Arrival and departure times
I believe that earliest and latest arrival times are stated by most sites, are there any rules around what is the earliest time you can depart?
we are currently on a very nice site however have been disturbed from 7am both mornings so far by neighbours packing up, even using drills to wind legs up!
My husband and I work full time and like to get away at weekends, and have enough early starts during the week!
What does everyone else think?
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As far as I am aware there is no specific earliest time for departure. Although the rules of common courtesy should apply. Such as not banging doors, perhaps emptying waste the night before, not running engines unecessarily etc. To me using a drill for steadies at an early hour is just plain rude. If leaving early I would always use the manual winder.
Perhaps a no vehicle movement rule, 10pm to 7am, as on some continental sites, would be a good idea.
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No rules although on some sites gates may need to be opened (and closed) by those leaving if before 8am. I am totally happy for folk to leave at 8am. That often involves some movement preparing to leave from 7am or 7.30am. Does not trouble me in the least.
On the rare occassion that I am in bed after 7am I feel that I have missed out and so we are all different in that regard.
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Agree with OP and all above, people should just be considerate of those around you, and yes using drills is totally out. Also as Steve said some preparation the night before would have helped?
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I suggest that a caravan site is the wrong place to go in the search for peace and quiet, although they sometimes are.
Ear plugs anyone?
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Terri,
It is annoying how self centred & inconsiderate some people are.
Just for your interest, we discussed it at length a month ago.
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not that we have much 'prep' to do prior to leaving....(turn off the gas, start the engine....) we would have packed away chairs, table the previous night...
when we left Spain last week, with a long drive ahead of us, we wanted to call into Lidl up the road for the wine supplies....this opened at 9, so we asked to be 'unhooked' from the leccy at 8:30 (done in the dot, and another thing that is perfectly normal at some sites yet would (apparently) have a CC site grinding to a halt
) and we were ready to go at 8:45....this is (by miles) the earliest we would ever leave a site.....
noise, no.....
just start the engine and trickle slowly off the pitch and out of the gate...no need for any banging, crashing, drills or whatever....just remember (many) other folk are still in bed.....we usually are at that time, for sure
however, early departers (and there are always some, as threads like this continue to highlight) create space for those early arrivers who slot (just as) quietly onto the vacant pitch...on sites that adopt this sensible approach....
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so we asked to be 'unhooked' from the leccy at 8.30
well that's the beauty of being on a club site and it's included price, you don't even have to ask before unhooking, just do it and go, much quicker, easier for all concerned, staff included.
PS why does 'over there' always creep in no matter what the thread?
Back on topic though, it's not just early leavers with their outfits, anyone out for the day early should consider their neighbours. When we used to do a lot of climbing in the lakes, we would often leave at six or before in summer (nothing like walking first thing and getting to your first summit before 10) we would use the site car park for the car.
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I don't mind waking early just don't appreciate banging crashing and drilling at 7am - same as if I were at home. No problem with early rising and very very rarely lie In but wouldn't disturb everyone else on the site!
Weve toured France several times and expect the coming and going at all times but don't think this particular couple had to rush for a ferry.
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I've never heard of that in the UK though? Is that over there? Untrustworthy lot these foreign owners
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Not everyone who caravans is in the first flush of healthy youth, and the brief noise of a drill is a lot less disturbing than the attendance of some First Aiders, the local First Responder, a paramedic car, an ambulance, the constabulary and the undertaker.
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you (almost) make that sound like a good thing?
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good point.
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+1 , have noticed that now I don't get early so often.
Most of the time I (like on holiday) I just smile and go back to sleep
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To be honest, in all my decades of 'caravaning' I have never been on a site which did not have an earliest arrival time, just some earlier or later than others! I reckon whatever the earliest time is there will always be a small minority who will want it to be even earlier. It appears some are advocating 24 hr arrival/departure and I've never witnessed that anywhere here or abroad.
Even hotels/Guest houses/centre parcs etc in the main have earliest arrival times and departure times which very often fit their 'staffing' arrangements.
Also in a tiny minority are those instances of early morning/late night disturbance I've witnessed on sites.
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"It appears some are advocating 24 hr arrival/departure and I've never witnessed that anywhere here or abroad."
...then it cant be true then, can it?
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Without actually being there it is hard to know if the early leavers were trying to be as quiet as possible or not. If you are on the adjacent pitch any sounds can appear to be loud when you are in bed with no other sounds in your caravan.
Just pull the covers over and relax.
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Do you mean the system which lots of hotels in India have ? - where you get a room for 24 hours. So arrive at 9am and check out by 9am next day, or arrive at 6pm. and check out by 6 pm next day. Or any other 24 hour period you like. Now that really would worth trying on Club sites !
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i dont know what Micky thinks anyone is advocating, ive certainly not suggested that happens anywhere, merely that the office (at this particular site) is open at 8 am and, provided there is a space, is happy to allow an admission. admissions go on, normally, until 8:30 pm ish.....unless (as mentioned in the ACSI book) other arrangements are made including arrivals even until midnight...
so, not quite 24hrs, but a good slice of customer facing service......and (back on track) little noise due to reduced traffic....
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