Booking Abuse!

Brue  you are right,all through the season LA shows what is available for W/ends up to three weeks ahead,which normally gets Less as the date approaches,not more which would show short notice cancelations

From March 4th availability is increasing week on week due to all the sites gradually opening for Easter, some pitches will have been booked earlier and the remainder are now becoming visible as late availability. When the sites are closed the available pitches aren't visible in LA. This would indicate an increase in availability, not cancellations? (Or am I going round the bend?!)

Sites opening on say the 4th March will have been available to book in December 2015 but will only appear on the late availability from the date of opening  e.g. 4th March. They would not appear on late availability for the 27-29th Feb. I have only been comparing availability for one weekend, the 11-13th March, and the number of sites available for that weekend remains constant. It does not vary so any variations in availablity are do to bookings and cancellations. Nothing whatsoever to do with sites opening and closing.

There was a flurry of late bookings yesterday and by this morning losses in bookings has been made up. What is more difficult to analyse is where these bookings  have been made and have the actual cancelations been picked up or are they bookings at sites which had plenty of availability anyway.

peedee

"There was a flurry of late bookings yesterday and by this morning losses in bookings has been made up."

Well, that rathers shows that the CC system is working extremely effectively doesn't it?

"There was a flurry of late bookings yesterday and by this morning losses in bookings has been made up."

Well, that rathers shows that the CC system is working extremely effectively doesn't it?

Possibly, but to the Clubs advantage, not to members who could not get a booking over a weekend only to find  a few days beforehand it became frustratingly available. It is still a fact there were a significant number of cancelations 24-48 hours before the deadline.

peedee

"There was a flurry of late bookings yesterday and by this morning losses in bookings has been made up."

Well, that rathers shows that the CC system is working extremely effectively doesn't it?

Possibly, but to the Clubs advantage, not to members who could not get a booking over a weekend only to find  a few days beforehand it became frustratingly available. It is still a fact there were a significant number of cancelations 24-48 hours before the deadline.

peedee

 

Well, I guess the club has a dilemma, at least if they take any notice of this forum. There are those who complain that it's no longer acting as a club, in the interest of its members. Then there are those who say it needs to move with the times and get more commercialised. I can only conclude that they are making a pretty good compromise! 

"There was a flurry of late bookings yesterday and by this morning losses in bookings has been made up."

Well, that rathers shows that the CC system is working extremely effectively doesn't it?

Possibly, but to the Clubs advantage, not to members who could not get a booking over a weekend only to find  a few days beforehand it became frustratingly available. It is still a fact there were a significant number of cancelations 24-48 hours before the deadline.

peedee

 

...I am still very confused as to how you know there were a any cancelations ,as when ever i have looked at the LA site it has always been showing reductions over the w/ends rather than an increase, which would show either cancelations or wardens bringing in more pitches

Never minde JVB.

Moulsey, well the Club could tighten up by adopting one of CY's 4 suggestions. SteveL's suggestion which initially looks a good idea, has a flaw in that I fear the rogue members would just book more than a few days and then cancel them all later when they don't want them which would be even worse.

peedee

Never minde JVB.

Moulsey, well the Club could tighten up by adopting one of CY's 4 suggestions. SteveL's suggestion which initially looks a good idea, has a flaw in that I fear the rogue members would just book more than a few days and then cancel them all later when they don't want them which would be even worse.

peedee

...So you are admitting that you really are only Guessing at cancelations as there is no way that your "way of working it out" is possible

how could you possibly 'interpret' that from Peedee's post?

how could you possibly 'interpret' that from Peedee's post?

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