Non Members

But they pay the extra fees , not worth getting het up over 

"I've heard of this before and dismissed it but it has arisen yet again. "

That seems very vague, Stewie. Care to give any details? Have you heard about this on one specific site or on a number of occasions? 

I thought that the non  members welcome thing was a stipulation of the lease at some sites. If that is the case, how could a limit be set at when the CAMC would only allow members to book.

More likely an anomaly with this website. Yet more rubbish coding.

I doubt there are too many folks daft enough to pay more than four nights fees at none member rate. Facebook isn’t renown for its factual contributions to life, it’ll be a load of fuss about nothing.

+1

 I dream of a day of an intelligent booking search engine, searching on multiple features I want, with a live accurate calendar booking system, with bookable pitches (the actual pitch), clear pricing, and a sensible policy other than the current land grab arms race - just like a modern booking platform used by most of the industry.

For no other reason other to reduce the endless posts about anomalies in the booking system!

 

 

well apart from booking a particular pitch you have all that now.

Not sure what you mean by land grab but i assume you mean booking early? Which is due to the club being very popular, I'm not sure how any booking system will correct that?

We have that now, are you joking.

Club sites have limited search and availability information, the option of searching for an affiliated site or CL both are under different search tabs, why?. 

I complete a search and get a list of sites. 

I can not search for sites by, size, type, suitability, facilities, dogs, fishing etc.

I now get the list of all sites in the region I selected regardless of whether they have availability or not, why?

To get the pitch type I want I now have to manually filter by using the pitch colour tabs, why?

To get the facilities I need I now also have to manually filter by sorting through those little icons, why?

I now get a tab saying view price guide, why, it knows who I am, what dates I want, what the pitch cost is, so why do I need a guide, I need it to give me a price!

OR

You get please call the site direct for availability and price details, why?

I then after sifting through many sites that are of no use find one that I like that has price and availability tab. I press the tab.

The results give me all possible booking options whether they are use to me or not, i.e. they are full for the pitch type I want, why?

I now have to repeat the above until the stars align and I find one that is what I want.

Another 3 pages-in I finally get a price, its expensive, oh no start over!!!!

 

Now imagine this futuristic world.

I select the region.

I select the type of pitch I want.

I check box for all the services and features I want.

I put the dates of travel in and push search.

It gives me the results of the sites that are available with the pitch type I want and the price. Incredible to think that this may one day be possible, in seconds I can find stuff relevant to my needs.  It may even be possible to book an exact pitch that really suits my needs and do away with the first come first served 12:00 stampede.

This is the current norm not the future!

I know the club is improving the search etc but the current booking platform is in the 1990s  at best, it is decades behind the best in class. This is not opinion it is fact. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We know what region we want to visit. Easy enough to find where CAMC sites are in that region. Go to the booking page for the month in question. If there is availability, I book it. I really don't need a lot more and I doubt I am alone.

Would like to be able to book surface type though.😀