New Site Booking System

Posted on 24/01/2022 16:53 by Twos more then one

As you can imagine, a lot of members all cancelling a few times a year soon adds up! After reviewing the market, speaking to members and looking at other campsite providers the best solution to reduce speculative bookings is to introduce a deposit system. This will reduce the number of speculative bookings and create more availability for members.

There it is twice 

Posted on 24/01/2022 16:53 by Twos more then one

As you can imagine, a lot of members all cancelling a few times a year soon adds up! After reviewing the market, speaking to members and looking at other campsite providers the best solution to reduce speculative bookings is to introduce a deposit system. This will reduce the number of speculative bookings and create more availability for members.

There it is twice 

Posted on 24/01/2022 16:53 by Twos more then one

As you can imagine, a lot of members all cancelling a few times a year soon adds up! After reviewing the market, speaking to members and looking at other campsite providers the best solution to reduce speculative bookings is to introduce a deposit system. This will reduce the number of speculative bookings and create more availability for members.

There it is twice 

Posted on 24/01/2022 15:32 by young thomas

If you failed to secure a booking due to the site being full, I'm not sure you'd know why those places had been taken, nor if some were later released due to someone cancelling a 'speculative' booking.

we pretty much take all our bookings, but we don't book club sites far in advance, as 3/4 of our touring is overseas.

But, of the other 7 weeks or so we are touring the UK, it's really only our New Year break that we book or for another specific reason....for example, we are going to a concert later in the year and booked the local site to correspond.

however, we did want to visit one specific 'honeypot' a few years ago and our lackadaisical organisation (touring on a whim...) didn't cut the mustard, so I booked really early and selected two dates, without a clue as to which one we would take...

it would certainly be weather dependant...the site has a pool and we required sunshine...and to fit with our ever changing diary..

so, I guess you could say that one of those bookings was speculative, so you can blame it all on me😉

Posted on 24/01/2022 17:08 by brue

I suggest people start doing the sums involved, eg 950,000 x £25 (at least) will bring in revenue to the club.  At present there is no security of income for the club whilst people enjoy using the system to their own advantage even by legitimate means.

Posted on 24/01/2022 16:52 by Cornersteady

Maybe, perhaps, but no firm evidence of that is there? We also have no idea of how many members did?

Or perhaps the club liked the idea of all that up-front money either earning interest somewhere for possibly a year in advance or there for more immediate purchases?

But to my mind arguing about what caused the change is academic speculation at best or just a waste of time at worst. It has happened.

Posted on 24/01/2022 17:19 by Twos more then one

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But to my mind arguing about what caused the change is academic speculation at best or just a waste of time at worst. It has happened.

It is not academic at all , 25% is a huge figure 

 

Posted on 24/01/2022 16:53 by Twos more then one

As you can imagine, a lot of members all cancelling a few times a year soon adds up! After reviewing the market, speaking to members and looking at other campsite providers the best solution to reduce speculative bookings is to introduce a deposit system. This will reduce the number of speculative bookings and create more availability for members.

There it is twice