What changes would you make ?
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Why would you want to do that? Don’t you know? Really, I mean really!
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I doubt it, it's just that the Club doesn't trade in Euros!
At least not on its UK sites. Not even for charging for dogs.....0 -
I think the bottom dropped out of Bit coins a couple of weeks ago, but I could be wrong.
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Ken, they also realise that to do anything to harm the trade brought by dog owning members will be shooting themselves in the foot.
Oh, and I’ve nothing against the Euro or those who use them as long as it’s in the right place and relevant.
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and does this happen often in your experience?
But that side what are your reasons to cut down dogs on sites?
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That's odd, because we stayed at on of the commercial sites most often praised on here, Ross Park, in June. No charge for dogs, in fact the first thing they did was to give us a Bonio for each of the dogs. And they allow dogs in one of the dining areas. Presumably you mean "some" commercial sites?
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You miss the point, WTG. It's the relevance, not the currency.
Anyway, who's to say it’s good practice?
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Some nice looking sites on there. Although we haven't stayed on any, we do know a few of the Cornish ones. That site at Tavistock looks very nice, we like it around there. Only had a glance at prices.
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are you saying that paying extra for dogs is good practice?
Also who is say what good practice is? My good practice may not be yours and vice versa of course?
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ive not joined this debate as its mainly about a wishlist which, based on the CC pace of change, would never happen even if everyone thought something was a good idea.
any suggestions made by posters are just that, suggestions made based on what they've seen at sites theyve used, maybe here, maybe abroad.
good ideas in Spain dont become bad ones when you cross the channel, so dismissing ideas that posters feel works well (wherever) may not be right either...
this is a totally subjective thread with no right/wrong/good/bad ideas for change....if someone has experience of sites that charge for dogs and sees a quieter place as a result, whose to say this isnt a good idea....it was to them...
the issue here is that any mention of 'dog' produces the expected defensive knee jerk reaction.
dogs owning is popular, this is apparent on any visit to a club site, there will be very many dogs on site. this growing number may not be so popular with the non dog owning membership, but thats life on a club site.....dogs are 'welcomed' and free.
however, none of the above precludes anyone suggesting that charging for dogs (or a dog, or imposing limits on numbers) is (or isnt) a good idea, if theyve seen it in action and it 'worked for them' then surely its valid?
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"It discourages travel with small packs and strikes a fair balance between the minority who travel with dogs and the majority who dont."
But I thought the case made in similar previous threads was that club sites were overrun with dogs? Some even suggested there were more dogs on site than humans. Now you're saying it's a minority.
I do agree that since the title of this thread is "what changes would you make" folk are quite entitled to suggest changing to a charge for dogs though some of the justifications given seem slightly dubious to me. In particular the "one free then charge" seems ridiculous - I mean are folk with 2 or 3 dogs twice or three times as likely to allow their dogs to foul on pitches or leave them unattended etc? No, that notion is ridiculous - you either charge for dogs to discourage folk with dogs staying or allow them without charge. The club has decided the latter is the more attractive policy.
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About 30 independent campsites here in Cornwall alone are now saying no dogs at all. Some of them very highly regarded sites like Padstow Holiday Park, St Ives Bay, and Pentewan Sands - and it doesn't seem to harming their attendance figures. Other very popular sites like Polmanter have a one dog limit. Are things going that way in other counties?
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Apologies - I didn't read the last sentence of your post accurately David.
But I would still dispute this notion that club sites are overrun with dogs - there were certainly more at Ross Park last year than on any club site we stayed on.
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