Posted on 25/11/2021 11:54
The Club have released more details of the new Booking System here
There are still finer details still to be arrived but the link (thanks Harry) sets out how the new system will work.
I have closed the previous thread on when we will get details of the new booking system and opened this one to allow comments specifically on the new system rather than discussing what they might be.
David
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Posted on 01/12/2021 09:29 by SteveLI don’t think it would work everywhere, not if you want a grass divide. One that springs to mind is Tewkesbury. Pitches 63 / 70 if converted to HS would definitely need reducing in number, if they were all to be awning. We have had a service pitch opposite on a few occasions and the separation distances are barely maintained, so many pitches have been crammed in.
Posted on 01/12/2021 11:14
David
If there were enough hardstandings to give everyone a choice then there isn't a problem but there isn't, the vast majority will book a hardstanding just in case the weather's wet even for 1 or 2 nights if I'm going to book a fortnight and a hardstanding isn't available and knowing there will be no chance to change I will be looking for an alternative site, it will be interesting to see how it pans out next year
Posted on 01/12/2021 09:37 by ArchI have personal experience of the pitch type booking trial, we were booked in at Hunter's Moon for 2 weeks booked on grass for 2 weeks due to my daughter camping at the site for the first week, almost through the first week the grass pitch area became very crowded and thd weather turned to rain, we requested to change to a hard stand for the following week as there were empty hs pitches, we were told that it wouldn't be possible as they were all booked 2 of them only for one night the warden could not put us there for a week, one pitch was empty for the week other than the night if was booked, the wardens were absolutely fed up with the system.
Posted on 01/12/2021 11:23
It was the same at Sutton on sea site
I cannot see there not being a problem until the new booking system is running on its own when it seems that pitch type will be what you book , and it will be your choice so even if any type grass pitch is booked up to twelve months in advance ,if it is not available at that time unless? there is another type of pitch available. then your booking will be cancelled
Posted on 01/12/2021 11:14 by ArchDavid
If there were enough hardstandings to give everyone a choice then there isn't a problem but there isn't, the vast majority will book a hardstanding just in case the weather's wet even for 1 or 2 nights if I'm going to book a fortnight and a hardstanding isn't available and knowing there will be no chance to change I will be looking for an alternative site, it will be interesting to see how it pans out next year
Posted on 01/12/2021 11:44
The Club has quite a few Sites that have only the one option, all grass or (nearly) all HS. We were amazed in September at how popular all grass Marazion was, and with some of the largest types of MHs we have seen. All doing fine at the time we were there as well, and yes, it did rain.
For some who tour, it’s about the location as well as other factors. Mind, for some, it might have been all that was left😂 I think Godrevy is all grass as well isn’t it JK? Not sure of the other SW Club Sites. But if pitch type choice keeps a few more out of SW, I’d vote for that👍
Posted on 01/12/2021 11:29 by JollyKernowMorning
You keep saying about the vast majority would book a hardstanding. They wouldn't. Fact.
JK
Posted on 01/12/2021 12:04
Godrevy is all grass and it drains well but even so by the end of the season it is an eyesore. Awning mats do a lot of damage and when they move the pegs you end up with a muddy patch either side of you. I vowed I would not use it again after the visit this year. A good thing is the increase in non awning pitches since they were first introduced, they might tempt me. They should make even more non awning.
lfracombe is also all grass. I suspect the Club would not get planning permission at either of these sites for hard standings.
peedee
and normally small older type sites
DavidKlyne
Motorhomer from Buckinghamshire