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Thanks, that's about 23 out of 150 club sites. As I thought and posted upthread somewhere it's less popular sites that apart from a few times a year generally have spare space.
All in all it's a good idea. It get the club noticed by a wider audience, more pitches taken up, and will probably lead to more people joining once they do the usual maths about the savings made by a member for more than a few nights.
I can't see anyone once joined still using pitchup due to the higher non refundable deposits and harsher T&Cs?
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Some of those Club sites listed now as bookable through PitchUp might well attract some non members - and that’s why the Club is doing it.
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It’s a cute marketing move to be honest. Attract new potential, who will have no history with the Club from earlier days, who are possibly new to touring and therefore don’t consider current prices as expensive. Get them to join, and get the lower Club pitch price so it appears a “bargain”, they can then access the better T&C’s, another plus for new Members. Looking longer term if it works well enough, then it helps safeguard current Club Sites, new Members won’t baulk as much at annual price rises, so less grumbling. Over time, the pitch fees seen now become “the norm” as older Members retire from touring.
Best way to tour cheaply nowadays is to book late, be flexible and shop around different options.
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I guess you mean York Beechfield Grange. It’s certainly less popular than York Rowntree.
Ferry Meadows is a big site and there’s been plenty of room each time I’ve visited but, really, yours is a question for camc rather than us humble posters.
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We have been to FM plenty of times, and it’s never been full. One side closes completely now for the Winter months. We used to go midweek when it was discounted, but once that was removed, we use a nice CL now for less than half the price.
I wonder if some of the Club Sites not listed on Pitch Up are Member Only? 🤔 That cuts down on the number to put on the platform if they are. Another plus for any new Members attracted though.
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If the reason is to encourage non members then another way of doing that might be to have a promotion that waives the non member extra payment as a one off so people could experience a Club site at member prices? It would obviously have to be carefully monitored to make sure there is no misuse.
David
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😲🤭🤣
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Less popular than what @Hja?
Sorry I thought I had made it clear why those sites are on the list. As in less popular than other sites on the network that are not on the list and hence that's why they are on pitchup. Less popular as in the there's usually plenty of pitches, does that answer your question?
If you look at the bookings for FM going forward there are only a few times in the year when the site is full, a few times this month actually for awning pitches and then spaces throughout the year. Service pitches are more in demand as always but after June there's plenty. It's a large site and that's why it's on the pitchup list I assume.
A similar story at Troutbeck Head, a large site with about 150 pitches though it's full more often.
York Brairfield? I've not herch of that site but if you mean York BG then looking at the bookings then again it's full this BH weekend then it's not full throughout the rest of the year. Where as at York RP you won't get a run of five days (or seven without awning) till August and only one or two days together till then. Weekends are taken till late August. There would be no point in putting YRP on pitchup.
Melrose is a similar story, it is not on pitch up because it is so popular. I remember Culloden being faily large too.
If you want exact popular statistics or occupancy rates then no one on here would know, apart from looking at bookings in the same way I have.
The club has made a business decision to put certain sites on the list and like others I think it's a good idea.
Do you think it will affect your stay on club sites? I assume that's why you're asking about certain sites?
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Yes I meant Beechwood Grove. My query was simply that I hadnt realised those two sites were less popular, if that was the rationale for the list on Pitch Up. Nothing more, nothing less. Will it affect my stays - no. We have stopped at Cherry Hinton, with an offer, earlier in the year and are booked to go to Incleboro Fields later in the year with another offer. Most likely those will be the only club sites we will use this year.
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@Hja I also hadn't realised Pitchup.com offered (some) CAMC pitches on some CAMC sites. It's been a bit of a 'school day' for me, as I didn't know only some CAMC sites were on offer.
But like you, we only use CAMC sites with a free night now. To us, anyo other time they do not represent VFM. We used to use the a lot a few years ago, butt not now
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Right I see now, and yes they are. There has been (usually) always pitches at YBG and FM is a large site.
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hi it’s me again just looked at ferry meadows on the club site they are now showing availability Thursday through Sunday on the dates I was looking for when I discovered pitch up had availability, also pitch up is showing availability at the same dates again but at a reduced rate. Ive lost the plot now, but if any member is looking for a service pitch at ferry meadows for Thursday through to Sunday end of spring week look at pitch up it is cheaper than the club prices.
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I've just looked at while there is availability on a SP through the club there is now none through pitchup.
And it is cheaper on Sunday night through Pitchup - by a whole 10 pence! Although the club is cheaper on the BH Monday by another whole 10 pence. And for some reason this Tuesday on pitchup a pitch is £162.40 - and while that's an error (I Hope) actually I've noticed this happens a lot on pitchup, they must have an error somewhere?
What was the difference you looked? I assume it was more than 10p?
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Hi Rowena,
Really nice to correspond with you , I have continued my interest in this topic by checking the club booking site this morning which is now showing availability for the pitch type and dates I was looking for, and also extra dates following available, I assume some late cancellations, Pitchup is also showing same dates available but at a reduced price so it would be the case significantly cheaper to book through Pitchup in this instance so to say the club member will always get the best price in this instance is not the case.
Over the many years we have used the club sites we have been bemused by the availability being full but pitches being empty and having spoken to many wardens they always say it is no shows, this may now with this move to Pitchup may now not be the case it could be unsold pitches that no longer show on the club booking site as available, very disappointing for a member who may, as we were giving up on that holiday because of no availability, hope you carry on doing the good job you have done and have a great time at springbank.
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The prices at Troutbeck Head (going there soon) for the remainder of this month on a SP are exactly the same as of this moment for pitchup but showing no SPs for the 26th and 29th on pitchup while they are available on the club's so it's not all a one way street as @clarinetman suggested in his post on May 12th?
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