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 ? 

replied on 03/09/2020 08:28

Posted on 03/09/2020 00:00 by SeasideBill

Well actually it does, this discussion is about an acute situation arising this year from a unique set of circumstances. 

Posted on 03/09/2020 08:28

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JVB66 replied on 03/09/2020 08:32

Posted on 03/09/2020 08:28 by

Of course it's unique Bill. New members, those unable  or temporarily unwilling to travel abroad plus the pent up demand from all after months "confined to barracks"  all desperate to get away even at   CAMC  prices. If they couldn't fill sites just now in a sellers market they really would have a problem.

Posted on 03/09/2020 08:32

It seems some comercials are not having the same success wink

replied on 03/09/2020 08:47

Posted on 03/09/2020 08:32 by JVB66

It seems some comercials are not having the same success wink

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SteveL replied on 03/09/2020 08:55

Posted on 03/09/2020 08:47 by

There is no denying the club has a devoted following from caravanners who would  rather stay at home than risk the horrors of a site outside it's fold. wink

Posted on 03/09/2020 08:55

There's a lot to be said for a known quantity in these unusual times.🤔

JVB66 replied on 03/09/2020 09:06

Posted on 03/09/2020 08:47 by

There is no denying the club has a devoted following from caravanners who would  rather stay at home than risk the horrors of a site outside it's fold. wink

Posted on 03/09/2020 09:06

Many thousands of in your words "devoted following" it seemswink

Takethedogalong replied on 03/09/2020 09:26

Posted on 03/09/2020 08:32 by JVB66

It seems some comercials are not having the same success wink

Posted on 03/09/2020 09:26

I wouldn’t base your response upon the simple fact you have found a Site that isn’t a Club based. Many private and commercial Sites are very busy, I know that two we considered hadn’t got the dates we needed.

Don't forget that a good few none Club Sites are operating without opening facilities as well, which will put off many tourers. It’s one of the reasons we have made sure we are ready to do a full ten days without hook up if needs be. 

Most of the Club Sites/AS Sites we prefer aren’t open this year, so you have fewer pitches catering for a vastly increased home based Membership. 

Price isn’t such a deal breaker for us either this time out, given the circumstances. Although £7 for our overnight stay in a gorgeous location fits the bill nicely😁 We might have to pay as much as £15 per night possibly.............🤣

JVB66 replied on 03/09/2020 09:31

Posted on 03/09/2020 09:18 by peedee

Have you tried booking any?

peedee

Posted on 03/09/2020 09:31

As posted earlier could not get on a club site next week for dates we wanted with some friends ,checked commercial site in same area (3.5miles ) that had really good reviews and was advised they had space for both of us and spaces for another if needed visit in November

 with new toilet block  that is open and radar key accessed room pub 200yds and chippy the same

KjellNN replied on 03/09/2020 09:34

Posted on 03/09/2020 07:01 by Justus2

I would book the cheapest if the sites were near to each other, we in fact recently stayed  at Sandringham C&CC in preference to this club's site which is just around the corner. I would normally do so again but I am not alone in finding the C&CC booking system and website extremely problematic at the moment and wonder if that is having an impact on the levels of booking with this club. After many attempts and fault reports I have now given up with bookings with C&CC for this year, it just isn't working, which for us has resulted in 24 nights booking with CAMC for the autumn months. I expect others who are members of both clubs may have done the same which may well have impacted on CAMC booking levels.

Posted on 03/09/2020 09:34

We are booked at Malvern on the CAMC site, but thinking of swapping to the CCC site next door as there is a good saving to be made.

OH started a booking, works out at just over £15 Per night, did not proceed to payment as we are not ready to decide yet, but was no problem  up to that point, what bit of the booking process is there a problem with?

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