It's a bit unfair

I don't understand that, if a site looks fully booked then they couldn't have got your money anyway?

 but are easy for those who can't be bothered to look elsewhere - I assume you include yourself here? 

But no I disagree, this is somewhat like the club sites are full because people don't know there are better sites out there line. Both are a little insulting in my view to the thousands who use club sites. Perhaps they do know what is out there and perhaps indeed have looked elsewhere and found that club sites are exactly what they want? I give club sites users more credit in choosing a site that is best for them?  

Normally the argument against booking a year in advance comes from those who have work commitments that don't allow them to easily  plan so far ahead. Last year and this, there has been a new dimension called COVID. There will be those who will book and be dammed and those of a more cautious nature who will want to wait and see how things are panning out before booking. I could be wrong but I wonder if the OP fits into the latter category? We have not booked that far ahead for that very reason. We have one more booking for August but currently none beyond that as we are waiting to see how things develop. We have just come back from a three site tour, two of them Club sites. Both pretty full from my observation, maybe the odd night with an empty pitch here and there. 

We debate this subject on a regular basis and I think it fair to say no one has come up  with an earth shattering idea that would solve the problem that we could all agree with? The current systems seems to work well for many but others are frustrated by it. We could go to a deposit system but having lived with the current system for so long would that not be more divisive than leaving things as they are. Most of us remember the "Great Debate" on the name change where we had people coming to the forum to complain, most of whom we not seen since!!! Probably the sensible idea would be for the Club to survey all members to get a feel for where true feeling on this lay. It could then decide whether its a case of a few tweaks or wholesale change. Whatever changes might be proposed have to be fairly simple and easy to understand.

David

I assume so, or could be day trippers? Either way the occupancy rates will be of more interest to the club.

Yes you already said so but it was removed

There are lots of reasons there are available pitches on sites, especially during a pandemic when lots of sites have had reduced capacity to keep us all safe

I don’t recall any reduced capacity at the sites we used last September and this May / June. They were all 90% or more full every night.  Well except for Culloden as they couldn’t open the facilities there. 

Cant think of anything worse than sitting for hours on end logged on to the CAMC booking site hoping for a cxlation, so that you can have a holiday, perhaps somebody could suggest that within the software they build in a facility to send you a text when a pitch becomes available as a result of a cxlation, and perhaps that is why i never use club sites and have never had difficulty finding alternative sites, mainly because i never tour during peak season July/August.

If this is aimed at me, your are quite right, cant remember last time i used it, so if it has lept into the 21st century, brilliant,look forward to maybe using it sometime in the future . 

Steady on Rufs this is the CAMC web site you are talking about.😂 In general we would not bother either, just look for somewhere else. Might be another CAMC / C&CC or more rarely an alternative supplier. Now we are usually only looking for 2 / 3 nights a stop it is a lot easier, even in these unusually busy times.