Weekend availability

Youngest
Youngest Forum Participant Posts: 3
edited October 2018 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

We are frustrated by the lack of availability for the weekends and suspect this could be due to people block booking weekends and then cancelling the booking 72 hours prior to the date. Bring back the deposit for bookings. 

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  • huskydog
    huskydog Club Member Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited October 2018 #2

    So ,because you didn't get what you want ,the system is wrong undecided

    look outside the box !

  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited October 2018 #3

    Everybody has a choice.. If a particular company does not suit the needs of a customer, it is common sense to find an alternative company which does. 

    K

     

  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,149 ✭✭✭
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    edited October 2018 #4

    You’ve clearly not read other threads on this subject. 

    Could it be simply nothing more than people working through the week and booking weekends away?

    The club used to take deposits but dropped them and found the number of no shows dropped as a result. 

    The answer is to book earlier or search out another site. 

  • Cornersteady
    Cornersteady Club Member Posts: 14,431 ✭✭✭
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    edited October 2018 #5

    it just could be of course that club sites are popular as well? 

    There is no evidence of what you describe. You have no idea when those weekends were  booked, was it just a few weeks ago or a few days? The club has stated it has looked at a range of options in including deposits and none of them would appear to ease that fact that club sites are popular. When the club had deposits the cancellations and no snows were worse than they are now 

    And unless you are talking about a non refundable deposit how would your system make things better? 

    But the good news is that you don't have to use club sites, I have no idea personally but many on here say you can find cheaper and better sites than with the club, and for some reason they always appear to have lots of space?

     

    Just book early I'm afraid 

  • Cornersteady
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    edited October 2018 #6

    agree this has been discussed many times this week already?

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,867 ✭✭✭
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    edited October 2018 #7

    Youngest

    This is already being discussed in this thread https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-together/discussions/sites-touring/uk-sites-touring/weekend-bookings-something-has-to-be-done/ To avoid duplication I will lock this thread and ask you to add your views to the existing thread.

    Thanks

    David

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited October 2018 #8

    I correct my earlier comment as I see Youngest has actually liked Banff’s OP in the other thread. 

    Youngest, why not post in that thread instead of starting a new one? We’re repeating ourselves here. 

     

    Edit:  Cross posted with you, David. 

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