New Booking System

Rowena replied on 14/09/2022 09:31

Posted on 14/09/2022 09:31

Good morning. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience being caused with the implementation of our new booking system. Members and guests are able to make bookings through the new system however this is not the complete experience we have designed. 

Please be assured our IT and Technical Teams are working extremely hard to resolve all of the issues as soon as possible.

JVB66 replied on 15/09/2022 10:46

Posted on 15/09/2022 10:31 by Twos more then one

And how long as the new system been in place ?

 

Posted on 15/09/2022 10:46

It is not just this system  that your latest post commented on your experience but the consistency of everyone. of your posts that are the complete opposite of others who postundecided

Tammygirl replied on 15/09/2022 10:48

Posted on 15/09/2022 10:48

Well I tried another search using Location, this time I broke down Yorkshire into sub areas

North Yorkshire - no results found - offer of nearby campsites gave Bolton Abbey at Skipton, well that's N YORKS,  Kendal in Cumbria, Mot Yorkshire then. Lower Wensleydale - that also N YORKS, Meathop Fell, Cumbria, not YORKS. I see they have at least retained their award winning search facility 🤣🤣🤣

Would be as well using the map and dart method, probably more accurate. 😠

GTP replied on 15/09/2022 10:48

Posted on 15/09/2022 09:42 by brue

You might feel differently if like me you actually booked a stay and found the club had taken your payments out twice and had not sent a confirmation of the booking or transactions. I have had to cancel the booking and await the return of my money. Only then will I decide whether to risk rebooking with the likelihood that I might have missed out due to low availability. 

Posted on 15/09/2022 10:48

Ditto...Cant even get back in to cancel the booking....Now 50 minutes into the contact centre call...

With a fiasco on this scale....it must be obvious to all that there is is little or no direction from senior management....and sorry Rowena your apology (on behalf of the IT team) doesn't cut it..This should not have happened !!

Tammygirl replied on 15/09/2022 11:02

Posted on 15/09/2022 11:02

Finally cracked the code to search by location. 

Type in area - Yorkshire - drop down gives you choices, choose Yorkshire, UK.

Press search, a list will appear that hives more than your search but if you go across to the map and home in on Yorkshire it will highlight all the sites in that County, the list also adjusts to give you the sites.

Now all we need is to know what areas the club have set as Location. 

GTP replied on 15/09/2022 11:08

Posted on 15/09/2022 11:08

So...I'm through to the contact centre..Agent has taken my details including CC long number and now has put me on hold while she confirms with finance that the deposit has been taken...aside...I think the 'hold' music they play says it all at EG..at least they could play some decent music...

OK finance has confirmed my payment...Agent has finalised and confirmed my booking and I should get an email 'shortly'...there is a team working on this..so I'm told..

 

 

Twos more then one replied on 15/09/2022 11:15

Posted on 15/09/2022 10:41 by wedgy

They have had at least 2 years to implement a new system that most on here didn't want. They should never have launched the new system until it was proven foolproof. I speak as someone who has had a double £365 deposit taken from my account in error and have been unable to recover the money thus far 😡

Posted on 15/09/2022 11:15

That is development time ,not implementation period in the real world ,there is a massive difference 
It is not unusual for most new things to have real world issues, that where not sorted in development 
For instance new  model vehicle recalls is common, not unusual 

 

Tinwheeler replied on 15/09/2022 11:24

Posted on 15/09/2022 11:15 by Twos more then one

That is development time ,not implementation period in the real world ,there is a massive difference 
It is not unusual for most new things to have real world issues, that where not sorted in development 
For instance new  model vehicle recalls is common, not unusual 

 

Posted on 15/09/2022 11:24

So you don't see taking duplicate deposit payments as being unusual or a matter worthy of comment?

Chelty replied on 15/09/2022 11:28

Posted on 14/09/2022 09:31 by Rowena

Good morning. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience being caused with the implementation of our new booking system. Members and guests are able to make bookings through the new system however this is not the complete experience we have designed. 

Please be assured our IT and Technical Teams are working extremely hard to resolve all of the issues as soon as possible.

Posted on 15/09/2022 11:28

I hope one of the "issues" being resolved is to include the name of the campsite in the summary of current bookings.  It is absurd to have to click to view each one in turn to find out where it is.

Unless I have just failed it to find it the loss of the ability to view site availability in terms of type of pitch (i.e. the old "if you are flexible on date view by month") is a great shame. I hope it will be re-instated soon. 

If one was a cynic you might assume removing the facility is so that we can't see that weekends are still fully booked for months ahead, the prevention of which was supposed to be the reason for introducing deposits. 

Twos more then one replied on 15/09/2022 11:37

Posted on 15/09/2022 11:24 by Tinwheeler

So you don't see taking duplicate deposit payments as being unusual or a matter worthy of comment?

Posted on 15/09/2022 11:37

Where have i posted that ?
All i have posted is give the club a reasonable time to sort out the issues.

SteveL replied on 15/09/2022 11:49

Posted on 15/09/2022 10:48 by Tammygirl

Well I tried another search using Location, this time I broke down Yorkshire into sub areas

North Yorkshire - no results found - offer of nearby campsites gave Bolton Abbey at Skipton, well that's N YORKS,  Kendal in Cumbria, Mot Yorkshire then. Lower Wensleydale - that also N YORKS, Meathop Fell, Cumbria, not YORKS. I see they have at least retained their award winning search facility 🤣🤣🤣

Would be as well using the map and dart method, probably more accurate. 😠

Posted on 15/09/2022 11:49

Could be it works differently on different devices. I tried North Yorkshire on my iPad for this weekend. Like you it came up with no results  found and a map of the area round settle. However, there was a button below to search for nearby sites. This brought up a map showing Hawes, Lower Wensleydale, Thirsk,  Wharfedale, Bolton Abbey and Knaresborough. The sites all showed Full but were listed down the left hand side.

One things certain it isn’t user friendly and hasn’t been adequately tested. Why for instance when I start typing North Yorkshire do I get places with north in Canada and the USA. There seems to have been very little attention applied to detail in the sites development.

 

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