Booking a Specific Pitch
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Hello SteveL and others,
Having Members book specific pitches could cause problems if more than one person wants that particular pitch and their stay on site overlaps.
I see that some of you are in favour of pre-booking specific pitches and some of you are not.
As much as we would like to, The Club cannot please all Members all of the time, but we do value your opinions and suggestions.
To mirror what mickysf and Metheven said, a lot of Members are happy to choose from the vacant pitches available on arrival.
The "first come-first serve" basis when you arrive is the fairest way for Members to choose their pitch.
Whenever there are special requirements, such as lornalou1's comment, the wardens will always do their best to accommodate the Member's needs.
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Nicky
I suspect the majority of members don't particularly want to book a specific pitch but what many of us want to be able to do is book a pitch surface like a hardstanding. Personally I feel that the recent experiment and its removal it was not properly explained why it was confusing which was the reason given for it not being extended. The one major advantage of the C&CC is that you can book a hardstanding. The technology must be available on the Club website because we can book serviced pitches, awning or non awning pitches, value pitches so why not hardstanding or grass pitches? If it was network wide there would be no room for confusion.
David
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I would second that.
I would not be in favour of booking a specific pitch number, most of the time I would have no idea which one to choose.
Booking the pitch surface, along with awning or non awning and serviced pitches, is what I would think the majority of members would prefer. And even be prepared to pay a little more for a HS.
I also think non awning pitches should cost less than awning pitches.
The ability to book a HS is the big advantage with the C&CC, and, IMO, worth the downside of having to pay a deposit.
The weather in UK just cannot be relied on at any time of year, so I would think there are quite a lot of us who avoid sites with a lot of grass pitches. Especially members with heavy caravans and MHs. If we could book a HS then this could also go a long way towards cutting out queues at noon etc.
If this results in fewer bookings and grass pitches standing empty on some sites, then this just goes to show that more HSs of some type are needed.
If gravel HSs are not permitted by planning conditions, reinforced grass may be an option.
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Thanks, Nicky. It’s good to get staff input to the discussion.
I echo David K's thoughts.
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i realise the 'differences' between the two clubs are what makes them, well, different
....but it can be a good thing to take on board one or two of the 'processes' that 'the competition' does well...and it seems from many comments in this thread, and back when the club was doing its 'trial' that booking a pitch type is still on many members' wish list.
considering the system is already (virtually) in place, i too would like to add my support to trying again....but network wide this time and two run it for a reasonable amount of time....
we know 'changes to the booking system' are coming (recent MMM interview) so how about ensuring that this most desirable change is included?
we dont (specifically) need deposits, but pitch type selection would be a winner with many....
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and third (fourth or what ever we're up to now) that.
It's a bit like booking a hotel room on a package holiday, you can't select a particular room but you can specify the type of room, standard, superior, suite...
I too avoid any chance of getting a grass pitch, so only use those sites that are all HS or book my favourite SP type.
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add one to that, why should 'regular' (how do you define that?) users get better treatment?
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Never want to see specific pitch allocation come in. Type of pitch is fine with me.
If you get "regulars" who can't book their favourite pitch then you'll get territorial disputes, plus you'll get enclaves. Might as well have a Static site.
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Another one here for choice of pitch type but not for booking a specific pitch.
Why would you do that when you can't 'see' who your neighbour is. We all have likes and dislikes that's why you see so many folk driving round and round looking for a pitch they 'like'
We like open, sunny pitches, preferably with a view of some kind. We don't like corner pitches where everyone congregates for a chat, or a pitch that you know folk are going to use as a short cut.
We choose not to pitch next to families or folk with lots of dogs, not that we don't 'like' them, just we 'like' to sleep in of a morning and prefer not to be disturbed by young children or doors getting banged as dogs are taken for an early morning walk. Neither do we choose to be by a PVC with a noisy sliding door.
Of course not all children make noise early on, neither do all owners slam doors, or dogs bark with excitement of going for a walk.
However you don't know that do you when you pitch up, you can't go round asking folk 'does your dog bark' or 'does your children play out' so the answer is to try and find a pitch where this is less likely to happen.
If you booked by pitch number you may well have the perfect pitch for you, however is your neighbour going to be the perfect neighbour.
Just a thought.
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We haven't yet got round to visiting the same sites year on year but I'm sure that should we do that we would probably be tempted, if we knew who our neighbours would be
PS. David, we've changed our broadband supplier and have lost your email address so have sent you a message via your website.
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We haven't yet got round to visiting the same sites year on year but I'm sure that should we do that we would probably be tempted, if we knew who our neighbours would be
PS. David, we've changed our broadband supplier and have lost your email address so have sent you a message via your website.
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There is clearly a demand for such a site which, for some, is more akin to a semi static site and its associated style of holiday. At such sites holiday slots are provided, usually in minimum week blocks starting and finishing on days determined by the site owners. Often many of these pitch and week slots end up being booked by the same folk on a year by year basis. These specific pitches can then remain in the hands of the few who are prepared to repeat book on a rolling program year on year. That slot and pitch therefore becomes almost a tradition, an 'inheritance'. Nothing wrong with this model in such a setting.
Thankfully, the club operates in a very different way, has a different model and appeals in my opinion to a different customer base. Being a network of many sites it can cater more for us tourers catering and facilitates those of us staying just that one night or those staying 21 nights maximum. It's different and long may that difference continue. It's fair, it's transparent and what's more it works for the many members and it appeals to many.
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Not withstanding this, with regard to prebooking dates and specific pitches, the majority of privately owned sites I know and have experienced in this country operate in exactly the way I describe. It's not wrong, it's just a different way of working and appeals to a different clientele in my opinion. Heaven help us when all the industry adopts exactly the same model!
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Cheers and understood. But all I am really saying is different strokes for different folk. Wouldn't do for us all to be the same, that'll never happen. Similarly it would not do for the whole industry to provide exactly the same product. As in life generally we just find the provider which suits best. I and many others prefer that network approach that the club 'adopts' , including the present booking system and I reckon that generally appeals to the membership that is the C&MC.
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