Insurance for pitch booking

[Christine_374375394]

Hi, we have booked a 10 day touring pitch for Christmas and had to pay total cost (£188) up front, non returnable!!! Does anyone know if I can take out insurance in case of cancellation (mainly due to bad weather - as we are in Scotland and booking is for Surrey - 8 hour drive. Just want to know I can get the £188 back if we can't go.

 

[Guest]

I doubt it, and possibly insurance would be quite costly as well.

I accept that Christmas is a busy time for hotels etc and there one could easily accept having to pay up front, but a camp site?? It must be very popular. Possibly there is entertainment arranged and the owners need revenues to pay that.

Unfortunately I think you are experiencing the same issues many of us Scots experience when trying to make arrangements down south. It is a long way to go for a potential disappointment.

 

[Christine_374375394]

Thanks for reply. No entertainment and not busy at moment as she gave us quite a choice of pitches. Am looking at other holiday insurance to see if that covers it and also asked Practica Caravan for their advice.

 

[RayS]

Hi Christine, not met this before. Just a wild thought, but have a look at a general travel insurance policy of the sort you take out for package holidays. Cut it down to the minimum in respect of baggage, medical etc to reduce the premium. Only one of you need get the policy, perhaps. We got a years cover from Saga for my wife to go to USA for a month for about

 

[John_374224558]

Scotch Lad,

There is a certain holiday park down in the New Forest where you used to pay the balance of your booking four weeks prior to the holiday. thay have now changed this to ten weeks!

Just think how much money they make sitting on all their customers payments for that time.

 

[weejock]

Only if the bank survives the 10 weeks. !

 

[Guest]

Pre payment is not unusual, after all every holiday Company usually hits your bank account 8 weeks before travel.

I admit for a campsite it is a bit strange, but maybe they have had a lot of no shows and lost business in the past.

I also have doubts about insurance paying up in the event you decide not to go because of the weather. It usually is for things like bereavement, illness and general disasters etc. But I will let the experts in that field advise.

Unfortunately, I think Christine has made her booking and really the choice is now down to her, and if at the designated time she decides not to go, then I am afraid it is her loss.

 

[Chrisbee]

I think you'll be lucky to get insurance to cover bad weather. It's reasonable to expect rain, gales and even snow in the middle of winter.

 

[Christine_374375394]

Thanks everyone. I have emailed the campsite itself to see if they do any insurance cover. Someone contacted me to say a park near Bournemouth takes full payment 12weeks before but you can take there own insurance incase of problems. Seeing if this one does the same.. If anyone is interested it is California Holiday Park, Wokingham, Surrey that I've booked with

 

[RogerP]

Looks like its a combination of time of year , its proximity to very popular attractions and retail centres that prompt them to ask for the full payment up front.

interestingly their site states that full payment is due 7 days in advance of the booking.

I cant see any insurers covering cancellation due to weather and in the current climate they are more likely to add further constraints or cost hikes to mitigate their risk.

Have you paid on a credit card? that may have some safety net if the fears are the site might go belly up.

 

[foshy]

Hi,

What about annual travel insurance? We take annual family travel insurance each year to cover us for our foreign holiday trips, plus other trips in the UK. Currently world wide with Winter sports is less than