its hard to say if its worth it. You don't exactly feel exclusive. The cc sites are lovely, clean and well ran, but so are a lot of private ones. We joined so we could stay at Longleat club site which by the way is amazing for the kids. I would join anyway, its not expensive, like being in a union, its better to be in it than not...
If there is only two of you its well worth it, if you have lots of kids and a dog it soon adds up as you pay Per person per night. A couple can pay from about just £12 a night on a site though and much less on a certified location site. Sites are always clean and well maintained too and the website and monthly magazine are very good.
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Quote: Originally posted by sallen165 on 18/6/2011
can anyone tell me if its worth joining the caravan club , ive got a folding camper
Depends on what you hope to get out of being a member.
I'm a member of both Clubs. For the first couple of years I didn't really make the most of my membership and basically only got the magazine out of it! I then took the plunge and attended my first rally which was great fun and only £5 per unit per night! I now like to camp on CL and CS sites (small sites that only accept 5 units), attend meets (very cheap, fun camping!) and go to Club sites as I know they have a good standard of facilities and cleanliness.
Quote: Originally posted by stevo1 on 19/6/2011
We belong to both clubs. Doubles up your site choices...
So do we, but we probably get more out of the CC as we use them for MayDay, Car Insurance & Caravan Insurance - also Red Pennant on the occasions we cross the water. We use both CC and C&CC sites, but we use private sites too. Being in both clubs, you get the magazines too, but prefer the CC mag.
We once turned into a cc site by mistake (approach to Sandringham c&cc) with our Conway Tardis many years ago...and they couldn't turn us round quick enough...... Oh how young & foolish we once were !! ....... now i probably wouldn't give a damn...
having only recently joined the caravan fraternity, we have just joined the caravan club on tthe basis that its as well to be in it than not, guess it's a matter of personal choice really
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I am with the Caravan Club and must confess I don't know any other member with a folding camper (or anything other than a caravan or a couple of motorhomes for that matter)
It really depends on what you want from the club. the CC has a far bigger CL network than the C+CC's CS network (basically the same thing, a CL or CS is a five caravan site, though the C+CC's CS's can have a few more tents too.)
If you are looking for those, the CC is the better option of the two. If you want them to use their sites, I think you may feel a bit conspicuous on a CC site.I would be surprised if you were made to feel anything but welcome by the vast majority of other members, but you are probably going to be the only person on site that is not in a caravan, except maybe one or two motor homes. With the C+CC, you do find a good mixture of caravans, motorhomes, tents, folding campers and trailer tents.
Personally, if I had a folding camper, I would skip the CC and go with the C+CC. We were with both clubs a few years ago and used one CL with the CC all year. Hence, we didn't renew our membership. When we bought a caravan, one of the first things we did was rejoin the CC and found it excellent value.
Caravan Club (CC) has about 220 of it's own sites with about half open to members only and over 2500Cl's ( small 5 five van independant sites of variable standard licensed by the club for members only ) , the standard of it's sites is consistently high over the whole network, it provides every service that a caravanner could need and all the services are comparable with the best of service that you can find anywhere. When you arrive at a club site you book in and pay your fees, no deposits are taken so the whole fee is paid at this time, you are then given information about the site and are told to go go and have a look at the pitches available ( all empty pitches are available ) choose one, set up and then let the wardens know where you have gone. Should you decide for whtever reason that you need to leave before the date that youhave paid till, you can inform the wardens that you are leaving and will receive a refund of all fees for the days that you have paid for but will not be staying for.
Camping and Caravanning Club (CCC) has about 110 sites of it's own a handful(6 at the last count ) of which are members only and a network of about 1000 CS's ( like CL's ), the standard of the sites over the whole network is of a more variable standard with the best sites comparing favourably with the CC sites. It also provides a full range of high quality services for the caravanner that are just as good as those provided by the CC. When you arrive at a club site you book in and pay the remainder of your fees ( a deposit will be taken when you book which if you cancel more than 7 days in advance you getback, within 7 days you lose), the warden will decide where you are to pitch and will escort you to it and ensure that you have pitched precisely as he requires. Should you need to leave for any reason the fees that you have paid will be forfeit ( though in some circumstances by special request to head office giving circumstances and doctors notes be placed on account for you to use in the rest of the year )
I have been a member of the CC for 18 years and have never regretted it, I have been a member of the CCC on two occasion in the last four years and have on both occasions resigned it just did not suit me. I know of a lot of people who like and use the CCC so I would suggest that it is worthwhile joining both clubs and seeing which one suits your purpose best
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Quote: Originally posted by les smith on 19/6/2011
Hi.
Yes join both clubs clubs but I am not sure you would get on a cc club site with a folding camper especially if has canvas sides, better check.
Copy of a section from CC website. Refer to 1st fact.
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I was in the C&CC for all of a year, main thing for me was being told where I had to pitch, I would rather that decision be left to me.
On my 2nd year of the CC, only gripe is no deposit, I personally would like this to be introduced to stop people making booking and not turning up at the last minute i know this will prob stir arguments lol, prime example was on the bury club a couple of weeks ago, mum and father in law booked on, so I tried but fully booked, rang up friday before leaving but no cancellations, found out Sunday that there was a good 10 pitches vacant on both fri & sat nights.
I've been in the Caravan since I was 4 and now am a grown up with my own van and family. The thing we often forget about the Caravan CLub is that it isn't only about Club Sites (which are fabulous by the way - clean, tid, friendly and safe). There are also thousands of CLs which have no more than 5 vans on site, which are ideal for a quiet get-away. Plus don't forget the joys of rallying, which isn't about driving in and out of sticks, but about affordable caravanning with other like minded people from your local area. I think Club membership is well worth it!
By the way, I have a caravan club friend with a folding camper - so long as you sleep off the ground the caravan club have no problem with them!
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