Site Arrival Times

[Val & Frank]

Reading an earlier thread on road pricing, and I got to thinking ( dangerous I know )

What can the Caravan Club or Site Owners do to make it easier for caravanners to travel through the night ?? Take summer time you arrive around no sooner than 12 noon and have to leave before 12 noon. So I would have thought a 5/6 hour journey would be the norm. In road pricing terms these could be peak periods. Anybody any ideas on how to overcome this, without having to have a full day between change overs?? It may be worth while paying an extra nights fees if the road pricing is going to be as draconian as predicted.

Back to the bottle enough thinking for one evening

Val & Frank

 

[Val & Frank]

Sorry meant to post in chit chat or general !!

Val & Frank

 

[Guest]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. The Executive thinks 'bullet trains' are the answer. I suspect most of us could think of a better destination for the 'bullets' rather than trains. Anyway, as MP's now want a 66% pay rise, they obviusly have figured out how they are going to cope??

 

[RogerL]

Many CC and commercial sites have Late Arrival Areas. Having travelled overnight on long hauls, we've used them as "Early Arrival Areas" without problem BUT the traditional CC free choice of pitches isn't worth much if "todays" leavers haven't moved off yet.

It's the same argument as Late Departure Times, but in reverse.

To me the answer is simple - if you want a pitch before "changeover time" pay an extra night just as if you want to retain a pitch after changeover time you should also pay for an extra night.

In the days when I worked, like most others, it was nominally 9-5, Mon-Fri which put a lot of pressure on weekends but these days with many businesses being open 24/7, and employees working anything but 9-5, there's much less weekend pressure as caravanners can get away at all sorts of times and days.

 

[Guest]

I agree, and disagree with Roger. Yes, there is more flexi time in the workplace, but school times are still fixed putting pressure on weekend availability. I have noticed that in the main the weekend 'rush' is by families arriving on Friday evening and leaving, supposedly on Sunday midday, but usually stretching it until teatime. I cannot argue against anyone wishing to maximise the time they have free with their families, even if personally I am often 'displaced' at weekends because of pre bookings for just this time. The advantage, or disadvantage of being retired is that you don't usually know where you will be next week, or weekend. Working means more rigidity.