Lack of proper CL site information

footlooserv replied on 23/07/2020 17:52

Posted on 23/07/2020 17:52

Who else out there is fed up with CL listings that are so far out of date (prices from 2016 etc) and no photos to show what the site is like? Many do not have emails and consequently you need to make phone calls for prices etc. You then risk booking a site and turn up to find it is not desirable - or as recently having talked to people the very old 8 year bad reviews are totally wrong with the site having changed hands - no new reviews as people seem to be avoiding it.

Surley the Club should police the CL advertisements insisteing that there are photos and also up tp date prices for year beginning.

redface replied on 24/07/2020 23:23

Posted on 24/07/2020 23:23

Best CL I have used had metered electricity.  In the price for the pitch you were given x number of units per 24 hrs.  Then paid for the excess units used at the price quoted at time of pitching up.

As for the 'view' etc. Check it out on ordinance survey maps and google view.

Then if you are still uncertain, phone the owner and chat to them.

Takethedogalong replied on 25/07/2020 10:27

Posted on 24/07/2020 21:27 by nelliethehooker

However, David, some of those CL that have not added photos or kept their details up to date have been open for a very long time, and could well be owned by elderly folk who are not internet savvy. Why should their site be excluded from the list, they may well get .many visitors, especially regulars, but would welcome newcomers, I'm sure.

Posted on 25/07/2020 10:27

We use a number of CLs that have been open decades. Some have provided photos, some haven’t. Most have up to date prices though, in so far as on website. We use one that still doesn’t provide a photo, but it’s so popular we had to book it a year in advance😁

GTP replied on 25/07/2020 10:56

Posted on 24/07/2020 13:51 by peedee

Cann't say I have ever seen prices mentioned on FB when owners plug their sites. There may well be links to their own web site though rather than the Club's where increasingly you can book on line and lately you are requested to pay up front by bank transfer or card. This could well be the legacy of CV19.

peedee.

 

Posted on 25/07/2020 10:56

where increasingly you can book on line and lately you are requested to pay up front by bank transfer. This could well be the legacy of CV19.

Agree....Just stayed at an excellent CL at Flamborough which offered the choice of paying via BACS..which we did. OH now has the details of the CL set up for future use. (We rebooked for next year). Two more CL's we will be using later in the year have also offered BACS and will be paying up front before arrival..

fyi..The excellent CL in Flamborough is called High Breame (No.1676, P488). Also on fb. ½ mile past Bridlington site on left opposite Danes Dyke. Fully Serviced pitches -£17pn Incl.Secure gated entrance -own key.

DavidKlyne replied on 25/07/2020 12:19

Posted on 24/07/2020 21:27 by nelliethehooker

However, David, some of those CL that have not added photos or kept their details up to date have been open for a very long time, and could well be owned by elderly folk who are not internet savvy. Why should their site be excluded from the list, they may well get .many visitors, especially regulars, but would welcome newcomers, I'm sure.

Posted on 25/07/2020 12:19

For the ones that have been open for some years it is even less of an excuse not to have a photo/s of their CL. Perhaps some of them only think in terms of the handbook. I am sure the Club must be chasing them for a photo? Perhaps next time you are on a CL which doesn't have any photos you could ask them why so we can all understand it better? My point about not being added to the website was really directed at new CL's where it should be a condition of adding. 

David

DavidKlyne replied on 25/07/2020 12:25

Posted on 25/07/2020 10:56 by GTP

where increasingly you can book on line and lately you are requested to pay up front by bank transfer. This could well be the legacy of CV19.

Agree....Just stayed at an excellent CL at Flamborough which offered the choice of paying via BACS..which we did. OH now has the details of the CL set up for future use. (We rebooked for next year). Two more CL's we will be using later in the year have also offered BACS and will be paying up front before arrival..

fyi..The excellent CL in Flamborough is called High Breame (No.1676, P488). Also on fb. ½ mile past Bridlington site on left opposite Danes Dyke. Fully Serviced pitches -£17pn Incl.Secure gated entrance -own key.

Posted on 25/07/2020 12:25

The two CL's we used last year we were able to pay by credit card but the CL's were part of a larger businesses. BAC's is a fairly straightforward way of paying and as far as I know doesn't incur any charges on either party. We stayed on a small site outside of York which had details for BACs payment on the welcome form. Very easy to set up on the SmartPhone, easier than on the PC because you seem to have to jump through hoops using internet banking these days, much easier with an App!

David

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