UK staycation boom predicted

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited February 2021 #482

    Far preferable to catching Covid!

  • Rufs
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    edited February 2021 #483

    Dont have a problem with it, nothing booked in the UK until September, and my BF flexi tickets will still be  valid once we are allowed to travel.laughing

    #p.s. might even book a club site in Dorset May time, Bridport could be good, the one the club took over 3 years back and everybody hates, bound to be pitches available laughing

  • DEBSC
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    edited February 2021 #484

    Hopefully Moulesy but it will be a rush if we do go as we have to be back soon after for our second jab, and nothing should get in the way of that.

  • MikeyA
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    edited February 2021 #485

    Only time will tell what catching Covid is like once you have been vaccinated. Might be something and nothing especially if many have already had it without even knowing. 

  • Rufs
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    edited February 2021 #486

     Yes, we have that problem, OH has her second 1st May, mine is 23rd April, and going away in May could be a bit of a challenge, i think there are 2 BH's and half term for schools undecided

  • Rufs
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    edited February 2021 #487

    True, but if you should prove positive you still have to jump through all the hoops of self isolation etc, undecided

     

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited February 2021 #488

    Even though HO are saying that they not yet going to state when the club sites are going to open it appears that CLs are set to open in 12th April. That should suit us fine as we need only cancal/postpone a couple of CLs at the start of our planned trip, provided of course that OH can get an appointment at the hairdressers as soon as they open and M.D. opens up Wales by then.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited February 2021 #489

    I see we can "go out for the day" from 29 March, so that will enable us to blow the cobwebs away before any proper trips.

  • brue
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    edited February 2021 #490

    Does self contained accommodation only mean that site facilities will open up? The DG said yesterday that opening up everything was the Club's intention. A few questions to be answered.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited February 2021 #491

    Mmm, I definitely heard that use of communal buildings was taboo.

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  • Rufs
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    edited February 2021 #493

    Just booked 1st 2 weeks in May at one of our old stomping grounds in Dorset, fully svcd pitch, no problems, and i got a 10 pct discount, sortedlaughingjust got to decide what to do with our BF flexi tickets undecided

    Not Bingham Grange, really liked this site, but that was before the club bought it ,  now it has too many occupants who hate it because it is not of a club design 

  • DEBSC
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    edited February 2021 #494

    Talk about a surge in bookings. We experienced that yesterday - our kids ( grown up with family's of their own) both booking time away in our static van. Barely giving us time to set it up for the season. I'm sure we can squeeze some time in though.

  • brue
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    edited February 2021 #495

    There's the VAT reduction to consider if bookings are made now.

  • allanandjean
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    edited February 2021 #496

    Hi David, Had an interesting conversation with the manager of a very large touring site at Hollywell bay, near Newquay, whilst visiting yesterday.

    I asked how bookings were going, and he said almost all their accommodation was fully booked.

    I asked about touring an he said there was not much left, for example there was nowhere on site that two side by side pitches were available nor were there any dog friendly pitches left. 

    I said that was clearly good news for them, this was around mid day so no news then on the dates of opening, and he said it was but they were hoping that Easter opening might be possible-he will be dissapointed.

    So when is it you are fully booked, I asked. July and August was the answer.

    But are you not fully booked then usually, I asked.-Yes!!

    His view was that people may be booking earlier, for the busy July/August period, and they were actively looking at ways of encouraging stays outside of the school holiday periods.

  • SteveL
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    edited February 2021 #497

    Is that actually the case? As you don’t actually pay anything until arrival, I didn’t  think it would apply, given the earliest opening is likely to be the 12th of April.

  • moulesy
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    edited February 2021 #498

    Take a leaf out of Haven's book, Debs - whack up the prices, you know it makes sense! laughing

  • brue
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    edited February 2021 #499

    I believe if applies if you book before March, similar to last years deadline. See the main web site.

  • DEBSC
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    edited February 2021 #500

    If only Moulesy. The kids making use of it was part of the reason for getting it. Now that our eldest grandson is at Uni nearby our son will like to visit more often. Our grandson recently mentioned 'borrowing' it as well, we sort of side stepped that one but I expect that time will come.

  • brue
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    edited February 2021 #501

    Sorry couldn't edit my post about VAT, the web site is a bit ambiguous about this reduction.

  • EasyT
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    edited February 2021 #502

    Previously the VAT amount was dependent on when you paid and not on when you booked

  • scoutman
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    edited February 2021 #503

    VAT is always charged at the rate applicable at the time of paying, not at the point of booking or ordering goods.

  • brue
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    edited February 2021 #504

    I think the reduced rate is still aplicable for bookings made before March 31st even if they are taken up after this date (my own searches.)

    On booking a site the message reads "Please note that any applicable VAT reduction will not be reflected in this booking confirmation and the correct VAT rate will be applied upon arrival at the site when you pay for your stay."

    So if you book before March 31st your VAT rate will be lower (it has been made during the qualifying period.)

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited February 2021 #505

    We are happy bunnies here. Booked a lovely cottage for a fortnight in Summer, far enough away from crowds, but close to some very nice beaches. No issues with deposits or full refunds either, even if it isn’t a lockdown. Can’t ask fairer than this. It’s somewhere we have been before, so we know how safe, clean and nice it is, with lovely helpful owners. Lots booked for us now, all without any monetary penalties. We shall continue to keep ourselves safe, doing things carefully. The motorhome will go to the cottage with us, it worked brilliantly last Autumn.

  • EasyT
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    edited February 2021 #506

    So if you book before March 31st your VAT rate will be lower (it has been made during the qualifying period.) 

    I read it as you will pay the rate in place at the time of payment. No reduction therefore unless the government maintains a lower VAT rate. Can't see why they would personally

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited February 2021 #507

    That’s how I have interpreted Vat at Club Sites. You pay the rate applicable at the time of your stay, as it’s Government policy, rather than anything the Club has determined. (such as the interim price rises a couple of years ago). 

     

  • Tammygirl
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    edited February 2021 #508

    Having just watched the FM of Scotland make her announcement of how Scotland is to come out of Lockdown its not going to be a quick one.

    It would appear we are to return to the tier system around the end of April. 

    If anyone has bookings for Scotland you may wish to amend them as I can't see us opening up to any visitors before May at the very earliest. 

    This is not going to go down well with the people of Scotland as we have the lowest figures in the whole of the UK yet again we are to be held to the slowest realise from lockdown. 

  • SteveL
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    edited February 2021 #509

    Our May tour in Scotland is at least looking possible. I think we will wait and see rather than change anything at this stage. Several sites have deposits, so not that easy to alter.

  • Wherenext
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    edited February 2021 #510

    Tammy, Or any one else in Scotland, FM was talking about returning to Level 3 at the end of April. What did that entail with regard to Self contained accommodation like campsites? 

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2021 #511

    Our neighbour advised that the VAT  is payable at the rate in force at the time of payment ; if no other payment, ie deposit has been made at lower rate? (i did not understand either?)surprised

     

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