Pitch availability

"Computer say......."

Some say that the wardens know their site better than anyone........apparantly not, in this case at least.

What was the wardens response when you queried it?

I did not query it at the time as it was decided ,in the end,that getting the motor home out,filled with water etc was probably not worth the saving of a 10 minute drive home1 (Plus the overpriced pitch charge!!!!!)

Not sure which site it is but could be late cancelations and no shows. Very rarely we have been on a site when every pitch was occupied even though fully booked. As the computer arranges the bookings it is unlikely to be the wardens who caused the problem.

Nothing further can be said then is there as it just sounds like a winge without facts 

If I were a warden, and I could see that there were empty pitches out there, despite the computer telling me that the site was fully booked, I think I would deduce from this that some people hadn't turned up!

The computer would probably even concur with that blindingly obvious deduction.

I would therefore go out of my way to take late bookings in order to fill those empty pitches and to increase income to the Club.

Is it just me, or isn't that how anyone with even a tiny bit of business acumen and willingness to do the best job possible (for both my employer and other Club members) would behave??

Forgive me if I am wrong here but, I have spent hours looking at site availability only to find some sites fully booked for months in advance. I mentioned this to another member and was informed that because there is no charge to book a site it is common practice by some club members block book dates and wait for the right weather! In my humble opinion, if you know what dates you want to book you should book and pay there and then online.

Forgive me if I am wrong here but, I have spent hours looking at site availability only to find some sites fully booked for months in advance. I mentioned this to another member and was informed that because there is no charge to book a site it is common practice by some club members block book dates and wait for the right weather! In my humble opinion, if you know what dates you want to book you should book and pay there and then online.

From info it seems..things have improved since the 72hr timescale for cancellations was introduced ,even when in the past deposits were taken it was a worse a problem, but then it was normally just no shows,

I did not query it at the time as it was decided ,in the end,that getting the motor home out,filled with water etc was probably not worth the saving of a 10 minute drive home1 (Plus the overpriced pitch charge!!!!!)

...What site was it then? so others can be pre warned

Forgive me if I am wrong here but, I have spent hours looking at site availability only to find some sites fully booked for months in advance. I mentioned this to another member and was informed that because there is no charge to book a site it is common practice by some club members block book dates and wait for the right weather! In my humble opinion, if you know what dates you want to book you should book and pay there and then online.

From info it seems..things have improved since the 72hr timescale for cancellations was introduced ,even when in the past deposits were taken it was a worse a problem, but then it was normally just no shows,

You cannot possibly know that "things have improved" because the CC refuse to release figures showing how many cancellations there are just outside the 72 hour cut-off.

My own feeling (supported by numerous people admitting on here that they do it) is that many people do exactly as gygafo says......they book numerous weekends, then wait to see what the weather forecast says or whether they can be bothered to take up the booking.

Nothing that the CC has ever produced contradicts this view.