Booking Fees for the Honeypots

Posted on 19/02/2017 17:31 by JVB66

OK one more pitch 

Posted on 19/02/2017 17:35 by SteveL

As far as I can see what you propose is something that suits you better, not something that is necessarily fairer for all. You are never going to please all the people all of the time. Even when we worked we managed to sort things out and secured the bookings we wanted. Yes occasionally there would have to be compromises but that is just life. In my opinion the majority who moan that they can't get this that and the other, are simply not prepared to try.

Posted on 19/02/2017 17:47 by Tinwheeler

Petertr, the CC treats us all the same. We are all equal. Can you not see that it is your personal circumstances which are causing you a problem? 

What you want CC to do is to change the system to suit you at this time. When your circumstances change, as they surely will one day, will you want CC to again change to something that suits you better?

Have you tried booking earlier?

Posted on 19/02/2017 18:26 by moulesy

Peter- we've all been there in the past - even us retired old fogeys worked at one time. But instead of throwing in the towel we worked round the system, and, yes, if that meant not getting our first choice of CC sites we'd look for an alternative.

But there are a lot of willing helpers on here; if you could give us some idea of where and when you want to go (but apparently are unable to at the moment) I bet we could come up with any number of alternative suggestions for you. Seems a bit "cutting off your nose to spite your face" if you're leaving the club simply because you can't get one particular booking.

Posted on 19/02/2017 18:29 by

Maybe it was passed on and they thought it to be a bad idea as indeed I do.

Posted on 19/02/2017 21:44 by mickysf

No matter how we tinker with the possibilities a site which appears full all the time will remain thus!

Posted on 20/02/2017 14:16 by Wildwood

Even the drip feed of say a week or two or even a month does not work if you want to book from one period into the next. Basically you would have to book as far as the system would let you go and then hope you could then get the rest of the booking when the next period was released. The shorter you make the period between releases the worse the problem becomes.

As an example if the release period was a month and you wanted the last week in July and the first in August you would book the first week in July and then have to hope you beat the rest to the August dates.

There is simply no answer to this problem that will suit everyone or possibly even the majority.

Maybe if there is a problem with people booking several weekends on the first day, that day could be limited to one booking per site on the first day and then the free for all on the next. 

Posted on 24/01/2017 08:51 by fatbelly

Hi, On Jan 2nd we tried to book 2 nights in December at one of the so called "honeypot sites" (Rowntree Park). But its fully booked for the whole year and I couldn't even find 1 night in December.  I like the CC policy of no fee when you book and think it should stay, but with a few site exceptions.

I've no doubt that as the year goes by a small number of people who have booked RP will just cancel with no penalty but  member's like myself who wish to book and will not cancel lose out.

What do people think about putting booking fees on the 2 or 3 honeypot sites to ensure that people who book uphold their booking. As I have said I think the overall policy of no booking fees for the vast majority of sites works and should be kept. 

Posted on 21/02/2017 11:55 by petertr

So people who work, and who can't sit on the internet or the phone all morning "don't even try" eh?

Another sweeping statement with view to keeping the system that benefits those who don't work rather than being fair to all.