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does anybody have experience of using the camping & caravanning clubs freedom of camping vouchers.  The club claim 'up to' 60% off normal site prices  ? does this apply widely or to just a few sites i.e. what are the avaerage reductions and is this scheme better or worse than the camping ceques system.

thanks

george

Know nothing about the CC&C scheme but would suggest you also consider the ACSI Card as it has hundreds of sites. See here http://www.campingcard.co.uk/gb/en/home/uc33-l2-n253/

David

I think it's very similar to Camping Cheques - in that you can only use them low season - not PEAK SEASON which is very short in France.  Most of these 'discounts' are available up until early July and again from mid-August on some sites.  At one time, when the 'organistions' such as the Caravan Club, or Caravanning and Camping Clubs offered 'vouchers' these were the only way of obtaining discounts, they were a great idea - now there are so many competitors. As David Klyne says, a combination of Camping Cheques, Touring Cheques, and an ACSI card will take you all over Europe, at minimum prices and give you a huge range of sites.  At Cambrils Park (as an example) a pitch for two, including electricity, will cost 25 euros lowest price and 39 euros highest price, in low season, using Camping Cheques it will cost 14 euros in both these periods, so you could save between 11 and 25 euros per night!  Quite a saving! 

We've had some great sites with all three - but this year found a real horror of a site with ACSI - good reviews, but a most depressing place when we actually got there.  Generally all sites are of a really good standard.

This yr was the first time we had been abroad, so went armed with camping cheques, Acsi card and camping card from the C &CC club, but used the camping cheques and Acsi card more than camping card found the others were cheaper than the last one. hope this helps.

Margaret

Hi-we have just returned from a month travelling in France and Spain.  We were recommended to use the ACSI card on this forum, so sent off for it, I think it cost #8.99 and last for a year.  We thought it was fantastic!  We thought the site descriptions were excellent, also the directions to the sites were spot on (a real bonus for us because I'm a terrible navigator!).  We used 3 sites in France, and 2 in Spain, and all were 14 euros-much less than it would have been without the card-sometimes half the price.  So I would definitely recommend you try it.

Happy travelling!