Did anyone really not get the booking they wanted?

I wanted certain dates at Cherry Hinton, so I could attend the Cambridge Folk Festival, managed to get in last year and had a brilliant time.......so yes I really didn't get what I wanted.

i logged in at 8am and couldn't get onto the system until 9am

The C&CC site at Cambridge? Many years ago it was our first C&CC site when we got the MH. Do the C&CC accept non members bookings if you are not a member, or is it a case of the savings on fees make it worth joining for the duration of the festival?

I got the sites that I wanted. Never expected that it would be otherwise. Of course as Golfbandit shows there can always be an event that one is not aware of that takes up site pitches. I have come across that most years on one site or another. I have booked
early on and not beem affected though on those occasions

We wanted 2 weeks in July at Hillhead which we got but we couldn't get a serviced pitch as they were full at weekends so we had to get a standard pitch instead. Not a big issue but we preder serviced pitches at Hillhead

...There are a lot better pitches with good views at Hillhead than where most of the "serviced" pitches are

I wanted certain dates at Cherry Hinton, so I could attend the Cambridge Folk Festival, managed to get in last year and had a brilliant time.......so yes I really didn't get what I wanted.

i logged in at 8am and couldn't get onto the system until 9am

...Sorry to hear that ,it is the ideal site for the Festival as you can walk to it,but if as some promote a rolling 12 month system the site would be booked up after the previose years festival 

Which would suit Golfbandit down to the ground no doubt. 

I wanted one of May  bank hols at Rowntree, I logged on at 8.35. It was booked, so I booked something else, southport, then booked Rowntree for another weekend. Win win.  I all fairness there wasn't too much of a wait this year To get through to booking
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Yes DEBSC, I didn't get the only booking I was after. Tried at tea break 10.00am, but it was all gone. Not upset about it even though it's the second year I've failed to get it. Totally understand why.

Stonehaven at Hogmanay has the fireball procession and a street party ( sometimes I think ). So very very popular and it's not a big site either.

I'll maybe try at 8.00am next year.

The booking system is totally unfair.  I didn't get the booking, down to issues with my profile when our membership was renewed - not our fault!  A better system would be to ask for deposits so people don't book and cancel.

Just because you had a technical problem does not make the booking unfair. Just makes you unfortunate. Did you try using the phone line? 

If you would prefer a system that takes deposits you could try booking with the other club as I believe that they do charge a booking deposit. As far as I am aware there are no plans for the CC to reinstate deposits. It is the lack of deposit the myself and many members cherish. 

Would that be immediately after the singing of Auld lang syne

The 1st might suit me slightly better as not at work.

However, it is the day after Hogmanay, when I am usually hitched as a newt

Agreed

I logged on at 10am and got all my bookings done with no problem at all.

The only slight issue I had was that one of my first choice sites (in Yorkshire) was showing as fully booked for my chosen week in July.

No problem though as there was availability on a site just 20 miles away.  I suspect this was more due to so many northern sites being out of action for refurbishment this summer rather than the booking system.

The club's booking system works fine for me and I wouldn't want it changed.

Edit .....just checked, the chosen site isn't open until 2nd week of July.