Cancellations

yes, i did say that this is difficult in the uk, we are so conditioned into booking everything these days..

however, this is not how we want to spend our time in the van, we like to move when we want to, not when the booking dictates.

but, as this is difficult, we'll continue with cl/ths type breaks as there is a much more relaxed way about these places, and leave or serious 'touring' for our longer trips abroad....

 

if you like a place, youll want to stay a bit longer....if you run out of interesting things to do, you'll want to move on anead of time...

this is not easy to do on sites in this country, and you cant book 'site 2' while on site 1, as its likely to be booked....

 

I typically book 5 nights at each location on a tour. However I have on occasion changed whilst on site and decided that the site or the next site warrants longer or lesser time. Never had a problem changing my agenda. Similar when I have had a mechanical problem with a car or 'van. As it happens the 'next' site has always been a caravan club site and therefore no penalty for late changes anyway. If it were an affiliated site (and I do use those as well) I might loose a night's fees. No problem to me if that were to happen on occasion. On a 5 or 6 week tour a nights fees are neither here nor there in the overall scheme of things.

this is not easy to do on sites in this country, and you cant book 'site 2' while on site 1, as its likely to be booked....

We have done it as the warden at the new site agreed to hold a pitch for us until we cancelled where we were.

this is not easy to do on sites in this country, and you cant book 'site 2' while on site 1, as its likely to be booked....

We have done it as the warden at the new site agreed to hold a pitch for us until we cancelled where we were.

Write your comments here...+1,I think some make a problem when it does not really exist ,on one occasion the warden on the site we were on did it all for us while we were in the office

this is not easy to do on sites in this country, and you cant book 'site 2' while on site 1, as its likely to be booked....

We have done it as the warden at the new site agreed to hold a pitch for us until we cancelled where we were.

Write your comments here...+1,I think some make a problem when it does not really exist ,on one occasion the warden on the site we were on did it all for us while we were in the office

your friendly warden cant 'reserve a pitch' for you of there is no availability......

the point being, you have a slot booked fpr a certain period but trying to move that slot in a busy period or to weekend is going to be tricky....so itinery changes when using sites can be a pain.

this can be mitigated with the use of CLs .....or not to change plans...

this is not easy to do on sites in this country, and you cant book 'site 2' while on site 1, as its likely to be booked....

We have done it as the warden at the new site agreed to hold a pitch for us until we cancelled where we were.

Write your comments here...+1,I think some make a problem when it does not really exist ,on one occasion the warden on the site we were on did it all for us while we were in the office

We too have had help from the Warden when bad weather made travelling unwise and curtailing our trip was the sensible option.

We were due to move from Morvich to Bunree for 3 nights before heading home.  The weather was atrocious so the warden at Morvich cancelled our Bunree booking and booked us for a further night at Morvich.  We decided to  cut short the trip as Bunree is no fun when it is very wet and windy!!

this is not easy to do on sites in this country, and you cant book 'site 2' while on site 1, as its likely to be booked....

We have done it as the warden at the new site agreed to hold a pitch for us until we cancelled where we were.

Write your comments here...+1,I think some make a problem when it does not really exist ,on one occasion the warden on the site we were on did it all for us while we were in the office

your friendly warden cant 'reserve a pitch' for you of there is no availability......

the point being, you have a slot booked fpr a certain period but trying to move that slot in a busy period or to weekend is going to be tricky....so itinery changes when using sites can be a pain.

this can be mitigated with the use of CLs .....or not to change plans...

I have fortunately had little problem in changing. Never away in the August however.

That reminds me of the song: 'Everything changes but you.'

..... its a shame that the 'touring' ethos of the club (in its purest, impromptu state) has been lost.....

Like everything the ethos of the club has to move on with those who are in it and run it. Not many people tour by relying on just turning up at a site anymore so if they held back pitches then they might well stay empty and yet people who wanted to book in advance wouldnt have been able to.

Things move on - in days gone by pitches werent marked out, toilet disposal was just an open manhole. The club is a business, if it can sell its pitches in advance of course it will. Plus keeping pitches back for a certain sector of the club isnt really as it should be in the interests of equality surely.

..... its a shame that the 'touring' ethos of the club (in its purest, impromptu state) has been lost.....

Like everything the ethos of the club has to move on with those who are in it and run it. Not many people tour by relying on just turning up at a site anymore so if they held back pitches then they might well stay empty and yet people who wanted to book in advance wouldnt have been able to.

Things move on - in days gone by pitches werent marked out, toilet disposal was just an open manhole. The club is a business, if it can sell its pitches in advance of course it will. Plus keeping pitches back for a certain sector of the club isnt really as it should be in the interests of equality surely.

Write your comments here... I think you'll find it's called pre planning , that's how you manage your booking now days , too many members are living in the past