I too would be interested in how many got 'stung' by the agents. As Mrs Duck knows, I asked them on Monday about re-bookers but was brushed off. The irony is I'd gone in asking if our last year's berth was available (we'd come in at the bottom of the chain in a newly let property but then the owner decided to live in it, so we were 'squatting' this year) That wasn't available but I was given a list of those which (allegedly) were. What's a girl to do?
Jane, if the new place is really unsuitable PM me and we'll see if we can sort anything out. I thought Geoff's theory has some mileage, that the prices were being hiked to such an extent they were perhaps opening up to a free-for-all in the hope of diverting attention.