New member and site booking
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as others have said, the rules allow you to do this. however, it wouldn't bother me as I (and others) can do it too.....
i just happened to admit that I was looking at Peak District tour last year and wanted to get onto Chatsworth, a honeypot site.....to see what it was like.
its no good planning out the tour (say a few weeks in advance) and then thinking you'll be able to book a place there to suit....it won't happen.
so, I booked a slot at Chatsworth really early and then tried (quite hard) to fit a tour around that date.....despite best intentions, it didn't pan out and I cancelled.
a letter from the Club, perhaps?
we had two potential dates to meet up with our son in Bristol, he's a busy chap, jetting off all over the place at fairly short notice and was unable to confirm either date in advance, so we booked Baltic Wharf for both. he later confirmed which date would suit him best, we took up the booking and cancelled the other well within the rule period.
should I be 'sanctioned'?
as it happens, it may have been possible to use the second one too, but after cancelling, we couldn't rebook later as the site was full
..which would have been disappointing and is the ongoing issue with the popular sites.we don't cancel for poor weather, ever, but I'll wager there have been many cancellations for wind, rain etc.....should we investigate all cancellation 'excuses'.....
of course not.
the system is as it is and booking miles in advance (sometimes a year) may be the only way to get a honey pot site. however, much can change in that year and if bookings are cancelled as a result of that change, so be it.
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Freddy, what you do within the framework of the rules is none of my business and, as for intent, I’m not a mind reader or the thought police.
This fair system allows you to do what you describe along with BB, Corners, myself and anyone else who chooses. Good, eh?
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I think I’m being misunderstood here. I think I’ve already said twice I like the system the way it is, and therefore wouldn’t want it changed.
BB, I wasn’t having a dig at you, apologies if you thought I was. Your post just got me thinking about members that might be using the system unfairly. I could in theory book 52 weeks, only intending to take 6, for instance. That of course is a silly example, just saying 😉
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What is unfair, Freddy? If the system allows it, we can all do it. Ergo, it’s fair so I’m not sure what your point is.
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no probs, Freddy
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I don't disagree TW and CS but I find it extremely frustrating to find that sites I wanted to stay at which had no vacancies when first checking suddenly have vacancies a couple of months later or to quote another experience I want a 5 night stay but can only get 4 because the weekend is fully booked. Again it is frustrating to find that when you accept the four and are on site, you find out you could have had 5 because of cancellations.
A recent example of the former was I wanted a 3 night stay at Bladon Chains this June. On first checking in March there were no vacancies, the same at the beginning of May but more recently just as I was about to book the C&CC site at Oxford as an alternative, I rechecked to find there are now vacancies at Bladon!
Booking with the Club can be a very frustrating experience unless you accept having to book way in advance not knowing whether you can meet the obligation.
peedee
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The same thing can happen booking anything with any organisation, PD. Deposits and stringent T&Cs won’t stop cancellations. As has been said, if sites are operating at, or near, full capacity then the club will be happy.
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I can see your point and yes, really the only way is to book early if you want a site on a particular date?
I am lucky that I can either do this or take up any 'late offers'
Off topic I know a number of friends who are now booking their 2020 package summer holiday.
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Summer 2020 bookings are also available now with CC.....book early
at the other end of the scale, we are away shortly (an hour or so) and only booked (not CC)on Wednesday.
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I think this rolling booking system is far better than the silly December scramble that used to take place. In fact we now book the occasional Club Site months in advance if a particular event comes up that we want to go and see. We never did this on the old system, we just used other providers. As for making lots of bookings and then cancelling those we don’t fancy........doesn’t the Club wish we were so fond of Club Sites!😂
Weekends are possibly an issue at certain sites, but I am sure Club could easily identify these, and decide if it’s happy that just the weekends remain full, or if they prefer to cater for those taking full weeks away, and stipulate a minimum number of nights say July and August? Whatever they do, it will upset some members. Perhaps a half way house is to discount a full weeks stay in July August for a trial, see if this works?
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I think this rolling booking system is far better than the silly December scramble that used to take place.
See we are all different.
Perhaps a half way house is to discount a full weeks stay in July August for a trial
I would hope not. Many spend a few days on one site and move on. Wouldn't object to a 5 night minimum personally
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I’m afraid minimum booking periods send me scurrying off elsewhere. C&CC have lost several bookings from me for that reason - not that they care.
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I’m not a fan either, but I was thinking from marketing point of view as so many folks moan about weekends being booked up. We like things very much as they are at the moment. I hadn’t realised other Club stipulate 5 nights minimum, that wouldn’t suit us either.
There are only a handful of Club Sites we might use in July/August, and they aren’t the ones with any issues. No facility and more remote sites. We don’t have issues at all with Club Sites, like others we mix and match our choices, and our days, so happy to go elsewhere if a Club Site doesn’t have days or dates we need.
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Other minimum stipulations apply at various times on some sites.
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Minimum stipulations have never troubled me in all the years we have been vanning. Journeys in the UK are rarely long enough to require one night stop overs and in anycase for such occasions there are plenty of options. When touring I consider for a leisurely time and to visit nearby sights, 3 nights is our minimum. I rarely tour in peak season, but again there are plenty and cheaper alternatives than stippong on sites which stipulate 5 days minimum. Sites which stipulate minimum stays must still be in demand or otherwise they would not make this restriction.
peedee
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We stayed at two C&CC sites on a recent tour, one for 1 night and the other for 2 nights. Both were convenient stop off points on a longer journey. Admittedly not peak season but there was no question of any restrictions. If there had been we'd have found a CL nearby instead.
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serviced pitch being one that has EHU. non serviced are without EHU.
On those sites it is 3 nights minimum in mid and low season and 5 nights minimum in Peak season. All sites have a minimum 2 night booking in peak no matter what pitch type and minimum two nights for Friday and Saturday on any pitch with EHU whatever season.
Thanks for link PD
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Have I misread PD's link? Looks like it's only the 3 Lake District sites that have the 5 night restriction? We've stayed on the site at Staveley (confusingly called Windermere!) before now, a bit away from the main crowds and it doesn't appear to have the same restrictions.
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currently, if you qualify for Age Concession, the other club are offering 10% discounts during mid/low season (by code number either online or with the call centre) at a whole raft of sites, and 20% for the same sites (I think, I havent checked the list) at peak.
so an even better deal for the/us oldies...
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