Minimum Stay Booking Gripe!
Submitted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 13:05
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ExplorOz Team - Michelle
I really don't understand this "minimum 3/4/5 night stay" business for booking a cabin at a caravan park. My problem is I've booked a year ahead at one (having stayed there in 2013 and booking for same period 2014) so you would think they'd book the same day of
check-in allowing for the 1 day date shift (ie. 3rd Jan becomes a Fri, not a Thurs) but our "event" requires we arrive on a Thursday so by checking in the following year on a Friday is not going to work hence I now need a 1 night stay elsewhere but finding this difficult due to this minimum multi-day stay rubbish. They have the vacancies - and I'm booking 8 months ahead. But they don't want my 1 night booking. Pah! The only
places that offer the single night stays (and I'm talking 6 hours out of
Perth - regional on the SW Highway) is the Hotel or Motel - but I'm not setup for that and need something fully-self contained with room to offload bikes off the carrier etc for security.
There - gripe over. I think I'll live, and like most things, some compromise on my behalf will solve it, but I'm just saying camping is so much simpler!
Reply By: Rangiephil - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 14:25
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 14:25
If linen is included it is usually only cost effective to have a minimum stay of 3 days to average out the cost of the laundry.
I had a rental property in Qld, and it was OK while the cleaner did the laundry, then they changed the law that you had to have laundry professionally done and only have white sheets.
This increased the cost greatly so then everyone had to bring in the three day minimum.
Ask about bringing your own linen, although they may only clean after three days as
well.
Regards Philip A
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - Michelle - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 14:33
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 14:33
Thanks for the suggestion Philip I'll do that. This is a totally different viewpoint to what I had considered and is a fair reason although I was told it is because it is a busy time - I still don't fully understand what that means - ie. we have the demand so can force a longer booking - if you don't want it someone else will. ? or is that just being cynical?
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Reply By: cookie1 - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 17:38
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 17:38
Here in SA we needed an overnight stay in
Robe, unpowered site for night for 3 x swags, "sorry we have a minimum 3 nights as it is a long weekend" - go figure, we stayed for a night at
Cape Jervis, arrived at 8pm and out at 7am, easy money I thought for the operator who we met up with in the morning and he was a great guy.
Yes the world is going insane
cheers
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Reply By: Rangiephil - Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 13:34
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 13:34
It's a law to have white sheets?
As I understood it from the agent , I would have to buy a set of "standard" sheets from Alsco or whoever in
Townsville, then they would take them away and swap them over for clean ones. So yes white sheets were mandatory.
I hear all of the above and sympathise with those looking for one night, but I still think it all comes back to trying to maximise profitability by minimising the overheads. AFAIR, I made almost nothing for single nights even charging $85 per night because of the cleaning fees and linen. It only started looking like a proposition after 3 nights.
So the issue is more like that there is no profit in one night but if that is all that is forthcoming then you take it, but if you get the chance , of course you will specify a minimum of three nights or more if you can get away with it.
Regards Philip A
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