It's a bit unfair

Malc, you misunderstand. It is not possible to book more than one site for the same date. The system will not let you.

If you are finding sites booked ahead of you, it means others are beating you to booking.

If you are finding empty pitches on sites shown as full, it means people have cancelled for any number of reasons, or additional pitches have been released following repair etc.

If you think some members block book the same site ,try doing a booking for the same dates on variable sites the system will not accept more than one booking for other sites from your membership number

And as posted there are many reasons pitches become available at short notice

Hi Tinwheeler,

Many thanks for clearing that up for me. I do understand that members fail to turn up for all sorts of reasons,its just a bit frustrating when attending a site that is supposedly fully booked and seeing loads of empty pitches.

As I said, that could be for any number of reasons and we can’t read anything into it. 

Incidentally, when the club stopped taking deposits, they said the number of no shows dropped.

however, Malc, its perfectly possible when dates are released (a year in advance) for members to book the same (or different) site for several weeks in succession, covering (say) next years 'holiday period' and then dump all bar one once the 'family arrangements' have been agreed and weather forecast checked.

Perfectly within the current rules BB as well you and the majority of members know. Why feel the need to highlight it?

One Cl owner recently told me that she had 3 vacancies due to caravanners suddenly get a call to Hospital as their long awaited operation became unexpectedly available.

Long may the 12 month booking slots remain, after all one does have to plan the Spring, Summer or Autumn break and the relative sites..

Let’s thank our lucky stars that the airline practice of deliberately overbooking places is not adopted. Can you imagine being ‘bumped down’ on arrival at a site even when a financial incentive is being offered.

Some apparently empty pitches I’m sure are unfortunately inevitable.

Yes, it is a recognised practice and can happen in hotels too.
https://www.caa.co.uk/Passengers/Resolving-travel-problems/Delays-cancellations/Your-rights/Your-rights-when-you-are-bumped-from-a-flight/

While it may be perfectly possible to 'block book' as suggested upthread, according to the club that does not happen in practice.