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Cheers  Ratty

Quote: Originally posted by eurobob121 on 11/6/2009

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seems abit steep especially if for some reason you can't make it

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I'm fed up of being told campsites are full - and then being able to go because people haven't showed up - but by that time I have missed a nights camping...

I think campsites are perfectly within their rights to ask for a deposit... why should they be the ones out of pocket just because a punter changes their mind??

What would be good would be some camping holiday insurance that would cough up if the weather was unnaturally bad for the time of year such that going would damage your kit.

Christine

There have been numerous posts about people booking CC sites and not turning up, depriving others of a pitch.  Charging a deposit is the best way to stop this from happening.

Quote: Originally posted by Bernie47 on 11/6/2009

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There have been numerous posts about people booking CC sites and not turning up, depriving others of a pitch.  Charging a deposit is the best way to stop this from happening.

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And there have been a lot of posts pointing out that the CC have made a statement (CC magazine January 2008 ) that when they dropped deposits that their number of bookings rose considerably and that the number of people not showing up fell.

I manage a campsite here in Yorkshire/Forest of Bowland area and I know the deposits are necessary. As other comments here note - we would (and have) say no to potential campers based on the numbers we have booked. If no deposit is taken (as happened when our machine had an off day!), we found a number didn't turn up and we have sadly turned away those that really want to come.

The deposit adds an element of certainty that we would otherwise not have ...and I think it helps the campers to get motivated even when there is a little drizzle. I too wish some insurance existed that protected our campers for cancellations due to really bad weather etc.

Tina
Dalesbridge