You’ll have to read down as this is from my Facebook page:
We share your frustration!
We have spoken to and conversed electronically with so many people who want to book a pitch from 20th of July onwards. I know many of you don’t want to delay booking in case it is too late and everywhere is full by the time more details are known.
We sense your disappointment and it is also a bit strange for us suggesting to contact alternative, larger campsites because they may be able to manage more easily any restrictions campsites will have to operate in compliance with, especially a restriction on total capacity.
We are confident that we can comply with any cleaning regime that is stipulated but restrictions on total numbers and spacing are more complex until we know what they will be. We are also mindful that there could be restrictions on using communal facilities which could rule out camping in a tent or staying in a campervan without any bathroom facilities.
A few months ago, when we became aware that we would not be able to honour bookings made for the earlier part of this year (through to July 20th), the contacting of customers and the refunding process was very disappointing, time consuming and costly. We don’t want to have to repeat that situation so would prefer to minimise the risk of that occurring again.
But! (and this the important bit), I am advised that Failte Ireland have spoken with camping industry stakeholders (not us) and together they have put some proposals to the HSE and it is hoped that these maybe signed off next week (it’s Wednesday 27th of May as I write this). So once we have these details we will know how we can operate from the introduction of Phase 4 and should then be able to take bookings.
I will update this page as and when I know more.
Take care, Jamie and Amanda
We share your frustration!
We have spoken to and conversed electronically with so many people who want to book a pitch from 20th of July onwards. I know many of you don’t want to delay booking in case it is too late and everywhere is full by the time more details are known.
We sense your disappointment and it is also a bit strange for us suggesting to contact alternative, larger campsites because they may be able to manage more easily any restrictions campsites will have to operate in compliance with, especially a restriction on total capacity.
We are confident that we can comply with any cleaning regime that is stipulated but restrictions on total numbers and spacing are more complex until we know what they will be. We are also mindful that there could be restrictions on using communal facilities which could rule out camping in a tent or staying in a campervan without any bathroom facilities.
A few months ago, when we became aware that we would not be able to honour bookings made for the earlier part of this year (through to July 20th), the contacting of customers and the refunding process was very disappointing, time consuming and costly. We don’t want to have to repeat that situation so would prefer to minimise the risk of that occurring again.
But! (and this the important bit), I am advised that Failte Ireland have spoken with camping industry stakeholders (not us) and together they have put some proposals to the HSE and it is hoped that these maybe signed off next week (it’s Wednesday 27th of May as I write this). So once we have these details we will know how we can operate from the introduction of Phase 4 and should then be able to take bookings.
I will update this page as and when I know more.
Take care, Jamie and Amanda
