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 ? 

moulesy replied on 03/09/2020 10:53

Posted on 03/09/2020 10:53

Booking next year might not be such a problem after all!

I was talking to a neighbour just back from holiday yesterday - family with 2 children 10 and 8. When their all inclusive holiday to Tenerife was cancelled he went out and bought a 1 year old TA 6 berth van with all the trimmings. They're just back from 5 weeks on 2 sites in Devon and now looking to sell everything because (a) it's too big to store on his drive and (b) "it was nice enough but not really a holiday" (I don't think he and his wife are big on self catering! wink).

Reckons he'll stand to lose £3000 to £4000 on the deal but then "that's about what the Tenerife fortnight would have cost anyway"! surprised

(Anyone want a slightly used 2 year old van? laughing)

replied on 03/09/2020 10:58

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 10:58

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replied on 03/09/2020 11:01

Posted on 03/09/2020 10:53 by moulesy

Booking next year might not be such a problem after all!

I was talking to a neighbour just back from holiday yesterday - family with 2 children 10 and 8. When their all inclusive holiday to Tenerife was cancelled he went out and bought a 1 year old TA 6 berth van with all the trimmings. They're just back from 5 weeks on 2 sites in Devon and now looking to sell everything because (a) it's too big to store on his drive and (b) "it was nice enough but not really a holiday" (I don't think he and his wife are big on self catering! wink).

Reckons he'll stand to lose £3000 to £4000 on the deal but then "that's about what the Tenerife fortnight would have cost anyway"! surprised

(Anyone want a slightly used 2 year old van? laughing)

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:01

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Justus2 replied on 03/09/2020 11:18

Posted on 03/09/2020 09:34 by KjellNN

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?

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:18

Every time I try and book any site with C&CC , I sort the availability, put in the outfit, number of people, time of arrival etc etc then click continue.. Normally this goes to the payment page " enter card details "  etc.. In July it was working fine but since August all I ever get is Sorry, something has gone wrong.. every single time. Gave up in the end. I think it must be some glitch caused by an update to windows 10 or similar, it isn't browsers as I've tried chrome, edge, firefox and even the android app same every time, sorry something has gone wrong. frown

Some say they having the same issue, others not... It's a perplexing IT issue and nothing seems to be improving. I tried phoning once, gave up after 10 mins wait..frown

peedee replied on 03/09/2020 11:24

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:24

Well I have just booked with no trouble at all Justus. I was using the latest versions of both W10 and Firefox. I think the C&CC got someway into a web site upgrade and something went wrong and it seems to be stuck with some new pages and some old. I much prefer to use the older pages.

peedee

P.S. Try going in via >here< and then Book Your Pitch

Justus2 replied on 03/09/2020 11:30

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:24 by peedee

Well I have just booked with no trouble at all Justus. I was using the latest versions of both W10 and Firefox. I think the C&CC got someway into a web site upgrade and something went wrong and it seems to be stuck with some new pages and some old. I much prefer to use the older pages.

peedee

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:30

Yes I prefer the old pages too... I have no idea what the issue is, but it fails every single time for me and was fine in July as we booked a couple of C&CC sites back then .. I've reported it about 6 or 7 times for all the good that did. No response, no change. Its more frustrating that some seem to be succeeding and have no idea why I am not ..frown

Justus2 replied on 03/09/2020 11:40

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:24 by peedee

Well I have just booked with no trouble at all Justus. I was using the latest versions of both W10 and Firefox. I think the C&CC got someway into a web site upgrade and something went wrong and it seems to be stuck with some new pages and some old. I much prefer to use the older pages.

peedee

P.S. Try going in via >here< and then Book Your Pitch

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:40

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  : 

 

 

peedee replied on 03/09/2020 11:44

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:44

Its not your Security preventing you from moving to the payment page which maybe a third party page?

peedee

P.S. I can get all the way to where it asks for card details for that site arriving on 20th Feb 2021 for 7 nights. It does not seem to be a third party page for payment.

brue replied on 03/09/2020 11:49

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:49

My usual route with C&CC is sign in, choose a site, via "book it" put the details in and then the pitches types available come up, book a pitch type and the price details come up etc. I've just tried this and the money off code came up too (Wolverley as a test) so make sure you sign in first? They have a fast track booking system too but I like the slower version, checking out the site details first...so for me, it's "view site" then click on "book it." smile

Justus2 replied on 03/09/2020 11:50

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:44 by peedee

Its not your Security preventing you from moving to the payment page which maybe a third party page?

peedee

Posted on 03/09/2020 11:50

I don't know , I have McAfee BT virus protect.. I'll have a rummage about.. In the mean time I'm conscious of blocking this thread so we perhaps should leave it there. But which ever route I take, and after signing in first, book the site, enter number of people etc etc, but eventually the result is the same as the screenshot ..Oh for a msg function..Thanks ..smile 

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