Leaving club

I certainly don't book a year in advance and haven't found it particularly problematic in booking.  I thing it was around February when I booked the June/ July/ August slots.  I also make it more difficult for myself by only booking serviced pitches these days, to avoid taking my aquaroll and wastemaster.

David

There are certainly some sites well booked up, but we didn’t have any problem putting together a tour in September a couple of days ago, when we decided against holding out for France. We are using some of the other clubs sites, but that’s more about location than the fact we couldn’t find enough CAMC ones. Some are even on service pitches. I suppose one advantage we now have with a MH, is we generally only spend 2 / 4 days at a location, rather than a week.

I can understand members’ frustrations at not being able to book their choice of sites, when they want. We are in very strange times and being confined to our own shores currently is adding further pressure on the Clubs availability. There are however, other options as well as the C&CC. At under 15pence per day, membership is hardly poor value, especially when you consider all the benefits.

Maybe a phone call to your choice of site may bear fruit?

I can understand your frustrations. This website is lumpy and open to being abused, so its no surprise that members take advantage of it. In fact, you sometimes have to play the system in order to get the site you want

We were booking some last minute pitches last night, and it was obvious that people were booking pitches, and then cancelling them when they found something they prefered. The site we wanted was available for 7 nights, then it wasn't, then it was for 4 nights, then 6 etc etc. So frustrating, and you end up doing exactly the same, and to cover ourselves we also booked a pitch elsewhere, and then cancelled it.

My advice is to hang in there. cancellations are taking place right up to the last minute

We got there in the end, but this needs sorting and investment is required. It seems there is plenty of money available when a name change is required......

On the plus side, I still think that this club is better than the alternative C and CC, and fringe benefits such as discounts for members do mount up

The site we wanted was available for 7 nights, then it wasn't, then it was for 4 nights, then 6 etc etc. So frustrating, and you end up doing exactly the same, and to cover ourselves we also booked a pitch elsewhere, and then cancelled it.

Far better to book it for what you can get, say the four nights you mention, then look to extend it. If you book something else that has to be cancelled before you can book the same dates elsewhere and by the time you’ve done that those dates might have gone, with no guarantee of getting those you cancelled back. I’ve one at the moment I have booked for two nights and I am checking periodically trying to extend it to three. 

It doesnt always work like that. We are booked at one site until the 12th July, but wanted to move on. The earliest I could get at our preferred site was the 14th, and I don't fancy 2 nights in a lay by. It was either go home, or book elsewhere

The system is flawed

Timboc, not wishing to be rude but, be perfectly honest, I think attempting to book on 28 June for 12 July is expecting an awful lot in this year of all years. I’m sorry you didn't get what you wanted and I hope you sort something but, please, don’t blame the booking system for not having what you wanted at a very late stage.

With the situation as it with covid +staycations sites with a lot of organisations since late last year in many areas have been filling up,we booked our tour in January which starts Tomorrow and getting back about the middle of September, and we are staying at 11 sites in all,

I think attempting to book on 28 June for 12 July is expecting an awful lot in this year of all years.

I haven't had a problem booking with a commercial site and paying a deposit.

peedee

We always use a mixture of Club and non-club sites, so always manage to get somewhere.  Out of the main season, I usually stick to Club sites, but for the main holidays I vary it a little and often look at sites on the  UKCampsite website.  At the moment we are at Durham Grange CAMC site, but are moving up to South Meadows (private site) near Bamborough.  On the way back we're booked in at Knaresborough CAMC...

When we go South, later on, I've booked Plough Lane, Chippenham (Private), Exbridge Lakeside(CAMC), Globe Vale, Redruth (Private), Putts Corner (CAMC) and Devizes (C&CC).

Haven't booked any further on, but others will be CAMC sites in the autumn/winter.  I'm sure we'll get on somewhere...

David