What do people want or expect from a CL ?

A good way of getting your own back on noisy caravan neighbour's is to throw some bread on their roof! Works a treat at coast, seagulls wake up very early. Allegedly.......

We just like to enjoy the country life, even when the farm sheep pay a visit.

I am often amazed at CL reviews some are fun to read but sometimes I do feel for the owners, the most beautiful locations IMO are often critiqued for Wifi performance, grass cuttings or some other irritation. There is a review where the local bus stop was a fair way from the site down a hill resorting in a member having to hire a car! Maybe a bit more research before booking? No wonder so many CL's disappeared over the years, will this accelerate with members leaving apparently negative reviews anonymously? 

It works ,I understand, inmost areas crows and pidgeons also are quite "usefull"

Whilst we give members the opportunity to write reviews be they for CL's or Club sites I think we have to let the writer say what they want providing it is within the T&C's. I think most of us can read between the lines. Some reviews will be comprehensive others will be the opposite. Some will complain about things that affect them which might well be accepted by others. We are all different and should be allowed to express ourselves. I am somewhat surprised that people can comment on reviews, personally I think that should be restricted to the CL owner or Club admin. Reviews should not be used as an alternative discussion forum! 

David

But put yourself in the CL owners perspective, it takes some effort to run a good CL for a marginal return. You read a string of negative reviews, irritations and whinge's what would you do?

Yes you should be able to leave negative feedback but only if you have taken this up with the CL owner whilst on site. Perhaps there should be a checkbox for this.

As can be seen on many websites and forums where people sit anonymously at their keyboards it is far too tempting to go OTT when commenting or complaining.

I just worry that we are loosing good CL's and wonder if the rate of decline has accelerated since the review system has been in place?

Is there any evidence that a CL actually gets a string of negative reviews? I would be happy to have a look at them if there is.  I can understand the odd one which might be out of kilter with the general run of reviews. If there is a string of negative reviews I would have thought that the CL owner needs to address the issues raised. That might be as simple as giving a better description of the CL in the first place. There does seem to be thread running through many of the comments in the CL section that people should not write negative reviews of a Cl which is a complete nonsense. On the one hand we seem to have people saying please write a review and on the other saying yes write a review but only if its positive and I don't see how that helps anyone?

David

I think the owners of the CLs I went to in the past were jolly lucky there was no opportunity tor me to write reviews at that time. 

Things have moved on a lot since the 1950's, et.

How many poor reviews on CLs on farms are by those Townies who have absolutely no idea about life in the countryside.  ?

K