New booking system with deposits

You just did ‘insult fellow members’ for leaving late when you arrived early🙄🤔

Well I'm no longer a member so obviously can't be accused of insulting "fellow members" but it strikes me as slightly irrational to imply praise of wardens for allowing (very) early arrivals whilst at the same time condemning them for letting others leave late. 

Both are against "the rules" so surely equally "selfish" (if that derogatory word must be used). 

(Still, luckily for us, we can arrive and depart 24/7 where we spend most time!) 

This thread is entitled New Booking System with Deposits. I know threads move around, but going back to its original purpose: I was sorting out some old correspondence and discovered a UK Advance Bookings Confirmation from the Caravan Club dated 1999! (goodness knows why i still had it). It showed 2 advanced bookings, one for 12 nights and one for 8 nights. For each booking we had paid  £5 deposit.  In the small print it informs that deposits cannot be refunded under any circumstances, only deducted from site fees. It goes on to say "where you have applied to stay at a number of sites and one is not available, the deposit for that site is automatically allocated to a booked site."

I have absolutely no memory of paying deposits, but obviously we did. It also sounds as if you paid the deposit before site confirmation!

This was certainly in the days before electronic booking. (how did we manage).

The full cost isnt indicated so I dont know what % of fees the deposit was. I am sure someone can tell me what £5 equals in todays values.

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100% support for the site managers
All sites should do the same . no excuse for being at the most, ten minutes early

We haven’t attempted to make a booking yet.

I am sure the government Information Commissioner (data protection) would be interested to hear that the Club is collecting names and dates of birth unnecessarily.  I am sure that must be against the law.

just knowing whether to charge adult or child is sufficient for the Club’s needs for a UK campsite.

If you are a member the Club already have that information, and to become a member you have to give consent for them to hold that information, so as long as that do not misuse that information, the club is complying with data protection laws 
You do not have to give it if you do not wish, that is your choice at the time off booking 

I don’t think you can proceed without completion. Although of course it does not have to be accurate.

As i posted the chice is yours 
The act is  data  protection, not what you can ask law 

The law does not stop companies etc asking what they want .it makes it legal not to protect that information 

Thanks for the comments and I hold my hands up if I’m wrong.

we have a relative who works for the Information Commissioner and I’m sure she said that holding unnecessary information is not allowed.

The dates of birth of your extra guests, is surely irrelevant, all the club need is ‘adult or child’.

But, as I say, other members probably know more than me if they are in a job that involves data collection.