New Site Booking System

The weather is going to provide interesting feedback in terms of payback parameters for deposits. Forecasts some 5 days in advance are usually 90 odd% accurate. This drops to below 50% ten days in advance, so having to make a decision to honour a booking three weeks in advance, or lose the deposit, isn’t going to be very accurate weather wise. High winds and storms are an ever present concern for most folks that either drag a big box, or drive a high sided box, so I for one do wonder what the Club’s stance will be on this. Go and risk an accident, or don’t go and forfeit deposit loss? Clarity required I think.

I understand that all existing bookings will be put onto HS pitches before the new system goes live.  Then people can opt to change their bookings to grass if they want.

I think this is somewhere in the Q & A on the web site, and it was also discussed up thread (a long way up!!)

It’s been explained that all old style bookings will be transferred to the new system before it goes live. As far as possible old bookings will be allocated HS pitches within their choice of awning/non-awning/serviced pitch choices. Therefore, new bookers will only have the choice of what’s left.

Edit: sorry, hja, it’s the time lag.

Found it -

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/faqs/uk-booking-experience/

I don’t disagree Brue, I don’t think they could fill that many either. But it would make inroads into the potential losses, and that’s why quoting the 25% figures to stand alone is actually flawed. 25% of 25% get cancelled, but how many get rebooked/reused is what I am wondering?

One of the reasons I ask is because the Club has never used the tool of discounting close to date of sell pricing. It’s a policy used by many many holiday providers to entice folks into taking up a late booking, and the policy of getting some money in rather than no money does work. Cottage agencies use it, hotels use it, etc…. So it got me wondering, why doesn’t this Club?🤔 If it’s got that many pitches going begging three days before sell by date, why isn’t it doing anything about it before now, when it’s opted to impose a deposit scheme instead? Or is it simply that the Sites are in fact so busy, and that late take up is so good that they don’t need to🤔 I am of course only wondering, not party to any statistics, but it is intriguing.

High winds and storms are an ever present concern for most folks that either drag a big box, or drive a high sided box, so I for one do wonder what the Club’s stance will be on this. Go and risk an accident, or don’t go and forfeit deposit loss? Clarity required I think.

Surely the club will follow what other similar organisations do in that respect, if one does not turn up one loses the deposit. They would have to take each and every reason for not arriving separately otherwise, and just think of the work that that would involve for those at HO!

Not quite sure what you mean about the 25% being cancelled out TDA, I just see it as a quarter of the total quoted. As for discounts CAMC will perhaps be freer to offer some generally in the future if they've secured bookings on a stronger basis?

TBH, my thoughts as well Nellie. That’s why such a long period between forfeiting deposit, and date of arrival could be a bit controversial. Again, we look at weather before we book most things, and book late. But I know quite a few don’t.

I meant 25% of the 25% are cancelled in the last four days Brue, not cancelled out by being refilled🙂

I hope it means a bit more creativity on the discounting side might happen. They are certainly creative around upping the prices for school holiday periods😂 (But that’s another thread😂)

This is perhaps a question for JK, I have not sure its been discussed thus far but I may have missed it. So the question is what if you leave a site early? Currently if you leave a site early (not to go to a different site) you forfeit one nights site fees but get a refund for any days in excess of the one you forfeit. What happens in future? Logic would suggest that you no longer get any sort of refund. Is this how it will work under the new scheme?

David

PS I posted this in the other discussion in error, probably better here.