Paying for a booking
I've just booked for 2 weeks in July. Is it possible to make part payments ?
Cant find anything relevant on the website.
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One of the benefits of this club is that you pay nothing in advance, not even a deposit, and you can cancel up to 72 hours before 1200 on the first day of your booking without any penalty. (Within 72 hours could result in loss of membership if you do it often.)
Report to reception with your membership card on arrival (after 1200/1300 depending on the site) and a warden will book you in and show you how to pitch and give you a site plan plus any relevant leaflets.
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You could always put the money you have aside in a separate account and make some interest on it? A small interest but better in your account than anyone's else?
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If it is a club site there is not any advance payment required on any club site ,you pay for your whole stay on arrival,do not worry that without payment beforehand your pitch will be "sold "to others, ,you should have recieved an email with all your booked dates and costs ,that if you want can be printed off as a reminder to you , and take with you if worried ,in all the years we have been members it has never been a problem
Ps where are you going,? there are many who post on here can advise of things to do and not in the area you are going if needed
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actually would a full pre-payment facility be such a bad idea? I'd like to just turn up and book in and go straight to find a pitch. It would speed up booking in on busy sites and less work for the wardens?
Still have to show your card I suppose to show it's actually you and maybe within 24 hours of your start date, on just on the day? Pay on your app?.
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No !!!! and how much time would really be saved?its only the first best pitch rush where there is normally any "delay?",
It would be a new way of booking in, as i can see the race to the office to show your membership card , and then dash back to outfit , or one dashes to office with card and the driver is at the barrier to get a head start
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When we stopped at Black Horse Farm for a night before the ferry a few years ago payment was required in advance, I think a week before. When we checked in we were given the credit card receipt and our pitching area. We were told 70 were booking in that day, just for a night. I assume it must save some time. It certainly seemed too.
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didn't mean instead of the usual method but additionally
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Maybe the option should be avalible. Personally I'd rather pay up front.
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Black Horse Farm is a very busy one nighters for the ferry and train arrival and departures at all times of the day and early hours,so i would expect to have the up front payments,,but is an exception that is and would hope is not repeated elsewhere, we have used it a couple of times ,but only ever paid on arrival as we were not on a Ferry pitch
I can remember before that site was bought? by the club,The race course at Folkestone was the site (gone years ago) and the wardens used to line up the departures,in lines on the big field behind the office in departure times,and back then (before the WTD and euro)) i can remember the wardens being on duty until well gone 2200 hrs still booking early departures in,,
And in the mornings the field would be full of LVs that had arrived overnight,and then the warden would be working out who had paid,as the office floor would be covered in many types of currencies
Kent show ground used to be a site with the same overnight LVs
But Bearstead is used for some now
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you are paying up front...two weeks before you leave
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Black Horse Farm is a very busy one nighters for the ferry and train arrival and departures at all times of the day and early hours,so i would expect to have the up front payments,,but is an exception that is and would hope is not repeated elsewhere,
I would agree about paying upfront, not something I would want to become common practice. The C&CC give you the option on booking. I declined, just paid the deposit, the rest on arrival.
Rookesbury Park also have ferry pitches, do they charge for those upfront?
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Royston
Is there a particular reason you want this system in place? Is it to spread the payments or is to just get the payment done and dusted at the time of booking? Nothing I suppose is insurmountable but I would question how popular such an option would be. There would need to be some changes in the booking/payment system as sites would have to be alerted to the fact that you had already paid. Given the sheer volume of bookings the club handle I somehow imagine they would need to be sure there was sufficient demand to warrant making changes for a system which seems to work pretty well?
David
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That dings a dong because years back I booked a single night at BHF for our return journey in Blighty. I was on the French Autoroute & received a call from BHF asking for payment .... I really wanted to say I'll pay you in a few hours or in the morning but SWMBO wouldn't let me.
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They have been through a few different set ups at BHF over the years.
Used to be that you had to book a ferry pitch if you wanted to be outside the barrier and able to arrive late/leave early, and it was only for one night.
Then they started automatically assigning you a ferry pitch if you booked only a one night stop, whether you wanted/needed one or not. We then started always booking at least 2 nights so we would not be woken by inconsiderate travellers in the middle of the night.
I think they did stop that eventually after complaints, and went back to having to book a ferry pitch if you needed one
Then they brought in having to pay before arrival for a ferry pitch, which was reasonable, but then started making advance payment compulsory for any one night booking .
We have not been there for a few years, so no idea what the regime is now if you want a one night stay but are not taking a ferry.
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They treat ferry arrivals, as ferry is usually evening docking, at Rookesbury Park just the same as late arrivals, that is you see the warden in the morning. Nicer area than usual LA. Prefer to use reasonable CL nearby for the one night. Easier drive than to RP in the dark, plus a darn sight cheaper.
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I've used RP ferry pitches a couple of times, as its convenient for us to visit family members either before the crossing or on the way home. If on the way out book onto the main site then on the day of travel move onto ferry pitch. So far been lucky as I've been able to leave the car hitched
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<smug git mode> Makes me glad I'm only fifteen minutes from the ferry. I don't have to bother with this stuff. </smug git mode>
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We've used the ferry pitches at BH, booked 1 night paid in advance as we were arriving and leaving before the normal office opening hours.
As it turned out we arrived early before the office closed. Didn't hear a sole in the morning leaving, they allocated pitches to try to alleviate disturbance by pitching folk in groups according to their departure time, worked very well, would use it again if down that way.
On normal sites I much prefer to pay the night before leaving, but that's not allowed over here
Don't mind a deposit with the other club as we tend not to book to far in advance (you can usually get a pitch) so know that we will definitely be going.
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I think the Club’s Site payment system works well on the whole, saves the hassle of refunding cancellations. Affiliated Sites do their own thing, private sites and CLs do their own thing.
We’ve paid everything up front on occasion when staying a month at a time on the odd CL, but only because it suited us. It’s common practice with most holiday cottage lets, but again not an issue as most have a clear statement around cancellations or no shows.
Personally, as stated on page one of thread, system for Club Site probably suits most regular users very very well, so why change it unnecessarily?😀
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,good job you posted as i do not normally bother with the Emails
