Unconfirmed all sites arrival times to be 1300 hrs

jobs'...unfortunately this doesn't allow for the office to be manned all day.

This is not quite correct though. This only applies to those sites that have a single set of wardens. Where the are double or even triple sets the office is most certainly staffed all day.

On single set sites the office is closed while cleaning but opens for arrivals. I suppose staff could be bought in for that hour or so but then costs increase. 

I know how vulnerable FM is to Traveller incursions, and how bad they can be, so not surprised at all at the security at FM. But I still think it could have a better system which would benefit both customers and staff. No complaints about the staff, by the way.

I thought the new book a pitch type, pay before arrival scheme would streamline things a bit but not sure how it would work here.

BB if you find using CAMC sites a 'jarring jolt' then why use them?

Club sites only account for about 10% of UK sites, probably less. Find other sites that won't give you such a reaction?

The single biggest issue with uniformity for the club is that it is not a single site but a collective of many individual sites each having its own set of specific challenges and constraints. Whatever is suggested for all regarding arrival/departure times, cleaning régimes, lunch breaks etc some staff will always be forced to meet this with leniency if it clearly doesn’t work for that setting. You just need to check the specifics of your booked site prior to visiting.

Some have advocated staffing levels is the main issue. Well some of the sites are so remote they have very little chance at all of finding workers willing to do a couple of hrs a day and possibly having to travel nearly as much time to and from that work. 

If this really was a Club then it would be straight forward for the members to physically contribute to the upkeep and maintainence of the site at which they were staying.  Perhaps it might even be the norm.

Good post Micky, and I agree. The main attraction of Club Sites for us used to be the huge variety to be found, small, large, urban, rural, basic, full amenities. However, the majority, no doubt driven by customer expectations and the remote HQ all encompassing brief is to dilute that very individuality. I like a bit of adventure with my camping, but find most Club Sites very boring nowadays. Expectations are always met, but the bar in terms of excitement, difference, is set very low. We go elsewhere for something different.