Minimum night booking

Likewise, PD. The owner of the CS we have been on for the last two weeks was telling me that returning deposits after the lockdown was imposed caused him so much hassle that he’s not bothering with deposits anymore. He’s a farmer and has other things to think about / occupy his time. Sadly, though, there are more than a few who are taking advantage and just not turning up and not even showing the courtesy of letting him know.

many of those who "wild?camp will not stay any where if they have to pay.

That's the caravaners and NIMBI publics mantra. and blatently untrue to use the term "many". Provide simple stopover facilities in the right place at a reasonable cost and it will get used.

peedee

He told me that quite a few people on Facebook have mentioned that they book the same dates at more than one site at the same time, decide which one to go to then just don't bother to turn up at the other site or sites that they have booked.

Personally I think this sort of behaviour is disgusting. I wish there was some way the perpetrators could be held to account by the Club, maybe a suspension of their booking rights for a period of time.

if this behaviour isn't stamped out then CL owners will be looking at all prospective customers through the same perspective of mistrust.

Alright then "quite a few" would not stay if it was to cost them

I can’t see your point.    No shows occur however long the booking is for, not just weekenders 

I think the minimum stay requirement is an attempt to maximise occupancy. I agree it’s unlikely to alter the occurrence of no shows.

It is the weekends that seem to be more suseptable and one night "stopovers" are the most likely if their journey is time is better to get to the next stop on their list if reports are are to go by

Where did I mention anything about weekenders? That wasn’t my point at all🙄

I think "some" is the word you should be looking for.

peedee

I think the only thing that CL owners can do, other than taking deposits or full payment is to have a “naughty” book, names linked to Membership. Keep it handy, if you get a name crop up that was previously a no show, don’t take the booking without a none refundable deposit.

It would be even better if Club had a dedicated CL Officer, who could link up with CLs and record no shows linked to Membership numbers, send the no show an email warning, so they know that CL no shows are being monitored. As CL owners (certainly recent ones) have to take out Membership, then it’s a bit back for that Membership. Depends of course just how keen on reporting no shows some CLs might be. Some will bother, some won’t.