New booking system with deposits

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Same here Brue and TG.  We have never received any Club emails either!! Good job we have CT.  I’m not a fan of a deposit system it’s a shame they are coming in.  I do hope anything paid will be transferable between sites, we have changed (due to hospital appointments and family commitments) about half a dozen sites already this year!  

I'll contact CAMC about the email system not working for some (which could mean a few thousand?!) Hope something can be sorted successfully this time round.

I get them around 1 per wk, odd time 2.

We had two weeks at York rowntree park in may, except for Fridays and Saturdays there we empty spaces every day.

we book this site a year ahead, this is the first time there were empty spaces

We just had a short stopover at Baltic Wharf Bristol, £47 per night for caravan and 2 persons, Rowntree similar priced. Could that be the reason empty spaces?

Sad to see the introduction of this, although I do understand some of the reasons behind it.

We seldom book more than a week in advance but this year have had to cancel twice for medical reasons.  The first because I spent a day on the Emergency care unit with heart rhythm problems, the second was this weekend when I tested positive for Covid on Friday and we had to cancel our weekend at Burrs.

Both trips were only 2 nights so I doubt any insurance policy would have paid out but it would have been a considerable financial loss for us.

Can see us being even more reluctant to book in future

AnnB

"Can see us being even more reluctant to book in future"

I have already made the decision to not use club sites any more. We are not in a position to go away as regular as we do and pay club prices. We are at present away on a 5 week tour, average nightly price is £19 25 probably half that of club sites.

It's a shame after 37 years but needs must.

Incidentally the cl's we've used have all been good. 

If it stops speculative bookings then I’m in favour. A couple of weeks ago I thought I’d book the site at Berwick for 4 nights middle of June. Not possible, so I booked a CS with the other Club. 

Last night I had another look via Late Availability and guess what my 4 nights were now available. Had another look tonight and now I could have 5 nights. Maybe tomorrow I will be able to book a full week - not that I will. 

“Just say’n” as they say. 

Now the decision has been made I just wish they would get on with it so we all know where we are.

As we have a motorhome location is important for us as we like to be near things, not stuck out in the middle of the countryside, I appreciate others will have the opposite view. If the new system improves availability it will be an improvement. Funnily enough, this year we are using quite a few commercial sites. All of them seem to be a similar price to what the CMC charge. The major difference is that all of them not only require a deposit but also require full payment at least a month before arrival on site. This makes the CMC offer seem quite reasonable?

David