Booking Fees for the Honeypots

I see that this issue features in this months magazine with the Club saying they don't know what the answer is and inviting suggestions. Since a number have been proposed on here in the past, they clearly have no intention of listening to the membership despite their assurances that they do.

I think the simple answer is that there isn't one. The demand for these sites is far higher than the room available. The only way of cutting it down is to increase the site fees to the point that mo st people go elsewhere but that would be even more unpopular than the current system.

And as the majority of the "honey pot" sites are quite small with no chance of being expanded then the position is forever a catch 22 situation

I've managed to get on this site regularly by contacting the site direct closer to the time I'm wanting to go. This method has worked without fail. I do join in the booking frenzy as I teach and my holidays are dictated, but even then I can't always get on a specific site, but have used the method above with a lot of the fully booked sites. Namely Rowntree, Baltic wharf and Chatsworth.  These can be weekend as well as peak holidays.

i.e. I'm alright, Jack.

Its totally broken if you can't be on the phone on the specific day that the CC decided to open ALL booking for the next year.  Its a stupid system that entirely favours one group of people over another.

I had a long chat with their facebook reps.  So clearly my feedback *hasn't* been passed on at all, despite being told it would be.

One solution is to simply allow people to book X number of months ahead, and have each day open up at midnight.

Then there's no longer a single "booking day", where you're totally screwed if you can't be on the phone/web that day.  And if you miss out for your preferred dates, you can try again the day/week after.

It would also make life MILES easier for CC staff too - I'm sure they wouldn't miss getting rid of "crazy day".

Yes members over non members 

I never understand how this solution would work.

If I want to book a 5 day stay at a site in X-months time would I have to sign on and book one day at a time for five days in a row?

If I didn't but waited until day 5 I may well find the first 4 are all fully booked.

Sounds just as bad to me.

Or wouldn't be able to pony up 10% for every trip in advance.

That's the other issue with the current system, you can book without paying.  Make people pay at the point of booking, even if there is a full refund on cancellation.
Then the number of advanced bookings would drop massively, making it more accessible to all.

Well, I'll very shortly be joining the queue of non members.  The way the caravan club works basically sticks its fingers up at people who work.

I barely used a CC site last year - could never get in where we wanted to go as it was all booked up 6 months in advanced.

It shouldn't be ran as a club for the "in crowd", it should be equally beneficial for all members.