Weekend fully booked

Well that's it over great weekend away can't wait to book another one where to next.

There is much hearsay talk by some about short notice pitch availability ,We tried to book our second home from 6th -13th March but the Sat was still t at yesterday at 1100hrs checked last night, and there were 3pitches well two now so that was not late cancelations

I'm not convinced this post isn't something just to get people arguing and meant to annoy some just for the sake of it.

You could have someone argue that the weekends are fully booked because the pensioners and retired people have booked the sites and blocked them from those who work for a living going to enjoy themselves for a couple of days. How inconsiderate of those people to book weekends when they have all week to go camping and leave the sites free to the workers come the weekend 😂😂

Just book when you can and enjoy, stop worrying about you haven't got and can't do and start to enjoy what you are lucky enough to be able to enjoy. Life's too short! 😎

I, and many others, still do the caravan touring where each site is used for only a few days before moving on the the next one.  I am completely lost as to where the OP might think I would be able to stay at the weekends while following this sort of itinerary.

When we worked if we couldn't get into a club site within a 2 hour Friday night drive we would use a CL. Over time we found that we reversed the equation, trying CLs first. It's only a weekend, it won't kill you.

If you are wanting to bridge for a longer holiday then read the reviews on CLs with service pitches and showers if that is what you need. You need to be flexible otherwise you'll just become frustrated.

We move every 5 nights and so need weekends although probably only 18 or 19 a year 

We're similar, but need about somewhere in the region of 35-40 a year....one of the reasons for using CLs for them outwith the winter months.

We used to weekend regularly before we took on the seasonal pitch, it was this aspect which made our minds up.

The little site we are on no longer accept's tourers, it's a seasonal pitch site only, but before this the weekend trade was high, the owner, now a friend, said at the time if it wasn't for this aspect of the business the site wouldn't be viable, which as this trade decreased coupled to the hassle of bookings etc he decided to close this part anyway and let out those pitches as seasonal.

Then when we actually tow the caravan, 4 times a year for holidays, we book Saturday for 8 nights to the following Sunday, or 7 to Saturday, this would book 2 weekends, so the overlap of people on week breaks, may in some cases be the issue, not just those who quite understandably enjoy a weekend break and book as such.

We chose to use a caravan as lodgings initially because of this such flexibility on offer, but now after a few years of this lifestyle we both, even though we live in a stunning modern house, actually prefer to spend the weekends in the van!

Over the closed season Michelle received another promotion, which means she is now back on the weekend rota after 2 years of not being!

This coming weekend is the start of the season on our site, guess who is working that weekend and miffed?

And then further guess who is going regardless? 

This is a problem suffered by all caravan sites both club and commercial. There are far more people wanting weekends than midweek and that is a fact of life. There is no easy answer although it could be partly dealt with by making some pitches only available for longer bookings  but it would need a trial to see if it works.

To me midweek discounts are essentially the same as increased prices for weekends as the effect is the same.

I can’t say I’ve ever really had a problem with it.  We can’t do weekends away because OH doesn’t get home from work till at least 7.30 pm on a Friday.  No point in going away Saturday morning and coming home Sunday morning.  We do go away on the Easter and late May bank holidays.  Never had a problem booking them, either.

We tend to take our holidays in one week blocks, so we don’t leave our cat at home (with a pet carer visiting) for more than a week at a time.  Still no problem.  We often travel out on a Sunday and back on a Saturday.  Even if we go on a Saturday, or for a fortnight (before we adopted puss), I’ve always managed to book somewhere we want to go.  It may be a club site, CL, or commercial site, but I certainly don’t feel  pushed out by the weekenders.