Booking difficulty for pre covid members

Redzed32 replied on 30/08/2020 10:25

Posted on 30/08/2020 10:25

With the onslaught of the covid virus and the massive restrictions on foreign travel , it appears not only that the existing membership are filling up club sites , but I suspect also a large influx of new members are too . This is great for the campsites , as they have all faced a very difficult season this year . However , I am experiencing that finding pitches now is very difficult , and a great deal of the sites that could be booked a month in advance previously are full to the end of the season . This obviously makes me question whether membership is actually worth it now , as so far this summer after about  6 weekend breaks , I have realised that none of these were possible through the club . 

This is obviously very disheartening , but there is a much bigger concern at play here , and that is next years bookings . No one has a crystal ball regarding the impact of covid , and we cannot predict what will happen next month , far less what will happen next year . We have the possibility of much of next years sites being booked up by people who would normally holiday abroad , and taking advantage of the booking system . If this occurs , and next year we have little or no travel restrictions , we will end up with a situation again where pre covid members cannot get pitches , and the sites will have a whole load of pre-booked vacant pitches . 

Can I ask ; are other members here experiencing this as well ? And Also ; Does the club itself have concerns about the possibility of the above situation occurring , and how to address this ? 

Justus2 replied on 03/09/2020 12:02

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:54 by brue

 PS there is a time limit on holding the booking till you press payment.

Posted on 03/09/2020 12:02

Hmm ..I don't know Brue, but I can have the whole thing done in less than 60 seconds. You don't hang around if you are familiar with a website.. It worked in July, we booked and went away to 2 sites, came back and tried to book more in exactly the same way, and it fails every single time on both my PC and laptop on any browser and via the app.. Summats wrong... It doesn't like me anymore.

peedee replied on 03/09/2020 12:03

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:40 by Justus2

Thanks peedee but just tried to book Teversal via your link, for the last week in feb, they must have vacancies then, all went well till the continue to the payment page button but no, as usual  : 

 

 

Posted on 03/09/2020 12:03

Last suggestion. You haven't missed ticking agreeing to the terms have you? Its easy to do.

peedee

Justus2 replied on 03/09/2020 12:13

Posted on 03/09/2020 12:03 by peedee

Last suggestion. You haven't missed ticking agreeing to the terms have you?

peedee

Posted on 03/09/2020 12:13

You had me worried there ..wink  Tick to agree terms isn't there on the page I am on before is goes to the error page, I get as far as the page where you choose pitch type enter number of people , time of arrival and vehicle reg. just click to continue at the bottom. No tick box to agree terms is visible at all. I know it appears with CAMC...

SeasideBill replied on 03/09/2020 12:44

Posted on 03/09/2020 12:44

I haven’t experienced any problems with iPad/IOS but if you look at the CCC Forum, you’ll see that you’re not alone. One suggestion is to clear your cache and ensure your browser is up-to-date, especially if using Chrome. Whatever, it’s clearly a problem that has been reported so just a case of being patient or picking up the phone.

KjellNN replied on 03/09/2020 18:07

Posted on 03/09/2020 10:14 by brue

Even if there was a saving my personal choice would be the more open CAMC site with it's views of the Malvern Hills! CAMC are doing a mid week discount there.

I don't find any difficulty booking with the C&CC either but it pays to look up their "offers" first and get the codes needed for extra reductions on some sites.

Our bookings are less with CAMC and more with C&CC at the end of this month onwards into October mainly because the sites are where we want to be.

Posted on 03/09/2020 18:07

We have used the CAMC at Malvern several times, nice site, but now we are also CCC members we thought we would try it for a change.  No idea about which has the best facilities, we will not be using them anyway, but there is a good saving with CCC.  We are only there 3 nights, and unfortunately only one would get the CAMC mid week discount.

Are the CCC prices that come up now the prices with the lower rate of VAT, or is there still that to come off?

replied on 03/09/2020 18:38

Posted on 03/09/2020 18:07 by KjellNN

We have used the CAMC at Malvern several times, nice site, but now we are also CCC members we thought we would try it for a change.  No idea about which has the best facilities, we will not be using them anyway, but there is a good saving with CCC.  We are only there 3 nights, and unfortunately only one would get the CAMC mid week discount.

Are the CCC prices that come up now the prices with the lower rate of VAT, or is there still that to come off?

Posted on 03/09/2020 18:38

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KjellNN replied on 03/09/2020 19:16

Posted on 03/09/2020 19:16

Yes, we are well into the ACR range, and OH has the e mails with the further discounts, so will get her to check that out, but as we would not be there till 01/10, I think we may be too late for the extra high season reduction.

replied on 03/09/2020 19:43

Posted on 03/09/2020 19:16 by KjellNN

Yes, we are well into the ACR range, and OH has the e mails with the further discounts, so will get her to check that out, but as we would not be there till 01/10, I think we may be too late for the extra high season reduction.

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