Site Reviews !!!

groovy cleaner
groovy cleaner Forum Participant Posts: 208
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edited June 2016 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

when I have been away I get an email from the club asking me to leave a review ,my question to you all is!! do you leave a review if the site you have stayed at is one you visit on a regular basis so there is nothing much to say as you have reviewed it before
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  • Takethedogalong
    Takethedogalong Forum Participant Posts: 17,079 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #2

    I occasionally review Club Sites, mainly commenting on what is available in the surrounding areas, transport links, good places to visit and eat. Being a dog owner, I will usually give an honest assessment of how good it is in terms of dog walking close by, is there a safe off lead walk for a good walk. As Club Sites are very similar in the facilities they provide, don't always comment on these. 

    I do however, try and leave a review for every CL we visit. CLs need all the help they can get in terms of encouraging members to try them, and I know a few members along with ourselves who rely quite a bit on informative reviews To make a decision on suitability.

    If we haven't been to a site for a long time, (over a year or two) then yes I would probably do another review, especially if something I mentioned last time had changed.

  • Athel
    Athel Forum Participant Posts: 80
    edited June 2016 #3

    I'm yet to return to a site so haven't had to think about it but I probably would if it was more than a year since I stayed there.

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,657 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #4

    I try and review every site we visit, CLs & Club sites. I tend to do a comprehensive review covering places of interest, nearest shops & pubs, walking (with & without dogs) and cycling as well as the facilities and conditions on the sites. Even if I've previously
    done a review it has generally disappeared by the time I revisit a site so I write a new one. Things change for the better or worse and I attempt to reflect that.

  • Cornersteady
    Cornersteady Club Member Posts: 14,436 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #5

    yes I do one each time, I try and give information about the site for various users, those with children, or dogs, or which pitches are better than others in various respects. I also include any places I've been to and if any local places have discounts
    for club members. I also praise the wardens when its due for example a friendly welcome, or well kept site.

  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited June 2016 #6

    I dont give reviews. Any CC sites I have been on over the last 30 odd years are OK. .

    K

  • Wildwood
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    edited June 2016 #7

    I have done a few reviews in my time. The sites are always good but you can tell people more about them and the area.

    I try not to do too many for the same site but after a year, yours is so far down the list, that updating it does no harm.

  • peedee
    peedee Club Member Posts: 9,392 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #8

    I rarely review Club sites, they are all the same but will do CLs and others.

    peedee

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited June 2016 #9

    Not reviewed any club site. As I have been happy with all I see little point. The only real difference is location which if you are going there presumably suits!

  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,145 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #10

    I guess we all know the general standard of club sites so I try to include POI's, places to eat etc.  If someone is fairly local to the site then their insight into local attractions can be invaluable.

  • Dunclair
    Dunclair Forum Participant Posts: 127
    edited June 2016 #11

    I don't bother any more. I wrote a negative review about the owner of a CL who is nothing less than a harridan. She proved that by bullying HO staff into withdrawing the review.

    I moaned and posted another negative review which was backed up by other members. The review got taken down again.

    I must emphasise that the reviews I posted were honest and straightforward statements of fact. I therefore came to the conclusion that reviews are a waste of time in both the writing and the reading of them.

  • Freelander359
    Freelander359 Forum Participant Posts: 107
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    edited June 2016 #12

    Without naming the CL maybe, what were the negative points that you commented on ? Intrigued to know now !

  • Takethedogalong
    Takethedogalong Forum Participant Posts: 17,079 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #13

    Did you stay on the CL Dunclair? A full overnight stay?

  • EileenFM
    EileenFM Forum Participant Posts: 52
    edited June 2016 #14

    I reviewed a CL we stayed in last week, which was good but it never got printed so was disappointed 

  • Takethedogalong
    Takethedogalong Forum Participant Posts: 17,079 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #15

    That must have been the dreaded time out function on here Eileen, it catches many of us out. I get very fed up with it so don't post reviews on here as frequent nowadays. 

  • SteveL
    SteveL Club Member Posts: 12,311 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #16

    Always do them in a text editor now, and cut and paste. Have been caught out by the dreaded timeout too many times. It is far too short for reviews, when you are considering what to put.

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