When paying and reserving a pitch online is a canopy and windbreak classed as an awning?
Do people tick the box and pay the extra awning cost even though your using a sun canopy with windbreaks?

Always a win when someone asks the same question you are just pondering. Our new van has an omnistor and I was wondering if I needed to book an ‘awning’ pitch! Thank you!

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So far I have avoided sites that state an awning cost, but at the time of booking I say I may use a small open canopy. At a C&MC site this is a must as they class your canopy as an awning when working out which pitch to put you on. I believe it is to do with fire break distances.

Colin

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I maybe wrong but I don’t think Motorhomes pay extra for winding out a canopy. I’m finding limited choice for sites at the moment especially when trying to include a Saturday so it’s difficult to choose another site to avoid the awning fee sometimes.

Colin,
I’m a camping and caravanning club member, only ever used them for extra discount at go outdoors so far. Might have to join the caravan club ( as I call it ) as they seem to have nicer CL sites compared to the CS sites and more choice.

From our limited experience the C&CC CLs are excellent value, and we have yet to be disappointed

Dave

We joined the C&MC this year as we were expecting to be holidaying at home. So far we have not used any of their sites as they seem more expensive then the C&CC. We are booked on one next week so can report then, it’s cheaper as it has no facilities. Not bothered as I’m still not using them anyway.

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So far I have avoided sites that state an awning cost, but at the time of booking I say I may use a small open canopy. At a C&MC site this is a must as they class your canopy as an awning when working out which pitch to put you on. I believe it is to do with fire break distances.
Colin

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that looks like a good pitch you have at Carlisle Colin - see why you like it.

We are veteran members of the C & C Club from our tenting days and joined C & M C in 2016 when we got the Troll. We also use a couple of other private sites.

We tend now to probably use C & M C sites more than C & C C but we do need to explore more small CL sites.

We don't use our shower in the 540 and this has led to us tending to pick the C & M C sites as the shower blocks on the whole tend to be less busy than in the C & C C sites, where there are lots of tenters & campervan people who rely on the toilets. Many people with BWB and large motorhomes seem to use their own bathrooms. The two private sites we use both seem to have few people who use the bathrooms.

The big bugbear with C & M C sites is that people can book way ahead and don't have to pay a deposit. Some members seem to be in the mindset of booking at lots of different times and then they don't lose any money if they cancel. This partly creates the problem that Colin refers to of so many weekends being booked up far, far in advance. Being retired we often go Monday to Thursday anyway but it becomes an issue when you want to travel for further and longer.

I don't have any solid evidence of this but think that more places come up last minute at the C & M C sites as people have cancelled near to the dates. I have been shocked sometimes to look at sites that appeared full and then found later that there were some spaces available.

I also have found some of the most officious jobsbody wardens have tended to be on C & M C sites and some of the most helpful wardens on C & C C sites but this is a massive generalisation.

As to the issue of asking about whether you put canopies on certain pitches with an Eriba m y experience has suggested that you are often better just to do it anyway and claim innocence and appear perplexed if a warden does come to remonstrate with you. If you ask a certain type of warden it seems to give them the opportunity to "exercise their power" and refuse.

Good luck with bookings

MikeT

http://www.parklandsite.co.uk/ booked for 5 days end of July, (no kids or dogs) & Whitefield Forest Touring in the Isle of White for September, hopefully all will be ok, updates to follow