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11/5/2021 at 3:59pm
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Yep parahandy, COVID 19, perfect excuse for keeping the Riffraff away from a campsite.
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11/5/2021 at 4:43pm
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We were on a site last week that we have stayed on before and it was completely full of caravans and motorhomes. There are usually 3 sets of wardens on site but we noticed that there were only 2 this time. My guess is that because the showers and a number of other communal facilities were not open, the third set of wardens was not needed due to less cleaning. I do wonder if some sites will start to think that not opening showers and other facilities is saving them a lot of money on staff for cleaning and if they can fill up the site with people who can use their own facilities, why bother opening the facilities again!
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11/5/2021 at 7:31pm
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I can maybe understand a site not allowing people who don't have their own facilities, but barring tents is way out of order.
Whether or not you have your own facilities is one thing, but what camping unit you have is quite another. I have a caravan, but I only use my own facilities overnight, so I probably wouldn't go to a site that didn't have facilities open, but that is my choice. I don't agree with discrimination based on what unit you have, unless there are practical reasons such as caravans not permitted due to access problems on a small campsite.
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11/5/2021 at 8:29pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Ina on 11/5/2021
I can't remember the sites now, but when I was looking to book for June, I noticed a few sites who stated on their website that due to Covid, they wouldn't be opening their toiletblock for 2021. I did think it was an excuse rather than a proper reason as such, and that they'd probably thought they'd done ok while the blocks HAD to be closed, so they'd see if the trend would carry on. They were smaller sites from what I remember.
Only time will tell.
This is exactly what I have seen. I can’t remember which site but one we were looking at for the summer in the South West stated that they were not opening their showers at all this year. If they can still fill the site this way, they may be tempted to keep it going!
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12/5/2021 at 7:47am
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The roadmap does not allow sites to open their shower blocks until at least May 17th. It has now been confirmed that the date stands. Looking at random campsite websites they all state their full facilities including cafes & bars will be open from May 17th if allowed & it has now been confirmed by gov that it will be allowed on that date. If you want confirmation phone your chosen site. We are off to St Ives bay holiday park on Sunday. They have told me all sanitary facilities & eat in cafe & bar will be open from Monday.
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13/5/2021 at 10:09am
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The 17th May is next Monday, only 4 days away but even if facilities are allowed to be open I will not feel safe using them for a very long time yet.
I have quite a large tent and I am quite capable of being self sufficient with a porta-loo and a bowl of hot water for washing, so I have no idea at all why some campsites feel it necessary to ban tents. It does seem a little discriminatory and I have not seen any explanation from any campsite as to exactly why.
A small campervan's facilities are no different than I can provide for myself in my tent, so why the discrimination?
If a campsite doesn't want to open it's facilities that is fine...just advertise that they can only accept units with their own facilities which should include tents.
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