50% OFF midweek discounts
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Caring duties, volunteering/charity commitments, social/sporting commitments at home, ..... the list could go on for a very long time, Mikey.
Being over 65 doesn't, to us anyway, mean we can just up sticks and go away at the drop of a hat.
We probably do go away more than ever these days, but the trips are pretty much all planned out well in advance, as Steve says, the planning is part of the enjoyment!
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Not just 50% off but a “whopping 50% off”
also as Jim Bowen would say “see what you could have won”
expired offers
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I agree with you and Steve before - planning and counting down the days is fun.
I thought retirement just meant having nothing to do throughout the week and I did not believe my dad and in-laws who said they couldn't understand how they found time for work when they did yet it's true!
We have a weekly schedule, and some 'work' and while we don't have to actually do any of them we do enjoy them.
Weekends are mostly usually free for a quick trip away.
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I suspect it's a bit historical for many long standing Club members in so far if you didn't book ahead it was difficult to get full weeks because of those blessed weekenders who needed time away to recover from a stressful week at work
Obviously that has now almost been turned on its head with the introduction of deposits. I am well over 65 and we tend only to book weeks, rather than months, ahead. There is always an alternative. Sometimes habits of a lifetime take a while to change?David
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Update. My email arrived today.
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One reason might be popularity of some sites and price. We booked 3 days at Chatsworth last November for this November and not only is one of the days now full, the others have increased in price by 15%. OK I had to pay a deposit which they have for a year, but that’s not actually at risk until 21 days before.
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We never used to go away in the school holidays, and still avoid them as far as possible, but as SIL is a teacher he can be home to look after the children then, which means we do not need to be on duty, or inconvenience the other grandparents so much.
We try to go maybe 2/3 weeks before the Scottish school holiday in summer plus up to another 3 weeks, then be home before the English schools break up.
For Easter DD & Co take the first week (borrowing our van) then we take the second week plus 2 more weeks. They also usually take a week away in July or August.
And in Autumn we try to start out in late September, before the long weekend break up here, and link that through to the October week, at which point DD & Co have another week in our van.
What we find strange is that the other grandparents, who are both retired teachers, still book time away in the school holidays!
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My EMail from 'Obscurantists R us' aka CAMC arrived today as well.
50% Mid week discount 'Back by popular demand'
Translated into English = We aren't getting the bookings we expected. Let's make what seems an attractive deal and see if we can fool some suckers into falling for it and paying nice juicy deposits.
'..popular demand' - It would be had it been genuine and worthwhile.
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells & Unsurprised of Uttoxeter
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I don't understand why some people have to question what other people do, if it doesn't affect them personally and I have read comments from people who criticise members for NOT booking in advance!
I'm 70 and have never booked more than a week in advance, however, I do realise that a lot of older people like to take their grandchildren with them on holiday, so book in advance due to the school holidays and many people these days, are working after they are 65, so may need to book in advance to fit in with their work colleagues holidays.
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I don’t think there is any doubt that members mourned the demise of mid week discount after the new booking system started. There have certainly been enough comments on CT. It’s just that this reincarnation isn’t what folk had in mind for its return.
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It's a start Steve, there will be more.
JK
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It's no use at all to those of us that tour all year round, researching the next trip while away on one trip. We have frequently in the past taken in club sites with the old MWD when it resulted to a near equivalent price to neighbouring CLs but will no longer be able to take advantage of it because we have not yet decided where we intend to visit and when.
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Same here Nellie.
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And we can't be the only one in a similar position either, tda.
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+1, mmmm-some would still complain of their noise😂
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Complain? Surely not! 😂
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We could start our own sub section of the Club Nellie……
”The Collateral Damage Envoys” Willing to seek out last minute vfm bargains, and share with other like minded tourers….🤣
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There are an awful lot of comments on CAMC FB pages, especially about the way the discounts have been presented, concerning pitch prices in particular as they aren't visible so some think the discount applies to the whole booking.
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Sadly the "criticisms" are not just on CT they are on social media (including CAMC FB ) generally and also sites like Trust Pilot so It's not a figment of our imagination that the New Booking System, the App, the offers and site prices have not matched expectations. People will silently move away. We are lucky to have a voice on here but there is a very noticeable absence from the other side.
Had a lot of us not used feedback and made responses on here or FB what would have happened? Would all those fixes and ongoing fixes have been instigated even though "testing" was supposed to have happened?
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Nothing to stop those people who are criticising the criticism from coming on here and praising the club. There are posters on here who are strong advocates of the club and even those who dare to criticise will give praise when its due in their opinion.
In addition do those who just look at "criticism" not look at the advice handed out and maybe acknowledge that the forum isn't that bad?
Agree with all of those points you made Brue.
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Got to the bottom of why the MWD has to be booked 28 days in advance….. it’s to give those who have booked super early chance to cancel before the 21 day no return of deposit period kicks in….
”As we now ask for at least 21 days notice for guaranteed reimbursement of deposits we have set the time frame at 28 days to provide some leeway for our members as an existing booking would need to be canceled and remade if wanting to take advantage of the offer. We have not done this to garner more deposits, we have introduced it to protect members from the potential loss of deposits due to the way in which bookings would need to be made”
🤷♀️ What a system, you couldn’t make it up, honestly. 🤣
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That doesn’t really make sense. The 28 days to allow those with bookings to cancel / rebook, only applies to the first few dates of MWD. Thereafter members have time to decide wether it’s worth it or not. In the case of one of my bookings with only one day of MWD it’s actually still cheaper as the base price has increased.
Also the bit about not garnering more deposits is clearly false, as MWD for September has to be booked by May 2nd.5 -
the advertising is somewhat misleading.
Steve, it is much more than "somewhat misleading" it is deliberately so, to confuse those who are new to the " club" and to those that have possibly not used MWD in the past.
We have just booked a commercial site with a proper MWD, 4 nights for the price of 3, and it applies throughout the year except for it's relatively short peak season.
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I'm being picky here
Nice to see cancellation is spelt the American way. 😡😡😡
Just adds insult to injury.
I think, not a member now, that everything the club says needs to be viewed and read an estate agent speak. And the politicians manifesto. Very very sad
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It doesn’t make sense to me either. Why give a discount to those happy enough to book anything at full price, but then set up something that doesn’t particularly attract in spur of the moment visitors to fill any midweek pitches that are left🤷♀️ By the sound of it, if the prices rise the closer one gets to staying, it’s not going to be much of a discount anyway🤷♀️
You can set a point of sale till up to give almost any price you want with little difficulty these days, so it’s very very easy to have an “on the day price” that could be used for MWD on the day arrivals, rather than making everyone book such a minimum of 28 days prior🤷♀️🤷♀️
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