operating system. You can certainly do it with Edge and Firefox.

    peedee

  • skodaman
    skodaman Forum Participant Posts: 141
    edited January 15 #13

    I have just tried to book a site , and all i get is we have lost you ,if it carries on like this they certainly will lose me as I have been trying to book a pitch since last fri 12/1/24 

    looks like they need a new system or am I the only one with problem !!!!

  • skodaman
    skodaman Forum Participant Posts: 141
    edited January 15 #14

    It must be something to do with google chrome as I have just tried on edge browser and its working ok just now got striaght on to booking page isnt technology wonderful 

  • Cornersteady
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    edited January 15 #15

    As we're doing a poll, I don't clear my history regularly at all. I use chrome while Mrs C uses Edge so any websites that need passwords don't need to be changed. Actually we both use separate computers most of the time as well. 

  • peedee
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    edited January 16 #16

    Clearing history is probably a red herring, it will be more important to clear the cache to ensure nothing that could effect what you are doing is stored there. Clearing history is more about maintaining privacy.

    peedee

  • JollyKernow
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    edited January 16 #17

    I obviously upset someone earlier and I apologise for that, it wasn't my intention.

    Clearing everything everyday as a routine not only speeds things up but as peedee says it helps maintain privacy. I guess it's part of our training with the club regarding GDPR and cybersecurity, leave little or no trace etc, changing passwords regularly etc becomes the norm.

    Probably nothing to do with the website issues who knows. It's taken 2 hours to post this though, been getting server errors all morning!

    JK

     

  • peedee
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    edited January 16 #18

    It was down again first thing this morning and even now it is on occasions like watching paint dry changing pages. I have also had error messages.

    peedee

  • Cornersteady
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    edited January 16 #19

    Ok well I've never cleared my cache either!

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636
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    edited January 16 #21

    The silence from the club is deafening, as ever!! It is obvious that they have no consideration for those who post on CT, or try to book sites using the app apparently. They just wish that we would all just go away!

  • JollyKernow
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    edited January 17 #22

    I'm halfway through my 90 days sat in the sunshine so when I get back to that coalface in March I'll try that "nudge". Can't do much before then. I could send an email to the club but then so could everyone surely?

    To me, if the forum isn't working I'll just move on to another and come back another time. People who use this discussion forum are users not customers.

    JK

  • peedee
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    edited January 17 #23

    To me, if the forum isn't working I'll just move on to another and come back another time. People who use this discussion forum are users not customers.

    I usually multitask using other tabs while the Club site is plodding on. That way I manage to keep my sanity most of the time.

    While some like me don't use Club sites all that often, certainly without good reason, if you are a member you are a customer.

    peedee

  • JollyKernow
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    edited January 17 #24

    You don't need to be a member to be a user of this forum peedee, there a quite a few non members as you know who contribute regularly and long may that continue but I doubt they are out to be a customer at non member rates. A customer is surely someone who is looking or has  purchased a product or service, not have a chat on a public open forum.

    JK

  • young thomas
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    edited January 17 #25

    I'm afraid I agree with PeeDee in that members certainly have 'paid' for (access to) a variety of services including CT which makes them 'customers'.

    you might not class non member users of CT as 'customers' but I'm sure you'd tread anyone visiting a site that took non members as 'customers' wouldn't you?

    folk who want to chat with like minded CT folk can't do that by just switching forums...they want to do it on CT.

    i think the fact we get no update (despite Ro's attempts to keep the issue in the minds of those that are responsible) makes it feel like no one is listening...

    this wasn't designed by Fujitsu was it?

    im sure there have been sufficient emails from CT users for CAMC to 'get the message'.....they have just chosen to ignore it.

    enjoy your break.

     

  • Cornersteady
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    edited January 17 #26

    I don't think we are customers using CT at all, it's a free add on at best, optional, used for chatting and used by a very, very, very, small minority of members, what was the last count, 385,000 member households and how many regular posters? I'll let you do the percentage and even based on one member per household trust me it is small. 

    It's worth pointing out (again) that CT only has server errors through LA and one can still post, or at least for me and I assumed it's the same for others?

    One can still book a site or use any other part of the club's website, no income is lost. Yes the site shuts down late evening till early morning but as I posted before is this really going to affect many, are there many who book sites during the night? 

    If CT were to go tomorrow nothing would change for the club, which is probably why so little is being done about the errors, and again we all keep coming back so why bother? 

    Again I'm just as annoyed at this as anyone and we are being treating in a disgraceful way but it's not the big deal that some post about.  

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited January 17 #27

    "you might not class non member users of CT as 'customers' but I'm sure you'd tread anyone visiting a site that took non members as 'customers' wouldn't you?"

    But those folk would be paying and would, therefore, be customers. I am a user of the forum but no longer a customer of CAMC. 

  • JollyKernow
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    edited January 17 #28

    Thanks TW, sort of what I said earlier eh?

    CT is a free discussion forum supplied by the club for anyone to use. 

    JK

     

  • peedee
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    edited January 18 #29

    Site down again early this morning, you would think if it was routine maintenance they would have sorted it while the site was down yesterday!

    peedee

  • JollyKernow
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    edited January 18 #30

    Strange thing peedee, I've been browsing the website on and off including ct for the last 2 hours with no issues, in fact if anything I thought it was better than usual.

    JK

  • peedee
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    edited January 18 #31

    May have just been CT, I didn't try accessing any other pages, went on to do something else until I noticed it was back round about 0730L. It is still as slow as ever on CT when changing pages especially when selecting the front page of CT. I have a high speed broadband link and it is very quick on other sites like the BBC.

    peedee