Arrival times

If anybody doesn't like the CMC rules -- The answer is in your own hands.--------- Go Elsewhere !!

 Or write to head office and lobby for a change in the rules instead of just moaning about them on a forum, which will achieve absolutely nothing.  

K 

These people want our business and know that anyone turned away on the basis of "rules" rather than a full site wont come back ever.

Hence one of the biggest differences over there with over here which perhaps has eluded you Dave?

Despite or actually maybe because of all these 'rules' on club sites (which btw appear the same throughout the UK with larger sites) club sites continue to be very popular and in many cases full (all the threads on here about not getting a pitch) and this has been true for many many years and shows no signs of slowing down? So it would seen that the club is quite good at giving their customers exactly what they want. Maybe they are really quite good at being 'customer focused' ?

No I won't take my caravan over there, the only reason is that I personally see no fun in driving for a few days when I can be there in less than a few hours door to pool (and/or bar) and nothing to do with the way sites are run over there. Other people I know love the idea of taking their outfit abroad and I mean no disrespect to them, it is just not for me. However if I did go I would certainly keep to any rules they had.

Posted on 12/03/2018 08:28 by Fisherman

Cant understand the angst here. You are on holiday, the clock watching is not something you do.Turn up, if admitted OK, if not go elsewhere.  Simples.

I wonder if some of you that advocate flexible arrival times tend to use many Club sites? My observations of being on many Club sites is that indeed there are a few who are "up with the lark" but most departures are between 10.00am and midday. Given the typical layout of most sites if you had people leaving at the same time as people arriving it could cause chaos as people are trying to hitch up caravans with other trying to get round the site to find a pitch. Also given human nature and a general nervousness exhibited by a fair number of Club members when it comes to arrival on site would just mean that many would arrive well before midday. The current system is fairly easy to understand and it is easy enough just to adjust your initial departure time. Now there may be particular circumstances where an early arrival on site, I am thinking if perhaps you had to go to a funeral or a wedding where the warden could use his discretion to allow an early arrival (maybe they do that already?) Beyond that I think the system should stand as it is. 

David

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I have certainly been on site were early an arrivals occurs by agreement. No problem with that

On many sites I feel that there is a need to restrict arrival time mainly because of staffing levels and the same applies to many commercial sites of a certain size.

As to whether the club should allow flexible arrivals at some sites in the future, that's a totally different argument to arriving significantly before 12 / 1pm under the current clearly stated rules. I am not sure why with a few exceptions, like the earlier cross channel ferry quoted, anyone should ever be more that 5 mins early. You know the distance, and have a fair idea of the minimum time it is going to take. Using that any delays will only make you slightly later not earlier. Even with nearby sites I doubt many are traveling for less than an hour and you don't have to leave till 12. So even if your next site is a 1 pm arrival, it should not cause a problem.

Actually, in my experience, commercial sites in the UK (that's where we're talking about isn't it?) are even stricter about arrivals and departures than club sites - the exception being those that will allow you to stay slightly later at a price.

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and a +10 to I wonder if some of you that advocate flexible arrival times tend to use many Club sites?