Arrival times

Posted on 13/03/2018 07:39 by KeefySher

We have a c£30k caravan if all the gear is included ie awning, mover, leisure battery, bedding, utensils, crockery, chairs etc. We tow with a  from new £70K+ list price tow car, as was the last one, but we didn't pay anywhere near full price for either of them 

We are the new family adventurers the CAMC are targeting. But we don't pay £30 to stay a few hours later. We do pay for a pitch from 12:00 arrival time, but are unable to take our daughter out of school early on the arrival day to get to a site for that time. If we use this past weekend as example, we got stuck in traffic on Friday after leaving home after school time for an initial 1h15m journey that took 4h.30m so we had paid for the pitch from 12:00 and only occupied it from 20:00.

Should we ask for a credit for the unused occupancy, or use it against a later departure?

As a family with school commitments staying late on a Sunday with the drive home on the crowded roads to our part of the effluent central south is not conducive to a relaxing experience, so is not done at all.

In summary, the perceived 'price' of the unit bares no relationship to the reality of caravanning by the new adventurers the CAMC want to attract. 

Are we stupid? Or realistic 

 

Posted on 13/03/2018 09:50 by huskydog

sorry ,but what has the price of your car and caravan got to do with arriving early ?????

Posted on 13/03/2018 10:34 by Cornersteady

Keely for future reference, and even though I'll probably be accused of nitpicking or it's not the done thing to correct spellings, but you should really look up the difference between effluent and the word I assume you want, which is affluent.

or perhaps you really wanted to use that word? 

Posted on 13/03/2018 10:18 by peedee

and effluent in the central south, sounds like, being polite, an undesirable place to live.

peedee

Posted on 13/03/2018 10:47 by EmilysDad

I think He was intending to take the p*** .....

Once a teacher ......

Posted on 13/03/2018 10:34 by Cornersteady

Keely for future reference, and even though I'll probably be accused of nitpicking or it's not the done thing to correct spellings, but you should really look up the difference between effluent and the word I assume you want, which is affluent.

or perhaps you really wanted to use that word?