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 03/12/2021 10:39 by JollyKernowMorning
I mentioned before about ways to get people in the gate swiftly. One tried and tested way which would work for those wishing to pay on site is to check they have a booking then get them on site to come back later to pay. Works well on most sites.
Trouble with ANPR is that you have to have a barrier post to hang the cameras on!! I only have a traffic cone
JK
Posted on 03/12/2021 13:33
Haven at Great Yarmouth since our last visit and Searles at Hunstanton both have security staff on their entry barriers ,the reason being?
ANPR has been found to be to unreliable ,if not continually "adjusted" as they say
And as pointed out at thIs clubs AGM to costs of installing and running metered electricity on club sites at this time far outways what benefits it would have for members
Posted on 03/12/2021 14:43
JVB, I'll wager it's not the APNR that needs 'adjusting' but some folks' interpretation of a suitable number plate...anything goes, it seems (one for you there)😉
anyway, if the number is recognised by the site manager as having a valid booking, then we will be waved through....won't we?👍
we're just moving the check in function to outside the office as no transactions required...
at an 'automated' car park we just drive through, number plate/time/photo logged...no getting out of the vehicle required, same on exit...number checked, payment validated....goodbye, do come again....
no 'site managers' telling us the rules (on huge boards everywhere) or how to park (that's there too)...
we all use facilities like this every day of our lives and think nothing of it.
the point about metering was to illustrate that this is another function that can be managed (for the most part) without human intervention...is the Club 'automating' or not?
Posted on 03/12/2021 13:33 by JVB66Haven at Great Yarmouth since our last visit and Searles at Hunstanton both have security staff on their entry barriers ,the reason being?
ANPR has been found to be to unreliable ,if not continually "adjusted" as they say
And as pointed out at thIs clubs AGM to costs of installing and running metered electricity on club sites at this time far outways what benefits it would have for members
Posted on 03/12/2021 14:59
Must be that 'foreign' ANPR, David...😉
agreed, there will invariably be the odd issue....here come the site managers.. but for the vast majority a readily opening barrier for a valid paid-up customer must beat using (and collecting/returning) a fob.
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Posted on 03/12/2021 14:43 by young thomasJVB, I'll wager it's not the APNR that needs 'adjusting' but some folks' interpretation of a suitable number plate...anything goes, it seems (one for you there)😉
anyway, if the number is recognised by the site manager as having a valid booking, then we will be waved through....won't we?👍
we're just moving the check in function to outside the office as no transactions required...
at an 'automated' car park we just drive through, number plate/time/photo logged...no getting out of the vehicle required, same on exit...number checked, payment validated....goodbye, do come again....
no 'site managers' telling us the rules (on huge boards everywhere) or how to park (that's there too)...
we all use facilities like this every day of our lives and think nothing of it.
the point about metering was to illustrate that this is another function that can be managed (for the most part) without human intervention...is the Club 'automating' or not?
Posted on 03/12/2021 15:05
Could well be the proliferation of "personal/treasured number plates on both those very big and busy holiday camp type sites
It does not seem to affect those run by government run agencies but the they are calibrated and can now even read plates that are obscured by muck 
Posted on 03/12/2021 16:02
Problem with ANPR seems to be that the computer is not programmed to recognise letter number combination that were used in the UK in the past. The number plate on my Land Rover displays a number issued to my fater in the first half of the previous century and is not recognised by the charging system in local car-parks.
The maintainence engineer told me it could not handle anything with less than six characters.
Posted on 03/12/2021 15:05 by JVB66Could well be the proliferation of "personal/treasured number plates on both those very big and busy holiday camp type sites
It does not seem to affect those run by government run agencies but the they are calibrated and can now even read plates that are obscured by muck
Posted on 03/12/2021 17:07
A better way of doing it and probably less prone to error and disturbing the site manager at 10pm, is a one time QR code. The scanners could be installed as barrier systems are upgraded. The site knows who is arriving, the welcome pack could include the QR code, coded to let you in / out for the duration of your stay. We have used similar, although magnetic strip cards in hotels. I know they work, because when we got back on the second day it wouldn’t let us in, as they had only coded it for one night.😂
DavidKlyne
Motorhomer from Buckinghamshire