Posted on 12/01/2018 23:46
If you could, what five changes would you make to the clubs rules, procedures, systems etc.
Mine would be
1) book 12 months ahead on a rolling basis
2) be able to book late checkout
3) pitch anyway on your pitch, nose in, sideways etc
4) never have all toilet blocks closed at same time for cleaning
5) more full service pitches
no moaning about rules are rules, you signed up etc, I just wondered if there were any common
threads.
Posted on 13/01/2018 10:24 byChange the warden role to that of manager and employ enough locally recruited staff for cleaning and gardening thus allowing the manager to manage and put something back onto the local community.
The managers job description should make absolutely clear that he/she and the site are there for the benefit of the clients not the other way round.
New and refurbished sites should be designed to take advantage of views rather than maximum density and have hedged pitches with freedom to pitch as desired. Do away with the "racetrack" and rows of white pegs wherever possible.
Flexibility: the presumption should be to allow early arrival and late departures unless there is a very good reason to refuse.
Posted on 13/01/2018 11:11 by onepjgDon’t get this. Whether you book 12 months in advance or a random day in December, I can’t see how that affects hot spots booked up solid?
Posted on 13/01/2018 11:22 by Cornersteadyapart from how do you know it works for the other club? What signs are there?
I agree with you.
Those that love giving their money away in early and all the hassle in making changes and cancellations go with one club, those that like the no deposit and hassle free cancellations and changes go with this one.
Again, no one is forced to choose the club are they?
Posted on 13/01/2018 11:38
If there were a £25 a booking deposit that would increase my advance expenditure by up to £450 I guess. That would be on top of around £125 to other non CC sites and so just under £600.
One thing that I am aware of is that I am comfortably off: we could live on our savings for more than our likely life expectancy without reduction to living standards or holidays or caravan/car replacements. Our income is already more than enough to cover all of this without touching savings beyond those saved between caravan changes.
Not everybody is in that fortunate position to say that, within reason, cost is unimportant and a secondary consideration.
Some are constrained by budget and a £600 outlay is a consideration for these folk
Posted on 13/01/2018 11:26 by CornersteadyDave thanks for that, as someone like yourself who uses club sites so much it is very creditably valuable.
I like the idea of getting rid of fire regulations btw.
Posted on 13/01/2018 11:26 by CornersteadyDave thanks for that, as someone like yourself who uses club sites so much it is very creditably valuable.
I like the idea of getting rid of fire regulations btw.
Posted on 12/01/2018 23:46 by onepjgIf you could, what five changes would you make to the clubs rules, procedures, systems etc.
Mine would be
1) book 12 months ahead on a rolling basis
2) be able to book late checkout
3) pitch anyway on your pitch, nose in, sideways etc
4) never have all toilet blocks closed at same time for cleaning
5) more full service pitches
no moaning about rules are rules, you signed up etc, I just wondered if there were any common
threads.
Posted on 13/01/2018 11:38 byIf there were a £25 a booking deposit that would increase my advance expenditure by up to £450 I guess. That would be on top of around £125 to other non CC sites and so just under £600.
One thing that I am aware of is that I am comfortably off: we could live on our savings for more than our likely life expectancy without reduction to living standards or holidays or caravan/car replacements. Our income is already more than enough to cover all of this without touching savings beyond those saved between caravan changes.
Not everybody is in that fortunate position to say that, within reason, cost is unimportant and a secondary consideration.
Some are constrained by budget and a £600 outlay is a consideration for these folk
Posted on 13/01/2018 11:57
Full agreement with your post,and as the (US
)the "older"generation as noted on so many posts, seem to be the ones who use sites far more than just at peak times,an advance deposit system from the ones who are not so finacialy affluent as some, could mean the curtailment of trips,to the detriment of site usage,
It was very noticeable at Sandriingham last week the big diference in site usage between the two clubs sites, as there were very few on the ccc site compared to our clubs site,?
Posted on 13/01/2018 11:48 byI suppose my observations are based on what I like about the sites I use and dislike about club sites , admittedly used very rarely but with membership since 1978 I have seen a few.
Who mentioned fire regulations?
The fire issue is only pertinent because so many units are crammed in if they were spaced more generously it wouldn't be an issue however one pitched.
Posted on 13/01/2018 12:03
well you did: Do away with the "racetrack" and rows of white pegs wherever possible.
I suppose as you don't go a lot of club sites you won't be aware that the white pegs are there to enable the correct spacing between outfits in accordance with local regulations according to the Fire service.
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Posted on 13/01/2018 11:38 byIf there were a £25 a booking deposit that would increase my advance expenditure by up to £450 I guess. That would be on top of around £125 to other non CC sites and so just under £600.
One thing that I am aware of is that I am comfortably off: we could live on our savings for more than our likely life expectancy without reduction to living standards or holidays or caravan/car replacements. Our income is already more than enough to cover all of this without touching savings beyond those saved between caravan changes.
Not everybody is in that fortunate position to say that, within reason, cost is unimportant and a secondary consideration.
Some are constrained by budget and a £600 outlay is a consideration for these folk
Posted on 13/01/2018 12:06
very true, like you I think that deposits would be a burden on some. In days of old things were a little tighter and with a young family my marking money would pay for my summer holiday but it wouldn't come in till July (jut in time) A big hefty deposit paid in early December before Christmas covering all the summer time away would have made things a little more difficult
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