Arrival & Departure Times
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"If visitors to that site are due to catch a ferry, they should be booking a "ferry pitch". These are situated near the exit so as to
keep disruption to others to a minimum."How disruptive is a caravan leaving a site for goodness sake? We're talking caravans here, not a low-loader with heavy industrial plant.
Write your comments here...Its not the moving of hte van but the getting up, making beds, open/closing the caravan door, going/coming from toilet block, starting car engine, hithcing up, unplugging EHU, putting cable away etc. etc.
Write your comments here...And emptying the waste hogs, why do caravaners insist on emptying those things before 8 am, what's up with doing it the night before!
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I don't know which version some posters are using for their 'rules' but the official true version is
15 Leaving your pitch
a. Pitches should normally be vacated by 12:00 noon.
b. If you'd like to remain later on site, not necessarily on your pitch, have a word with the Site Staff. Be aware that charges may apply if you stay beyond 4pm
Of course that's the correct position, Corners. Unfortunately this thread just lends itself to folk popping in to open up age old disagreements which were put to bed some time ago. You'd think they would know better by now!
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Of course that's the correct position, Corners. Unfortunately this thread just lends itself to folk popping in to open up age old disagreements which were put to bed some time ago. You'd think they would know better by now!
Too many people with too little to do. Doesn't the grass need cutting or something? Still, only another 10,014 more posts and the record (Sunday Departures) will be broken. Keep going Team CC, you know you can do it and you'll all get a gong from Mrs
Windsor
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......And emptying the waste hogs, why do caravaners insist on emptying those things before 8 am,
what's up with doing it the night before!When settled in the caravan after eating, a drink in hand (booze or coffee/tea) emptying the waste water is the very last thing I think about
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......And emptying the waste hogs, why do caravaners insist on emptying those things before 8 am, what's up with doing it the night before!
When settled in the caravan after eating, a drink in hand (booze or coffee/tea) emptying the waste water is the very last thing I think about
In tend to agree, unless I was leaving very early. ( just about unheard of these days) In any case it is possible to empty fairly quietly. Just pull it slowly, on the grass verge if possible. Then carry back empty, which is when it makes the most noise.
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Sunday is one of (if not the) most popular arrival day, so people really need to be away at 12 to give a good choice of pitch to those starting their holiday. ....
Can you be certain of that?
Of course, what you really mean is that you think you should have the choice of ALL available pitches ....
Yes and....errr Yes please!
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This thread is becoming almost a re-run of the ridiculous Sunday Departures thread. The CC has rules - if somebody doesnt like those rules, go elsewhere.
The rules, unless stated differently in the handbook, are :- No Arrivals before 12.00 noon and all Departures before 12.00 noon.
It's straightforward, It's easily understood.
Wardens can, under certain circumstances, ignore those rules but it's their decision only.( It's called warden's discretion, )
There's no point in the usual people again trying to get the CC to change the rules to suit themselves and inconvenience others by complaining on here -- As I've always said, if you want to ask for a rule change write directly to the CC head office.
K
Yep, that's what it says in my handbook.....all perfectly clear
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Um, which page of your handbook does it say that on then Ian? Because on page 272 of mine it says "arrival time on site is after 12:00 or 13:00 and before 20:00..." and on page 275 it says exactly what Corners has quoted above regarding departures.
Are you sure you're not using an out of date edition, or reading something you want to read, but which isn't actually there?
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I am booked on two commercial sites in the next week or so, the first has a last departure time of 1030 hours, the site I will be traveling to has an earliest arrival time of 1400hour. This would be fine with me but does cause some minor problems because
they are about 90 minutes apart!Something I will have to manage by stopping somewhere on route. No great problems though because I had checked both sites terms and conditions before booking .
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The start of this thread was about the earliest arrival time at rookesbury park changing to 1pm. Quote from the warden
"too many turning up early, its in the interest of safety"Then allowing several vans to remain untill way past 14:30/15:00
If people turn up unacceptably early Send them away .
If it's a safety issue Do whatever possible to remove/reduce the risk.
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If you book a hotel room and their email states the room is not available until say 3pm, then why would you turn up at 1.30 for instance and try and get into the room. They turn you away....
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If you book a hotel room and their email states the room is not available until say 3pm, then why would you turn up at 1.30 for instance and try and get into the room. They turn you away....
. . . in the direction of the Bar!
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These type of problems are going too continue because we have a small minority of campers who dont think the rules apply too them and they can roll up anytime before noon plus not all wardens are singing from the same hymn sheet so the result will always
be discord
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We left our site Treamble Valley today at 10.15 not with the caravan, and guess what we met a caravan coming towards us. Why?
Write your comments here...Wow Treamble Valley with its single track road,,,,,,,,imagine if you had been hitched up!!!!!
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Sunday is one of (if not the) most popular arrival day, so people really need to be away at 12 to give a good choice of pitch to those starting their holiday. ....
Can you be certain of that?
Of course, what you really mean is that you think you should have the choice of ALL available pitches ....
Yes and....errr Yes please!
rather selfish Ian, sort of me, me, ME! No one can have a few hours after 12 (as in the rules) even though the site might have lots of pitches to choose from, but not all, because I want a full choice of pitches. Think of others perhaps?
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If you book a hotel room and their email states the room is not available until say 3pm, then why would you turn up at 1.30 for instance and try and get into the room. They turn you away....
. . . in the direction of the Bar!
Warners for one, where we pay to use the gym and pool facilities. If you turn up before your room is ready, or leave late you are still able to make use of all the facilities, inc pool, spa, gym, restaurants, bars etc. Not advocating it for the CC, but just saying it does happen. Although you are probably only towing a medium sized suitcase, that requires parking, rather than 7 metres of caravan.
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I am booked on two commercial sites in the next week or so, the first has a last departure time of 1030 hours, the site I will be traveling to has an earliest arrival time of 1400hour. This would be fine with me but does cause some minor problems because they are about 90 minutes apart!
Something I will have to manage by stopping somewhere on route. No great problems though because I had checked both sites terms and conditions before booking .
Exactly so - but it appears some CC members find that too much of a challenge as they 'cannot' (please read as cannot be bothered to) delay their arrival until the correct time by stopping on route if they need to.
I bet the commercial sites stick to their rules and will turn you away if you are early.0 -
If only people would stick to the rules and clear off by 12 there wouldn't be a problem.
But that's not all the rules, only part of it. You're missing part b
15 Leaving your pitch
a. Pitches should normally be vacated by 12:00 noon.
b. If you'd like to remain later on site, not necessarily on your pitch, have a word with the Site Staff. Be aware that charges may apply if you stay beyond 4pm
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oh the official line from the club, copied from
hereHi everyone,
I've asked our Sites Operations team about departure times, and here is what they say on the matter:
"Committees have requested that, the site staff are asked to be flexible with the 12 o’ clock departure time, wherever possible. This is left up to the staff to manage, as they are aware of the number of arrivals each day which are shown on the booking
system. As on some of the busier sites, when the sites are running full, the staff have to manage those outfits departing at 12 o’clock, freeing up pitches for those arriving. Therefore, at busy times we do implement the rule,
however, at quieter times, site staff are asked to relax the rule and let visitors stay on site at no extra charge until 4.00 pm, this is considered the fairest to all under the circumstances."Hope this answers a few questions!
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I love the site we are currently on in France.
If you arrive before 12.00 then there is no problem getting on but you pay for an extra day. You get an individual code to operate the inward and outward barriers but it stops working at 12.00 on the day of departure, when you have to pay for another day.
If in high season they come around the night before to remind you to leave! If you arrive in high season before 12.00 the you're left to stew in the hot sun until 14.30 when the office opens. Lunch comes first, second and third in France.0 -
Its not just the pitch availability to consider, it is the road infrastructure. The lanes in Cornwall and many places in Devon were just not designed for caravan traffic let alone two way caravan traffic. Yes I know many have passing places but they are
often too small to cope not only with a car & caravan but also the following traffic.Properly controled arrival & departure times assist in creating a "tidal flow" effect on local roads and early arrivals often destroy that flow.
Personally I would support a refusal to allow access before the stated earliest arrival time.
TF
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