Weekend fully booked

hotfog replied on 21/02/2019 21:39

Posted on 21/02/2019 21:39

As this has been discussed many times and this post will be locked to stopped any comments. 

Yes you can book a year in advance but this still stops people booking a a whole week (7 days) due to the weekend bookings. The problem is not going to go away until something is done about the weekend blocking. I suggest that the club takes a look at the amount of weekend bookings. I notice that there are discounts for midweek booking so this surely must show that CMC must be loosing out on revenue do to weekend blocking.

Takethedogalong replied on 21/03/2019 21:31

Posted on 21/03/2019 21:31

I know it was shut 4th to 9th March this year, but that was Enviro Agency that shut it. If the access road is flooded, it has to shut. I think it was closed for quite a while a couple of years ago, not certain, but I think Club opened up Beechwood Grange early to offer an alternative. I am guessing site itself might have been flooded then, but not sure.

I’d forgotten about this, photo showing height of floods marked on big concrete roundals inside YRP. I think most of Yorkshire flooded in 2016!🤔😀

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14403780.york-caravan-park-fights-back-against-flood-risk/

 http://flooding2015.blogspot.com/

It looks as though Site has flooded almost every year at some time since 2011. I haven’t been back any earlier.

Takethedogalong replied on 21/03/2019 21:47

Posted on 21/03/2019 21:47

Someone didn’t get out in time, sure that’s a van in the back corner. This was YRP in 2015

 

Wherenext replied on 22/03/2019 16:19

Posted on 22/03/2019 16:19

Sure is Ttda. Oops. Hope it was't the Wardens.

I don't know about sites being empty during the week and only full at weekends but we're just back from a Sunday-Friday stay at Wirral CMC site. Full most of the time and it's only March. There were plenty of midweekers like ourselves leaving over the last 2 days to make room for the weekenders. Maybe the Op just does't organise himself like others do.

Navigateur replied on 22/03/2019 18:23

Posted on 22/03/2019 18:23

As a solution to the problem of weekenders blocking others from week long stays, and week long stays blocking weekenders I propose a solution.

From a date to be decided (no - not THAT again) every member will be issued with some non-transferable vouchers that will entitle a booking to be made over a weekend.  I think four Saturday vouchers and four Sunday vouchers would be enough. Pairs of additional vouchers to cover a weekend can be "earned" by booking (and actually staying - I was reading that other thread as well) for five weekdays.

No voucher - no booking.  So EVERYBODY gets the chance of four weekends at least. And we do not need paper vouchers - keep the tally on the Club's computer system. It would rapidly become another benefit of membership.

Takethedogalong replied on 22/03/2019 19:06

Posted on 22/03/2019 16:19 by Wherenext

Sure is Ttda. Oops. Hope it was't the Wardens.

I don't know about sites being empty during the week and only full at weekends but we're just back from a Sunday-Friday stay at Wirral CMC site. Full most of the time and it's only March. There were plenty of midweekers like ourselves leaving over the last 2 days to make room for the weekenders. Maybe the Op just does't organise himself like others do.

Posted on 22/03/2019 19:06

It’s the corner pitch we had at YRP, furthest from reception block. We are just looking at a short tour, hoping no flooding, probably use at least a couple of Club Sites as prices not too bad. Hawes is a bit steep, but we want to get some rope while there, so probably worth paying. Noticed lots of weekends booked, we shall just have to time it right.😁

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