"Small deposits"

McDonalds don't!  

However the Club decide to look at deposits, there’s a lot more to it than simply taking a small deposit for a booking. MHs don’t tend to stay as long as caravans, so imposing a large deposit might not work there if the deposit amount is greater than a nights stay.🤷‍♀️ Then there is the surface type. If I was being asked to pay something upfront, I will want to know what my wheels will be parked on. Imagine paying a deposit, or as TobyLeeds suggests, the full amount and finding you have a soured bit of grass🤷‍♀️ Then there’s the details of deposits back or not, in the event of a major upset preventing holiday going ahead. You’d take out holiday insurance if for a cottage or overseas probably, but what about a week at Marazion at £15 a night🤷‍♀️

Lots to think about. I suspect long staying caravan owners are going to be happy, but not so sure about those who tour from Site to Site. 

Personally, it won’t affect us much. We tend to use Club Sites in the Winter months, so will mop up whatever might be there when others are hibernating, and will still find a Site late, using alternatives if nothing Club appeals. 

"Most good restaurants take a deposit of the cost of providing the service (food, staff costs ) this is taken if adequate notice of cancellation is not given. The full cost of the meal in the event of a no show."

Some, may do, but I doubt it's "most". We have eaten at two of the top rated restaurants in this part of Cornwall this week (neither run by Mr Stein! ). Neither of them made any mention of a deposit.

12 weeks thats when you have to pay for most holidays buy.

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We have never done it either. Mind, we don’t visit Leeds😂

In my experience 4 to 6 weeks is the norm in this country but that's for far more than a bit of land to pitch on.

I agree with you. I think a 10 - 20% non returnable (except in exceptional circumstances) deposit at time of booking and the current penalties for cancellation should be just about fair to everyone. 

Can you define “exceptional circumstances” though compo? One persons exceptional circumstances might be someone else’s minor inconvenience?

And how are they going to check or prove whether a reason is in fact true?