Are club cancelling booking in July?

iDriver
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edited May 2020 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

We had a booking at Chatsworth 24th June to 8th July. It has been removed by the club and we have had no contact about it. I appreciate they have closed sites until the end of June so the first part of our booking was expected to be gone, but they haven't even left in the dates from 1st to 8th July?

Has anyone else experienced this?

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  • rich 81
    rich 81 Forum Participant Posts: 189
    edited May 2020 #2

    Hi iDriver 

     

    They cancelled all of our booking up to the end of June, three in total but we didn't have any booking overlapping June / July. We still have our booking for July 18th on the system 

  • iDriver
    iDriver Forum Participant Posts: 40
    edited May 2020 #3

    Hi Rich, did they contact you directly to tell you about the June cancellations or was it just the generic email to all members that covered that?

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited May 2020 #4

    We had one call from one site to advise  the rest we cancelled our selves,all our bookings up to the end of june  ,,,i understand other people were cancelled as a blanket cancelation from HO? of all bookings that up to and including june ,

    I suggest you rebook if you still want? the july dates, in case the sites can open then 

  • iDriver
    iDriver Forum Participant Posts: 40
    edited May 2020 #5

    Easier said than done with Chatsworth. We book it 12 months ahead.

     

  • JVB66
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    edited May 2020 #6

    If you do not want an awning pitch your dates in july are vacantwink

  • iDriver
    iDriver Forum Participant Posts: 40
    edited May 2020 #7

    Only if I want to go home for the weekend ? 

  • JVB66
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    edited May 2020 #8

    I would book it anyway as your original booking said until the eighth? then keep lookind or contact the site if it reopens

  • fatbelly
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    edited May 2020 #9

    We've booked a club site for 2 weeks starting July 2nd so the club are taking July bookings. 

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited May 2020 #10

    That's very strange as the latest Gov directive says that the 3rd stage of easing the lockdown, when some leisure facilities might open, won't begin before July 4th at the earliest.

  • rich 81
    rich 81 Forum Participant Posts: 189
    edited May 2020 #11

    No contact at all they just cancelled them. I did get the email from them saying they were closing until the end of June which i assume everybody got

  • InaD
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    edited May 2020 #12

    Perhaps the IT dept haven't caught up yet in adjusting the availability calendar to that effect surprised   I wouldn't expect sites to reopen until at least the 4th of July either, and possibly not even then, depending on the situation at the time.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited May 2020 #13

    4th July? Whose choreographing this, Donald Trump?

  • lordsward
    lordsward Forum Participant Posts: 69
    edited May 2020 #14

    My site booking for the 3rd July remains. 

  • InaD
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    edited May 2020 #15

    There is an updated (11 May) statement by CAMC following HMG's announcement on 10 May  <<HERE>>  (Unfortunately the date at the top still says 23/4/2020, but is actually dated 11/5/2020, IMHO the April date should have been updated, as people may not read further than that, seeing that date is now 3 weeks ago)

    I've copied part of it below, which says current plans are for a phased reopening of sites.  Exactly what that means is unclear - are only SOME sites reopening?  And neither does it give an exact date of 1 July, so to me it's very doubtful that ALL sites will reopen on the 1st of July.  And it's all speculation at this stage anyway, it'll now be interesting to see what happens in 2-3 weeks from this week, after the easing of restrictions.

    However, the Government advice does not currently give the dates that campsites and touring sites are able to reopen and is conditional on further progress being made. We will continue to liaise with Visit Britain, Tourism Alliance and British Holiday and Home Parks Association to ensure best practice operating, cleansing and safety protocols are developed for when we are able to reopen.

    At this time we are planning on the assumption that we will be able to introduce a phased reopening of our sites network during July.

  • Pathfinder
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    edited May 2020 #16

    according to the link below sites will be opened in a phased order when we reach stage 3 of the governments plan

    Moderator Edit:

    Link now live.

    https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1281807/caravan-sites-and-holiday-parks-domestic-travel-uk-latest-2020

     

     

  • flatcoat
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    edited May 2020 #17

    I am a little more confident of July opening after reading todays papers. It appears Boris wants the country to be back to normal-ish in July. 

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