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I think it does vary a fair bit...some sites that we go to,want full payment up front..where as others,aren't even that concerned what outfit you have or bother to take any contact details!?

...I suppose we are all paying for the "no-shows" in one ways or other...

Thank you for the advice will try Burseldon.....

I don't mind paying up front because I usually check out all the reviews on sites I wish to go to and also do a google search on satelite view and street view so I have a pretty good idea what the site and the surrounding area looks like. I may even check out the area online through the tourist board or town websites etc.

The only thing that would put me off a site on arrival is to be offered a rough pitch unsuitable for my tent, because that would spoil the whole weekend. This has happened on many occasions but in most cases I have been offered an alternative and a more suitable pitch. (Can't understand why I keep being offered the pitches nobody else wants...perhaps I look an easy pushover )

Bearing in mind that one normally pays anyway before being shown the pitch, on the rare occasions the site has been unable to offer me a reasonable pitch I have managed to get my money back and find somewhere more suitable elsewhere.