10% OFF Autumn Getaways

I have briefly skiped over this thread(currently on tour not using Club sites) To me it makes no sense at all tl impose a minimum stay, it does not make the slightest difference to those wanting longer stays but it does exclude those who like to move on more frequently. Are they expecting a rush of longer stay bookings which would otherwise not have been made? Excuse my laughing but I am not rushing.

peedee

I don’t think the free night was DK, you had to book, but even if you only booked and stayed the one night, you got it free. That was something far different to the latest round of offers.

TDA

Yes I have looked back at the original email and as you say no minimum booking requirement, so apologies. Our last touring act was to go to Ferry Meadows for three nights and we paid for two. Since we retired 17 years ago we have never gone away for less than  3/4 nights. Whilst on a longer trip we have stayed as little as one night en route between sites, but we wouldn't have left home to stay in the van for just one night. 

What the Club seem to be after is more occupancy for longer periods so I imagine that is what drives this sort of offer where there is a minimum stay requirement. Perhaps the Club will repeat the one night free early next year. In reality that is probably worth more than the 10% off unless you stay more than 4 days? I suppose the Club could argue that there are slightly more costs attached to shorter stays than longer ones as it means reception will be busier. A bit tenuous maybe but we are all second guessing the motives!

David

Surely the club is better off with many short time stays especially by M/Hs, who arrived late and leave early, but still have to pay the full pitch price than those that settle down for an extended period, using much more electricity and water, for a similar pitch price. They should really be trying to encourage those to use the site rather than handing out benefits to those who stay 4 days or more.

I thought I was right DK, it was such a rare occurrence getting anything free (first time in 40 years for us) so it’s something I took notice of and made sure we could use. I love your optimism in it happening again, but you never know😁

As far as we are concerned,  not  using Club sites is mainly down to prices.  

Using Club sites exclusively, as we used to do until about 8 years back, would mean we would need to cut down on our length of time away as my pension has not kept up with site prices.  Over the years we have whenever possible gradually moved to using CLs, CCC sites, and commercials.

 Dynamic pricing and deposits do not help either as we can no longer book so far ahead as we used to as increasing health issues mean we are more likely to need to amend or cancel bookings.

No doubt we will not be the only members who are in this situation.

£3 - £4 off site prices does not bring them down enough to make them VFM  to us, and the Ts & Cs of the offers are too restrictive.

We won't be in a position to take advantage anyway! The number crunchers at the Club will have worked out if there was a net gain in offering the free night, they won't be doing it for any other reason than it drives an increase in site nights I suspect. Ferry Meadows seemed to be pretty full when we took advantage. If the offer comes up again next year it won't be through the goodness of their hearts but that it, at the least is neutral, or it increases site revenue. I imagine members like the idea of a free night?

David

It dropped perfectly for us that free night. We had been bought a steam train breakfast ride at the Embsay &Bolton Abbey railway, and we would normally have booked into a favourite CL for a couple of nights, but this popped up, club Site was a bit closer to embarkation station so we actually had three nights away, and cheaper than the CL nightly average. Couldn’t believe how busy BA was, our first night was only the second night of re opening after Winter break, and the weather was poor. Staff said loads of folks had booked to get their free night in, before it expired at the end of March. It’s one of our favourite Club Sites, lovely when it used to stay open up to Christmas, but we stopped going when it closed a month early.

We used to use FM in winter as well with the MWD, but found a nice CL for half the price closer to Grantham. In fact, it’s about a mile away as the bicycle trundles (canal paths😁) to the area where the Club is hoping to put a new Club Site, under Belvior Castle.

the area where the Club is hoping to put a new Club Site, under Belvior Castle.

The Club has withdrawn that application, too much hassle with the local community?

peedee

Yes, Peedee, the local community, quite rightly in my opinion, complained about access problems and the possible disturbance caused to those living along those lanes.

Corners, you are not the intended target market of these offers, other than you will use a different Club Site.

How do you know I'm not? Have I missed something you've seen?

It's got me booking a site that I wasn't thinking of using at that time, so it perhaps it is? I've got no idea who it is intended for, personally I think it's just there to get more people on club sites no matter what their previous bookings, both people like me and others. As I said win win.