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I have no idea how many are on site on 3rd January. Would 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th have sufficient uptake? I have no idea as we are regularly away for the last two weeks of December but never in January.

Alan, we just happen to do New Year later (in Jan, when it happens) and stay at home at Xmas...

however, i would think it equally bizarre (stupid) to choose (say) December 23rd (or even the middle of August) as the break for bookings.....as it is the middle of a popular holiday period....

irrespective of which sites are closed, its the open ones that customers want to visit at New Year, and forcing customers to make two bookings, months apart, to secure the 'New Year week' is plainly bonkers when a small admin change could move it back a week or so and remove the problem.

i understand that any date chosen will cause 'inconvenience' for someone booking at that specific time, but surely the club should be looking to avoid holiday periods.

oh, i did forget about confused customers....

last year i asked the club why they do what they do.....i dont remember getting an answer....though its likely to be ' because we always do it like this' 

Alan, we just happen to do New Year later (in Jan, when it happenswink) and stay at home at Xmas...

I appreciate that BB <rolling eyes smiley> 

I think that not many sites are open come 4th Jan? I wondered how busy sites that were open were after 4th Jan. You might be the chap to tell me I expect.

Last year in January there re between 7 and 10 outfits at Lady Margaet both week days & week ends. Is there any need to advance book when sites are so empty? Look at the weather and then decide. Some offers like mid week discount at Lady Margaret might help. but no chance of the tea drinkers thinking outside the box.

ah, the classic 'cant book your whole New Year break in one go' scenario.....after booking the first bit earlier in the year, you have to wait untill August to book from the 4th Jan onwards....

I am not sure why they have to do it at all. Why not release everything to the middle of March, the following year, on frenzy day? I assume it relates to the price change. The end of peak prices for Christmas and NY and the start of 2018 prices. They probably have not worked out how much they want to charge us in 2018 way back in December the year before.

The accounts are done in the last quarter, so I presume new prices are reviewed and agreed prior to the AGM statements of account etc. I can't remember when the prices are released? I presume the IT dept then has to ......well er....remember how they did the price upgrades last year.... cue essential maintenance Lego men 

Meanwhile someone has to tell the magazine editor and find a nice way of telling everyone it's going to cost more to stay on a site......

By that time booking day has passed and the magazine will then be encouraging everyone to see Canada by train.......

No, I can't work out why the cut off dates are early January either.

For those not wishing to have the 'extra ads' why not un-subscribe from the magazine and then download the Magazine App,  which just gives you the main body of the mag.  It also useful if you are away on holiday and wish to read what has been posted through your door at home.

Just a thought for those who may be interested.

David

There's always a page devoted to an overseas 'tour' which often has nothing to do with caravans or MHs. This month is a short rail tour of Canada for a wee bit less than £4k per person  

What a rip off!  

Easy to sort yourself. Who needs an old fashioned travel agent nowadays?  Especially folk like us that are pretty comfortable with planning our own itineraries 

"Last year in January there re between 7 and 10 outfits at Lady Margaet both week days & week ends. Is there any need to advance book when sites are so empty?"

I'd have thought it was pretty clear that the answer to your question is no! Surely at that time of year the booking system is in place to enable folk to book if they choose to, not to make it compulsory. If you turned up without a booking at LMP in those circumstances you surely wouldn't be turned away, would you? 

You most surely would be if the Tea Drinkers had decided (probably in previous May) that only 10 pitches would be allowed to be in use.

We can't win.  It was buit that way since 1907.

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