[This is not ther post. But I've tried to post this on "general legal issues". Why do I keep getting re-directed to "welcome forum"? Now it's bloomin' gone - I've wasted a whole evening].
So, can anyone help on the paucity of informationI'm now providing, viz:
I'm new to camping, and only been on this site a couple of months. It was suggested (manager) I have a 28 day stay plan, one day off - paying to keep caravan on site. Then go through the same procedure for the next 28 day cycle and so on. I believed a verbal agreement is as binding as a written one?
When I went to pay for March, I was told to be off site at the end of March; since they have booked my pitch to someone else for April. There was no apology or alternative offer to accommodate me. No reasons given, et al. In short, tough. They said head office booked it. I rang customer services, they said the site does its own bookings. Stalemate, and I'm still in the dark.
4 March summonsed to the site office and told to go immediately, as I had caused trouble ringing head office. I felt/consider I am owed some explanation.
She then said, "we have 'thoroughly investigated' you". Not given rhyme or reason why. Or in what areas, how deeply ferreting, nothing.
I have nop skeletons/'background'/anything to hide, etc. But is a camping site allowed to dissect you in this way? And without just cause. Any camping experts out there, please? Hopefully - so I'll give the barest of bones.
I'm new to camping, and this proper site. I moved my caravan here December 2016 (to store); officially being sited 2nd January 2017. I was told I could be here 28 days, be off-site one day (2 x half-days) and pay to keep my caravan here for that day. I could then come back for another 28 day stay, and the 1 day off repeated. And as the site is open all year, this verbal contract would continue. [Isn't a verbal agreement as legally binding as a written one?].
January was fine, February was fine, but when I came to pay for March (in advance) I was told i would have to leave the site at the end of March, as they had booked my pitch to someone else for April. No one had pre-informed or checked anything with me, whatsoever. The attitude was 'tough'. There was no offer of alternative pitch, storage, et al. I even offered to pay for May, to no avail. It was all cut and dried.
I was told Head Office made the booking. I rang customer services, who informed me the site does the bookings. She confirmed I was on the 28 day "scheme"(?). Fast forward....
4th March: I was summmonsed to the site office and told I had made trouble by ringing head office. [I merely wanted the truth and why]. The manageress said I must go immediately "...there and then". [Like where to, with a caravan in tow?].
CRUX QUESTION: She then said 'we' have "thoroughly investigated" you. Yet did not enlarge on this one iota. I fail to know reasons, why, how deep, what spread of ferreting, and how damaging to my credibility, etc. I have nothing to hide, or be ashamed of, and I have no debts or 'background'. But I should not be treated like a criminal and/or the way I have; nor without just cause. I have been open and honest from inception - that's a fault?
I am merely doing the same as others, eg, some have been on the 28 day scheme for many months; some have lodged for years, like me. I do have a rent book, and part of my rent goes towards Council Tax. And all my official papers, pension, etc. are logged at this address for many years.
While I wsn't looking to be 'residential' here, I would have liked to stay longer than two months. Also, pertinently, not simply get thrown off site on a whim. Especially wholly unwarranted without any forewarning or consultation; at such short notice, and a time when the world and his wife usually come to the West Country - jamming up roads and accommodation.
I'm completely, and kept, in limbo. I have a right to explanation, reasons (excuses) and answers. Just be fair.
So, can anyone help on the paucity of informationI'm now providing, viz:
I'm new to camping, and only been on this site a couple of months. It was suggested (manager) I have a 28 day stay plan, one day off - paying to keep caravan on site. Then go through the same procedure for the next 28 day cycle and so on. I believed a verbal agreement is as binding as a written one?
When I went to pay for March, I was told to be off site at the end of March; since they have booked my pitch to someone else for April. There was no apology or alternative offer to accommodate me. No reasons given, et al. In short, tough. They said head office booked it. I rang customer services, they said the site does its own bookings. Stalemate, and I'm still in the dark.
4 March summonsed to the site office and told to go immediately, as I had caused trouble ringing head office. I felt/consider I am owed some explanation.
She then said, "we have 'thoroughly investigated' you". Not given rhyme or reason why. Or in what areas, how deeply ferreting, nothing.
I have nop skeletons/'background'/anything to hide, etc. But is a camping site allowed to dissect you in this way? And without just cause. Any camping experts out there, please? Hopefully - so I'll give the barest of bones.
I'm new to camping, and this proper site. I moved my caravan here December 2016 (to store); officially being sited 2nd January 2017. I was told I could be here 28 days, be off-site one day (2 x half-days) and pay to keep my caravan here for that day. I could then come back for another 28 day stay, and the 1 day off repeated. And as the site is open all year, this verbal contract would continue. [Isn't a verbal agreement as legally binding as a written one?].
January was fine, February was fine, but when I came to pay for March (in advance) I was told i would have to leave the site at the end of March, as they had booked my pitch to someone else for April. No one had pre-informed or checked anything with me, whatsoever. The attitude was 'tough'. There was no offer of alternative pitch, storage, et al. I even offered to pay for May, to no avail. It was all cut and dried.
I was told Head Office made the booking. I rang customer services, who informed me the site does the bookings. She confirmed I was on the 28 day "scheme"(?). Fast forward....
4th March: I was summmonsed to the site office and told I had made trouble by ringing head office. [I merely wanted the truth and why]. The manageress said I must go immediately "...there and then". [Like where to, with a caravan in tow?].
CRUX QUESTION: She then said 'we' have "thoroughly investigated" you. Yet did not enlarge on this one iota. I fail to know reasons, why, how deep, what spread of ferreting, and how damaging to my credibility, etc. I have nothing to hide, or be ashamed of, and I have no debts or 'background'. But I should not be treated like a criminal and/or the way I have; nor without just cause. I have been open and honest from inception - that's a fault?
I am merely doing the same as others, eg, some have been on the 28 day scheme for many months; some have lodged for years, like me. I do have a rent book, and part of my rent goes towards Council Tax. And all my official papers, pension, etc. are logged at this address for many years.
While I wsn't looking to be 'residential' here, I would have liked to stay longer than two months. Also, pertinently, not simply get thrown off site on a whim. Especially wholly unwarranted without any forewarning or consultation; at such short notice, and a time when the world and his wife usually come to the West Country - jamming up roads and accommodation.
I'm completely, and kept, in limbo. I have a right to explanation, reasons (excuses) and answers. Just be fair.
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