Secure you summer holiday for just £5 deposit

PD that's the same thing as a trial isn't it

In name only.

peedee

I'm actually just going to book TB in the lakes for last week in August for 10 days going into September. It's going to be £46.20 per night for a SP and down to £42.50 in September. I alway look at the Quiet site just a few miles way as it was our first caravan holiday when we hired one back in 1999, we were put off by it when the rains came and it became very muddy and had a look at TB in all it's hardstanding wonder and quickly joined and booked and never looked back.

Anyway the price there for a SP for the same dates are £48 per night for ten days, but that's for 10Kwh of electricity per day at 10 amps then it's 30 pence per Kwh. (A dog is extra as is children over 16, we don't have any but just for comparison) while at the club, well I'm sure you know.

And refunds if you cancel? Well before 14 days you will be charged £10 per night 'admin fee' then you'll get the rest back. Cancel within 14 days and nothing, leave early nothing again. Deposits? well I couldn't find any mention so it appears to be all upfront?

Now if someone, perhaps not a member was looking at those two sites, which one would they choose?

Glad we agree, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. 

Another instance of being proactive to circumstances? Call it trying to be ‘on the ball’ or a trial makes no difference, it is dynamic mind!😉

Companies only tend to do offers when they need to. Ergo, something is amiss. I have lost count of the number of different offers this year. Price freezes, percentages off, tinkering with the deposit amount required, there might be others I have missed. Good for those who are happy with the Club, and good for whose circumstances allow/fit the options. 

Clues to some of the barriers of pitch take up are all on CT, and I’m sure will be being monitored. It’s a bit of a trade off between having enough folks happy with the current situation, all the elements, and those who have had to look for different options even if they do like Club Sites, or have tried other options and liked them. How to win them back again, and then hope there are enough free pitches to accommodate and keep them.

I think there are lots of other elements of course affecting take up generally, and many have hung up their touring shoes altogether these last few years. 

I do think that it is the  cost per night that is putting most members off ,the depost amount was quite reasonable  as it was reducing it to a fiver will not stop no shows ,as £5 Is less than a pint of beer ,I seem to recall that back in the 80s it was about £3 .per booking, which would a lot more than the £20  in operation just now    

  we joined the Club in 1977 so have long memories of caravaning we are on our third van now and it we be our last one I think

One of the main reasons (given by the Club) for the introduction of the deposit system was to improve availability which seems to  have been quite successful. I just wonder if a £5 deposit will put that at risk?

David

If you book and pay the £5 deposit, then decide to not go - don’t forget to cancel, or you will be liable for the full cost of the booked stay, if you just don’t turn up. 

Goldie

I suggested something similar in one of my posts so I agree with you but for that to be effective I think the system would have to be changed so that all site payments were automatically taken on the morning of arrival with no choice of paying when you get to a site. It seems to work quite well for the C&CC?

David

I’m not sure we can currently make that assumption. There has been lots more happened since the introduction of deposits which may have had a greater effect on availability. So many new variables have come into play. Certainly those at the sharp end of marketing will have the data from which decisions are being made but the primary driving force behind the introduction will be profitability I’m sure.