Quote: Originally posted by chrisandsandra on 03/4/2014So far as the C&CC goes I too will speak up for them - we save well over our annual fee using their insurance (£80+ saving),
Is that car insurance, caravan insurance, breadown/recovery insurance, or personal/medical insurance?
All those insurances I look at with the other Club are wildly expensive, but if there are such savings on insurance with C&CC then I might be tempted to join. I would welcome your advice. Thanks in advance.
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It's insurance for our campervan. Obviously it depends on your circumstances but it's worth getting a quote from them at least.
We have also saved at least 10% on ferries through them (and that has been on a like for like basis after my checking on the internet) and as we use Portsmouth/Poole/Plymouth crossongs this can be quite a good saving, so for us it's worth the membership fees though I can see for some it isn't.
I have to stick up for the club. We don't book sites through them - don't book in advance as we've found we don't need to - even in August. We do buy the ACSI guide from them, even though we travel in August when we can't always make use of it. This means we can book a 'package' for our ferry crossing. This year it saved us £200 on the on line price quoted by P&O. Even if we can't take advantage of the ACSI reductions we can use the book as a guide. The sites in it that we've used in the past have been very good.
When we have been on sites during their 'ACSI' accepting period we have always had a large choice of pitches. Can't imagine why you'd want to book - much better to have a shortlist and make sure you like the look of the site before you pitch. I usually call our preferred site in the morning to check they have space. The only time we've encountered full sites is in coastal areas - and then it's only been a case of calling 2 or 3 to find one with a space.
I have just called the club to check whether I can get a better ferry deal (ITX) by buying the ACSI card from them, and was given a categoric 'no'!!
I have now booked through Alan Rogers, ferry price with three cheques, in August, cheaper than the DFDS ferry only price. June ferry plus 3 cheques £12 more than DFDS ferry only price, and cheaper than the C&CC ferry only price, (using P&O, rather than DFDS I presume.)
Good. I'm glad you are sorted to your satisfaction.
I'm still not convinced though. Using a 10% saving on the ferry through the C&CC club and ACSI campsites we will save over £125 on two weeks away in June. Not a shabby sum at all - it will certainly pay for a few beers and ciders (in actual fact we are away for a month in total so we'll save even more, but I was trying to compare like with like).
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you only get the good discount from sites in the ACSI book though not off the ACSI Website so be aware. ASCI websites only give a small discount same as cc&c.
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You are right. I forgot to take off the cost of the Discount Card of £9 so our savings will be in the region of £115.
ACSI only ever advertise their discounts as being available if you have an ACSI discount card. You're very lucky to get any discount at all with their membership card.
Quote: Originally posted by minicamper2001 on 08/4/2014
Quote: Originally posted by dolly21 on 03/4/2014
I have to stick up for the club. We don't book sites through them - don't book in advance as we've found we don't need to - even in August. We do buy the ACSI guide from them, even though we travel in August when we can't always make use of it. This means we can book a 'package' for our ferry crossing. This year it saved us £200 on the on line price quoted by P&O. Even if we can't take advantage of the ACSI reductions we can use the book as a guide. The sites in it that we've used in the past have been very good.
When we have been on sites during their 'ACSI' accepting period we have always had a large choice of pitches. Can't imagine why you'd want to book - much better to have a shortlist and make sure you like the look of the site before you pitch. I usually call our preferred site in the morning to check they have space. The only time we've encountered full sites is in coastal areas - and then it's only been a case of calling 2 or 3 to find one with a space.
I have just called the club to check whether I can get a better ferry deal (ITX) by buying the ACSI card from them, and was given a categoric 'no'!! I have now booked through Alan Rogers, ferry price with three cheques, in August, cheaper than the DFDS ferry only price. June ferry plus 3 cheques £12 more than DFDS ferry only price, and cheaper than the C&CC ferry only price, (using P&O, rather than DFDS I presume.)
Happy now!
The ITX fares apply only on the longer crossings which do offer a significant discount sometimes, so if you're using a longer crossing it's always worth checking whether buying an ACSI Guide or some Camping Cheques will offer you the same discount. The Clubs both offer ACSI - though I've seen no mention that it will qualify you for ferry discounts, but Camping Cheques definitely do - and sometimes the discount is much more than the additional cost of the cheques.
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