The future

Posted on 18/11/2020 09:39 by Takethedogalong

We have fallen foul of the got to be onsite first night by 8pm rule. We used to book a one night stop on way down to Cornwall, but got badly held up in traffic one time (hours behind). I managed to phone Site we had booked, explaining that we were stuck, got no sympathy, so we phoned a CL who just told us to roll in when we could and pay in morning. We used that CL for the next five years, it was so lovely we often stayed a lot longer than the one night. 

In Summer, we don’t often need to be on a Site while 10pm, make the most of the daylight hours, 10 minute set up. So again, we use CLs. So flexible compared with Club. Small private Sites can be as accommodating as well sometimes.

Posted on 18/11/2020 10:22 by Takethedogalong

Remote payment day before arrival, confirmation email, scan code for barrier, code for loo block, sorted. Welcome to the 21st Century. Anything else can wait until morning.🤷‍♀️ It should be an option, if not the norm. 

Posted on 18/11/2020 09:44 by

I used occasionally do a weekend trip about 1 hour away from home. One Friday evening we got held up and arrived at 8:15. Light summer evening, all the wardens sat around in the reception but they insisted  I not only used the LNA area but paid in full.

Different approach from the warden at a now gone site near Ashford. We used this on our way to Dover ferries and drove down on a Friday night.  Rang ahead and was told just use the LNA and "put a quid in the charity box"

Posted on 18/11/2020 10:54 by JVB66

Sounds like Folkstone race course site  "put what you think through letter boxif you are also going for early ferry"

Posted on 18/11/2020 13:02 by peedee

Was it called Tesco, stayed there overnight a couple of times when I have been late..

peedee