Not moving with the times

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  • Unknown
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    edited August 2020 #212
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  • JVB66
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    edited August 2020 #213

    Which is why with the this club there is the opportunity to book a year in advance and still without a deposit,so why the need to wait for a cancelation? it is called planningwink

  • SteveL
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    edited August 2020 #214

    On the other hand there are quite a few like us that want to move on every 2 / 4 days, so it is easy enough to work round any potential blockages. Since getting a MH we have increased the number of clubs we belong to, adding the C&CC. Gives us plenty to go at. However, when looking for a site, as in the case of Malvern, where CAMC and C&CC are next door to each other, it's this club every time, simply because of the ease of booking.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited August 2020 #215

    "Just one question though. Why would the CAMC want to remove one of its major selling points and sink down among the rest of the industry?" 

    Exactly, I thought the thread was about moving ahead, not backwards. 

  • peedee
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    edited August 2020 #216

    I haven't had any problem this year using CLs. undecided

    I just been looking for a booking for 6 weeks time, no chance and looks like it will again be a CL or commercial.

    peedee

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2020 #217

    But also as posted there are many reasons pitches will become available not at short notice the fifteen minutes? later could mean that some one else beat you to the ltast pitch (remember it is LESS than 5 pitches shown  available when hovering over the availability)

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited August 2020 #218

    And equated to about one night's site fee. The figure of £10 is meaningless now all these years down the road. I could fill my fuel tank for £30 and get a meal out for two for £15 etc etc.

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2020 #219

    Most sites  that are open by then ,show availability in six weeks timeundecided

  • EasyT
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    edited August 2020 #220

    With the inflation that would be closer to £20 now but most sites ask £25 to £30. As I have said before, I suspect that most folk wishing to cancel would not be put off cancelling, and especially if just a weekend booking with torrential rain forecast. OK you loose £25 but spend an additional £50+ in fuel and pitch costs to be confined. Far better to loose the deposit for me. 

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2020 #221

    As our grandkids say these days "its only £10"  was worth a lot more when deposits were done away withundecided

  • SteveL
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    edited August 2020 #222

    Perhaps just me, but in those circumstances, if I had paid a deposit I would more likely cancel. When I haven't paid one, it would not  feel right cancelling at the last minute.

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  • EasyT
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    edited August 2020 #224

    We wold not cancel but then each of our 5 night bookings is a step to the next and we don't do weekends.

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2020 #225

    Not much chance of seeing each areasurprised

    Bit like the american tours of the uk " did London yesterday its wed pm we are doing York then on to Edinburg in the morning"cool

  • SteveL
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    edited August 2020 #226

    Plenty with a MH and next to no set up time. 😉 Two days to look about locally and visit a couple of things. Then a short hop to the next site and repeat.😀

  • Justus2
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    edited August 2020 #227

    We seldom if ever book more than 4 nights in one place. It's a different experience in a MH. Moving site is no more difficult than going out for the day in a van. During each stay we might walk, cycle or take the van out then we move on 50 or 60 miles. When we had a caravan we would stay longer and drive an hour or more to visit something then drive back again. The difference now is that having moved on to visit something, we don't have to drive back.... coolwink

  • SeasideBill
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    edited August 2020 #228

    I’m more of a Twiglets man, but you need to ditch that caravan thingy and do some proper touring, 😉

     

  • SeasideBill
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    edited August 2020 #229

    I’m firmly in that catergory.

  • SeasideBill
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    edited August 2020 #230

    You couldn’t be more wrong. 

  • Rufs
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    edited August 2020 #231

    done enough of the touring thing in my lifetime, spent half my life hopping in and out of aeroplanes, or sailing oceans, or just driving a tourist bus around Scotland (was one of my bucket list to do things) when i retired. Now i just go away for a change of scenery do a bit of sight seeing and chill, that is why i always go for a svcd pitch, back to base 5ish - 6ish cocktail hour sort out some grub, walk the dog, in bed by 2100 with good book or magazine.

    for Woodovis because i booked within 6 weeks of arrival i had to pay the full whack Ouch!!! but they do provide insurance if required to get your money back if no show, like to kee3p it simple, but weather report not all bad so looking forward to it.laughing

  • SeasideBill
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    edited August 2020 #232

    Hmmmm, cocktail hour, now I’m getting interested. This 21:00 thing explains why there’s nobody on here in the evenings and plenty of posts before I emerge from my slumbers at the other 9 o’clock in the day.

    As a complete aside, one of the benefits of site restrictions and toilet closures etc, is that I no longer have to plan my day around that quaint tradition on CMC sites - the toilet cleaning schedule.

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  • brue
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    edited August 2020 #234

    Oh I get it now

    "not moving with the TIMES"

    I must have been on the wrong  tack.

  • moulesy
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    edited August 2020 #235

    It just shows,  brue - curtain twitching has reached new heights if folk are noting what newspapers fellow members are reading on site! laughing

  • EasyT
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    edited August 2020 #236

    No idea about underpants, I'm talking trousers, jackets and coats Bill. 

    I don't buy clothes online as I wan to test the fit rather than send back

  • moulesy
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    edited August 2020 #237

    That reminds me of a story a friend of mine told me about a couple of American tourists he overheard on a cruise in the Med a couple of years back. When the boat called in at Venice one said to the other "are you going to go on the excursion?" to which the reply was "no, I don't think there's much to see here,  I'll just stay in the bar!" surprised

  • EasyT
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    edited August 2020 #238

    Probably totally different. As most are aware I stay 4 nights and move on. Very rare that I need to travel more than 15 miles for a day out. May not see everything but there is next time (maybe not as I get older)

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  • EasyT
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    edited August 2020 #240

    for Woodovis because i booked within 6 weeks of arrival i had to pay the full whack Ouch!!! but they do provide insurance if required to get your money back if no show, like to kee3p it simple, but weather report not all bad so looking forward to it.
     

    I few years back I was trying to decide between sites. The one I was going to choose waned full payment up front. I dropped them an e-mail to explain why I had chosen the other site. Response was 'we don't have any option with online booking but if you phone we can just take a deposit until you arrive. Daft laughing

  • peedee
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    edited August 2020 #241

    ET, You can always take a chance and just turn up! Perhaps not so easy with a caravan.

    peedee