Posted on 19/12/2015 20:43
If I failed to arrive on my intended day, I assume that my name would go into the little (but expanding) “black book” as a “no show”, but I wonder what would happen to my booking. At what stage should a warden consider my vacant pitch becomes available for someone else’s use?
Posted on 22/12/2015 21:02
....so, presumably, the club would keep the deposit, mark the booking as a no show and resell the pitch.
nowadays, they can mark the booking as a no show and resell the pitch.
as Meatloaf might have said.....two out of three aint bad.
why anyone would pay deposits on several sites and then just not bother to take up the bookings seems odd.
I'm really dont get why making a financial commitment to a booking (or bookings) would (apparently) make it easier to break.
all logic and received wisdom says otherwise, irrespective of clubs 'figures'....
Posted on 22/12/2015 23:00
....so, presumably, the club would keep the deposit, mark the booking as a no show and resell the pitch.
nowadays, they can mark the booking as a no show and resell the pitch.
as Meatloaf might have said.....two out of three aint bad.
why anyone would pay deposits on several sites and then just not bother to take up the bookings seems odd.
I'm really dont get why making a financial commitment to a booking (or bookings) would (apparently) make it easier to break.
all logic and received wisdom says otherwise, irrespective of clubs 'figures'....
BB
We are talking pre internet days here when everything was done by phone (landline) and post. There was no collection of reliable data as that would have had to have been done manually. The evidence came from reports by wardens who were really the only ones that knew what was happening as they were at the sharpe end so to speak. The deposit used only to be £5 but later increased to £10 and even in those days some members were willing to sacrifice their deposit to suit their own needs which included not informing the site about their change of mind. That seemed to be instrumental in the Club's decision to abandon deposits when they moved to online bookings.
David
Posted on 23/12/2015 10:10
I think a lot of members would find it useful and it could also reduce over booking, if a certain number of pitches are kept available as freedom to roam. This would mean that you could just drive without having to worry about being in a certain place by a certain time. Just play it by ear and when you feel tired, you look for a site to stay the night. That's what caravanning used to be all about. If pitches were always available, there would be no need to pre-book at all!
Posted on 23/12/2015 10:16
can you really see someone in the 'pre-internet' days spending, say, £50 on five bookings and then not taking them up....
£50 would have been a large sum of money then....
i just cant see that taking away the 'commitment' from the member would 'encourage' them to take up more bookings....
seems 'bass akward' to me.....but, hey ho, its Christmas
Posted on 23/12/2015 10:52
I can't remember exactly when online booking started but it must have from around 2004, maybe later, as we were at Hawes and I recall discussing it with the warden. £10 in 2004 has a current value of about £14. Therefore there will be some who think £10 is a relatively small amount of money in the scheme of things and if they had to give it up to achieve what they really wanted they wouldn't give it a second thought. However there are many of us who would consider it a waste to write that amount off!!!
David
Posted on 23/12/2015 15:48
Steve
I am sure you are right as I think my discussion with the warden was how it was all going to work. Another reason for them not taking a deposit was at the time the point of sale systems at HQ and on sites were different so there was an issue with seeing whether a deposit had been paid when someone arrived on site.
David
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