Early arrivals - my solution
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I would love to be able to arrive at 11am on sites. I would be happy to leave before 11am. If facilities closed for cleaning at 9.30am that would be OK for me. However I realise that would disadvantage others and so happy with 12 O'Clock.
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yes +1, you can't please all of the campers all of the time. Put the arrival time to 9am and you can bet that some will arrive before that too
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From what I've read on here, you can't please some members ANY of the time!!
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you could say that I couldn't possibly comment
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I'm not at work yet EasyT!!
JK
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Id bet that even the most polite, most discrete, most friendly reminder of the correct arrival time would be enough to send some into an apoplectic rage. 'How dare they try and stop me from doing what I want', I hear ringing in that warden's ears. Oh, and in that review too.
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The whole system is bonkers, there should be a interval between arrivals and departures, off at eleven on at twelve, this would allow the staff to rake the gravel over or cut the grass.
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Even on sites that "advertise" in the sites directory and on line when booking of arrival times dep times ,still there are some who think it does not apply to them,the very busy site we were on over Easter the dep time is 1130 and earliest arr time was 1200 and the office is closed from 10.00 until 1200 but still there was a queue before we passed one at 11.15 and some moaned that that the approach road was too narrow to allow units to pass,
On our next trip out we know from reading the site profiles that two sites have "requested" later than 1200 arrival times
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Hi
These days, if we say no, apply a rule or bylaw to maintain a safe environment or say anything that doesn't suit, there's not only not so polite replies, or a negative review, there's a complaint letter to head office before I've even put the kettle on!
JK
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We were surprised on a tour last month, to find ourselves actually queuing to get onto a site. We thought we had mistimed our none booked arrival. We had only moved a few miles, tootled along from Lower Wensleydale to Hawes, arrived a lot quicker than anticipated. It was all good natured though, but it did take a Warden to keep things flowing, while his good lady booked everyone in. First time we have queued to get onto a site. It was around 12.20pm, so we weren’t actually early.
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well I sincerely hope head office backs you up every time
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We know all about you nasty abusive wardens ....... and no better on privately run sites!
The warden on the site at North Yorkshire Moors threatened to slap my good lady's ankles if she forgot to hand in the pitch token on leaving! Then on our present site at Wagtail Park I had a problem with the electric going off. Asked the lady warden to test the bollard supply and that was OK. She gave me a card for a mobile tech. I searched the caravan for a fault and discovered ehu cable into van not fully inserted. When I phoned the site office to let her know that all was well she called me a dozy duck egg. Well!! We have never been so insulted on any site and shall not return to any of them this year!!
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When I walked around the keswick site last year, the barrier was down and the office closed, but on walking out at 11ish four vans where waiting to gain access so it seems that the early arriver will put up with it and wait.
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That’s the way to to it! Wardens have that discretion but we should always ring and ask rather than just turn up.
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he problem is very simply solved for me personally. My wife is never ever ready to leave at the time we should therefore we never ever arrive anywhere early.
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You will not stop early arrivals, more annoying to me are the late leavers 12.45/1300 bunch.😡
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Especially on a Sunday, eh? 😁
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