How many more sites have changed to 1pm arrival
Just arrived at Sandringham site and on our booking invoice it says 12 o clock for arrivals and now has changed to 1pm. The warden was ok about us arriving early as we said we did not know the time of arrival had changed. Apparently the time of arrival has been changed on the website and on the reminder you are emailed but not on the app.
It is best to check online before you travel to a site or if you receive a reminder of your booking.
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Wouldn't it be good if the IT department could get it right across the platforms? They have a good reputation for their skills 😉. After all the club reopened sites in July so several weeks ago!
Glad the wardens were OK but it can't make their life any easier in these difficult times. But then they are the ones who have to take the flack and wear a smile. Those behind the front line can just say lessons will be learned...... if you're lucky! 🤣
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Well , we were at Moreton-in-Marsh site last week and had a pitch close to the entry barrier and everyday caravans and motorhomes were arriving and booked in from 9.30 , so much for rules
P.S, we arrived at 2.30 and were 4th in the queue
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Clumber have a sign at the beginning of the entry road. It states no arrivals before 1pm, no queuing on the road or in the car park. There is of course plenty of park for folk to wait in. We new it was 1pm so arrived just after 12:00 and parked off of Limetree avenue and had our lunch. Then drove along to the site just after 1pm. We were about 10th / 12th in the queue but the check in was very efficient, the best we have seen and we were on site in about 10 minutes.
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It couldn't be enforced. People would either turn around and leave or have a go at the warden.
A few years ago C&CC tried charging early arrivers £5 but soon dropped it again.
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Had a similar experience at Bunree, arrived at 12.15 , as per the Handbook, only for warden to come over and say would I like to go away and come back at 1.00 ? Err no, and no I didn't get an e mail telling me that arrival time was now 1.00. Didn't mind waiting 45mins, However, and it was all good natured. Most folk were arriving from 12.00 onwards for the week or so we were there.
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Prior to going away to the Hillhead site recently ( booked last year) we of course in these times did a re check of the site details on line and read the earliest arrival time was now 13:00 we arrived at 13:15 ( that's early for us ) the very nice lady warden booked us in handed us our brown envelope containing our rubber bands etc then a nice 5 Mph drive to locate our serviced pitch a nice relaxed start to our stay
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With the majority of sites having 1200dep and cleaning,finishing it would let the site staff get a meal break if 1300 arr was the arr time across the network
Stiil earlier it seems than some commercial sites with 1000/1100 deps and 1400 arrivals
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The 12.00 arrival time has been in place at most sites for as long as I have been a member and I really do hope and expect it to return to that ASAP. The covid cleaning regime can't take any extra time as only 30% of the washroom facilities are currently in use. The current restrictions must not be used to limit members time on site especially when no financial recconpence has been made either in lieu of site closures or limitations to site facilities.
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doesn't 'a couple' mean two people? One eats ....the other works, then the other eats while the first one works ..... If you're the duty watch at it were. I've done it loads of time during meal breaks .... go to the job & then finish your meal later if need be.
Maybe the club could have a half day opening too ..... like in the olden days.
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I agree with your statement, in the REAL world meals taken at work are only a sustenance while the main meal is taken after work as a couple. I have had jobs in the past when "snap time" was given as 20 minutes in an 8 hour shift and I'm still alive to tell the tale.
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It’s got nothing to do with being husband/wife/partners. It’s two employees maximising their time to maintain a service to members. And I am quite sure it’s how most sites operate.
I encountered a serious issue walking our local park a couple of weeks ago, found person in charge who made the big mistake of telling me it was her lunch break. She was sat with colleagues. All having lunch. On being informed her lunch and that of the rest of the staff were of no interest to me, she got the message, got off her backside and did her job. It didn’t happen in my day working for Council, and certainly not senior staff. A sense of priority was required. 😡
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Afternoon
You're absolutely right and that's exactly how we run our sites. Some posters on here are a bit misinformed I'm afraid!
I've worked on one, two, three and four couple sites and we've never closed reception for lunch. I've said before on here that the reason for changing times has nothing whatsoever to do with meal breaks but to give us time to regroup ourselves ready for arrivals as the extra duties in the mornings (cleaning less facilities to covid secure standard does take more time), sanitising dozens of high touch points, and maybe slot in a bit of groundwork etc makes it impossible to be ready for mid day. I really don't believe things will change on that for a long time, some parts of the new normal are here to stay
JK
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+1, JK I’m thinking some posters are graduates of the Russian school of information🤣🤣
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I think whatever time people are told to arrive there will always be those that arrive early. Most of the time to try and get the best pitch
I think one way the club could improve things is to let you have a choice of pitches when you book, so the earlier you book the better choice of pitch you get. What one person sees as a good pitch the next person does not
We often arrive late on a Friday after work and don't very often get much choice but you take what is available, we have even moved on Saturday morning if a nicer pitch for us becomes available
The old saying "you can't please all of the people all of the time"
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