Why not standardise check in & depart times?

John, I'm on a uk commercial site now... The earliest arrival on the email was 14:00. Hopeless.

so I phoned and said I wanted to arrive earlier...the receptionist said that all departures were off by 11:00 so I could come any time after that!!

not Europe, just filling empty pitches....

i don't know why sensible processes for other places are deemed not workable in the UK.

what is it about us in the uk that can't even be bothered to learn from how other places (or other sites) manages things differently/better?

And this commercial site is ? Just to see what the comparison is but then the post I replied to was not refering to UK sites as you well know

+1.

As always no one is forced to use any club site if they consider such arrival and departures times and how they operate to be too onerous. If they do choose other site. But then many other sites have similar, and sometimes worse, set times. It is not just a club thing.

what is it about us in the uk that can't even be bothered to learn from how other places (or other sites) manages things differently/better?

BB, in my view it is one of two things.

Either Arrogance or Fear.

Arrogance that "we" know best or Fear that maybe we don't.

 better  as defined by who though BB?

 

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When  organisations as big as both the UK clubs there has to be a standard as far as is possible m that is hopefully at least,  acceptable to the majority of their site users, , but as every one who posts on here anyway, should know there will always be those who think the world should revolve around their own selfish  requirements

"I'm on a uk commercial site now... The earliest arrival on the email was 14:00. Hopeless.

so I phoned and said I wanted to arrive earlier...the receptionist said that all departures were off by 11:00 so I could come any time after that!!"

Ooh, you little devil,  BB. That's the second time, then, that you've booked at a UK commercial site,  knowing full well their t&c and then expected "special" treatment.  

Standardised? No. It’s got to be horses for courses. For a site that generally runs at below capacity who cares what times folks arrive? However, if it’s full or close to full much of the time (like most CMC sites) then it’s got to be managed somehow. That said…an observation. I’m absolutely not an early riser and get really annoyed by folks starting to break camp at 7am and making a hell of a lot of noise in the process. Seems to be plenty of them well gone by 9am before I emerge so waiting until 2pm probably OTT in many places?

I don't have any "selfish requirements" JVB. I'll turn up after the appointed time, no problem. Plus I'll happily turn up at any time when touring abroad if that is allowed. I take the "When in Rome" route everytime.

However I do agree with BB if he is suggesting the CAMC is slow to take on board other ways of doing things. It seems that most things are done to a set template regardless of whether another idea has merit.