Why is after 8 pm considered a 'late arrival'

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  • MikeyA
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    edited May 2021 #122

    You may well spend say £50 a night more but you will have saved £20K by not buying a caravan.

     

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2021 #123

    How kind of you. You missed off the Old Oaks site at Glastonbury.

    How did the club react when you suggested ANPR to them?🤣🤣🤣

  • C9C9C9
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    edited May 2021 #124

    An example, Premier inn one night 24/7 access (manned with one or two people on the desk at night).  Approx. £45 for three people.    

    Caravan club £26.00 for one night + £54.00  membership fee = £80.00 and nobody to fluff my pillows, change my towels and hoover my room.

     

    You are not convincing me vbfg.  

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2021 #125

    This is madness🤯🤯🤯

  • LLM
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    edited May 2021 #126

    Or much much more on a motor caravan wink.

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    edited May 2021 #127
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  • C9C9C9
    C9C9C9 Forum Participant Posts: 80
    edited May 2021 #128

    There are other sites and threads a short distance away that may be to your taste? 

  • moulesy
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    edited May 2021 #129

    But of course (a) you are quoting a very selective price for some Premier Inn on some date; you're not necessarily going to get that price all year round.  And

    (b) the comparison with £80 is nonsense because you don't pay the additional £54 for every night you stay.

    You're not convincing me 303303! wink

  • allanandjean
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    edited May 2021 #130

    Hi 303,

    I think people are willing to help and perhaps make you aware of possible sites but, reading over the posts since this morning, it does seem you are determined not to say your location, it doesn't have to be too detailed, and that would suggest, to me at least, that you are not interested in any 'suggestions' but just want people to consider that 8pm is not late.

    There will always be exceptions, breakdowns and other issues, affecting travel but for me 8pm is a reasonable time for the last arrival.

    My last point would be that to compare a CL with a club site is like chalk and cheese as its 99.9% certain the CL will not be utilising paid staff, with all the restrictions and responsibilities that brings, to welcome you.

  • C9C9C9
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    edited May 2021 #132

    There are people who do want to help and that is lovely, I appreciate it.

    However, unless you are aware of caravan club certified sites that have a > 8 pm opening times on a Friday it is not clear to me how you can help, so I don't see the point in divulging my location.  If there is a list somewhere please point me towards it, I suspect there will be very few names on it.  The problem is not my location (if you believe there is one, you may not), it is the policy.     

     

     

     

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2021 #133

    Nail on head, M. To some, the road to nowhere is everything.😋

  • NutsyH
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    edited May 2021 #134

    OP - try rocking up at a site in France between 12.00 & 14.00. No chance of checking in unless you drive to the nearest bar/cafe to find the warden.

  • Navigateur
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    edited May 2021 #135

    I can't recall a Caravan Club Certificated Location, or a Camping Club equivalent for that matter, that had a barrier, never mind one that was closed after any set time.  There was ONE Camping Club CS that had a gate that was kept closed, but that wasn't to keep out campers but cows!

  • C9C9C9
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    edited May 2021 #136

    I travel to France/Switzerland every year and have had no problems, at least they let you in. 

  • C9C9C9
    C9C9C9 Forum Participant Posts: 80
    edited May 2021 #137

    Well perhaps you haven't been to many.  

  • EasyT
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    edited May 2021 #138

    Nearest premier to me, with double room for two and continental breakfast £80 a night tomorrow, Chester. 

  • EasyT
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    edited May 2021 #139

    If I knew what he wanted and had an ideal location and site I wouldn't tell him anyway A & J; Would you?

  • MikeyA
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    edited May 2021 #140

    Not always the case, some sites will have a notice saying pitch and go to the office later. The one major difference is you could arrive at 10.30 am and be welcomed in - not sent away like a naughty schoolboy!

     

  • C9C9C9
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    edited May 2021 #141

    Club rules set arrival times see section 1.a.  

    https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/uk-sites/club-sites/club-site-rules/

     

    So I don't consider it likely you have any information to offer.  

  • C9C9C9
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    edited May 2021 #142

    Great, breakfast thrown in too and 24/7 access for the price of membership and one night booking.  My booking was a premier inn booking without breakfast.    

  • C9C9C9
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    edited May 2021 #143

    In case anybody thinks my prices are inaccurate, please find attached (right click new window etc.).

  • SteveL
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    edited May 2021 #144

    Not sure what point there is in comparing a hotel with a campsite, but good luck with setting up your BBQ  and table / Chairs in the Premier Inn.😂

  • moulesy
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    edited May 2021 #145

    ED - the irony of that much used post, which has subsequently become clear on this thread is that that is exactly what the OP is saying himself - in effect "I've always done it this way, there's not a chance in hell of me doing anything different"!  laughing

  • C9C9C9
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    edited May 2021 #146

    24/7 access for the same price as a caravan site.  The notion we should be grateful that the prices are dirt cheap, and employing more staff would be ruinous doesn't hold weight.  

     

    That being said you've given me ideas for my next premier inn visit  laughing.    

  • C9C9C9
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    edited May 2021 #147

    Enlighten me to any options within the rules of the caravan club?

  • moulesy
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    edited May 2021 #148

    I'm giving up on this thread now since it seems to be heading the way of the Month Python arguement sketch!  laughing

    (Oh no it's doesn't!)

  • MichaelT
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    edited May 2021 #149

    Do you want 20 minutes or the full half hourlaughing

  • Cornersteady
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    edited May 2021 #150

    but I've already paid you

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2021 #151

    I'm already lying down in a darkened room because the U turns, back tracking, shooting off at tangents and going round in circles have made me dizzy.😰

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