Posted on 03/05/2021 11:40
thinking of leaving cub since booking system change to year in advance the sites we like are booked up for next year i am still working so need weekends now its impossible to get them . i know people who are making several bookings then picking which to cancel near the time .the system is flawed i am leaving have been a member a lot years
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Posted on 10/07/2021 21:48
If the expected permanent rise in U.K. camping holidays becomes a thing, a booking system that actively penalises working age people is rather short sighted.
a refusal to move with the times will just leave the ‘club’ as what is perceived as a retirement club and the mainstream custom simply won’t come.
Posted on 10/07/2021 22:26
Out of school holidays there are certainly plenty of retired folk to be seen mid week. Go and catch the bus at the nearby stop and very few if any pay for a ticket.😀 However, come the weekend a large proportion leave to be replace by much younger weekenders, often family groups. These seem to manage fine to get the weekends they require. Perhaps they are just more organised than those who constantly moan the system isn’t fair.
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Posted on 10/07/2021 22:26 by SteveLOut of school holidays there are certainly plenty of retired folk to be seen mid week. Go and catch the bus at the nearby stop and very few if any pay for a ticket.😀 However, come the weekend a large proportion leave to be replace by much younger weekenders, often family groups. These seem to manage fine to get the weekends they require. Perhaps they are just more organised than those who constantly moan the system isn’t fair.
Posted on 10/07/2021 21:48 by HarryTheHymerIf the expected permanent rise in U.K. camping holidays becomes a thing, a booking system that actively penalises working age people is rather short sighted.
a refusal to move with the times will just leave the ‘club’ as what is perceived as a retirement club and the mainstream custom simply won’t come.
Posted on 10/07/2021 22:26 by SteveLOut of school holidays there are certainly plenty of retired folk to be seen mid week. Go and catch the bus at the nearby stop and very few if any pay for a ticket.😀 However, come the weekend a large proportion leave to be replace by much younger weekenders, often family groups. These seem to manage fine to get the weekends they require. Perhaps they are just more organised than those who constantly moan the system isn’t fair.
Posted on 30/06/2021 20:26 by redfaceI seem to remember that in the bad old days, when the date came for releasing bookings for the next year, the clubs web site crashed.
You then had a lot of people squealing that it was unfair as they could not get on the internet until 03..00 in the morning or later, and their favourite site was by then fully booked.
This led to a rolling 1 year booking facility.
Is this not better than a free for all at midnight on a specific date?
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