The ultimate sin in caravanning?
Cancelling your pitch frees up space for others at crowded sites
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Wednesday, 16, Sep 2009 02:30
So you've filled in the forms for a caravan pitch and the deposit has been paid. Yet for some reason you can't take that holiday you hoped for. Some of us have been through this at least once in our lives. What's the best advice for when it all goes wrong?
Reserving your pitch in advance is part and parcel of caravan holidays. There are a number of private caravan sites which do not accept them, but telephone bookings are standard for club sites and larger private areas. Meanwhile in the last few years online reservations have become increasinly popular for those searching for pitches on the web.
With that in mind, not turning up or failing to ring and cancel is surely the ultimate sin in the caravan community. Popular pitches often have a waiting list, and it can be galling to think that a patch is lying empty when you have been previously told it was full.
Worse, whilst many sites take the deposit as a cancellation fee, this is only part of what they would have received if the person had turned up. And if there's a waiting list for spaces? You can imagine the frustration. Booking a pitch and not turning up goes against all caravan etiquette.
So we ask, is this the worst offence in caravanning? Or are there far worse ones which infuriate the caravan community?
Your thoughts below are welcome, as ever.