What’s the point of the Club if sites are full?

 Thanks for redirection as initially not sure where to post. 

 

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Mmm, sounds familiar, David🤣

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Glad you find it so👍🏻

I think the balance this year has obviously been skewed by COVID which hopefully won't turn into a regular thing year on year. Demand has probably been excessive compared to previous years with people (not yet) able to go abroad and perhaps many more people taking up the hobby. That coupled with the Club's very generous booking condition does work against those of us that prefer not to plan too far ahead. We also have no idea what will happen will happen later in the year with regards to COVID so people are probably making hay when the sun shines? It surprises me not that it is relatively easy to book a commercial site because of their T&C's which at the very least require a sizeable deposit or more often than not full payment on booking this makes using CMC site far, far more attractive so spontaneity this year has certainly gone out of the window and those that prefer that spontaneity are the losers.

David

You are out of UK practice HG. And this touring year is hardly standard fare given that almost everyone is confined at the moment to this small island. Hopefully things will open up overseas for you and you can do what you love. But you will have to be a great deal more forward thinking and organised to get exactly what you want, where you want and when you want it at most Sites, let alone the Clubs at the moment. We usually set off on the hoof, book as we go, but we have an event planned in September. We have had our Site booked since before Christmas.

They do indeed. Even the ones who don’t normally book anything😂 Meanwhile, those not used to UK are learning fast........hopefully😁

As a "Touring Club " I find it almost impossible to tour using Club sites since week ends are booked up months in advance, so making moving from site to site a nightmare only being able to make mid week bookings makes touring impractical 

It's not just club sites and it's been this way for many years. However, this year the issues are exacerbated and it was obvious months ago that this would be the way of things.