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This year we have become members of the Camping & Caravan Club,after being told of the benefits by people we have met on camp sites in Devon, Cornwall,Dorset etc.

So what are these "Benefits".........

I tryed the car Insurance from them..and with discount, they are still £124 more ?

Their camp sites are more expensive to start with,and with club discount they still are?

Thier sites offer no more facitiies  than many sites that are not members do?Some Certified sites a lot less

We booked a C&CC camp site,were not asked for membership No on booking,when we payed on site there was No discount  for members ?

We booked and stayed on a Members only site...only to find Non Members staying and payed the same as us ?    

So Then what have I paid my membership fee for......

We live near the New Forest,which have lot's of "Forest Holiday" camp sites,which are C&CC run, and give you discounts,but after paying all the extras for bankholidays & ordinary weekends they are Still more expensive  than Non Members sites .               

Quote: Originally posted by Davemw on 14/6/2010

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Thier sites offer no more facitiies  than many sites that are not members do?Some Certified sites a lot less

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After seeveral years membership we asked ourselves the same question and left. We found everything is available outsite of the club for less and just as good if not better.

You get a magazine - couldn't see much in that either.

Thanks for all your replys....

This morning ( after reading your posts) I went to the C&CC web site logged on,went to book a campsite in Cornwell......I chose the week in mid july (not hi season) 2 adults 2 children up to 17yrs size of tent/car etc.etc. The Price was the Same for Non members as Members, the age concession did't seem to work on Family tickets  They don't work in Hi season too......  I did do this 4 times just to make sure I set it up right!!.....

I really wanted to see how much I would have saved, if I had booked our main holiday in August with C&CC....We are going for 2 weeks mid August nr Padstow.

I could not book in August on C&CC so I am not sure of the True price difference but the one I did try ( above mid season) was £10 per week MORE than the one I have booked in Hi season and NOT with C&CC !!??.

That says it all for me ......DD stopped !

PS  As for my partner..She has found sites £80 + cheaper in Hi season ..

Quote: Originally posted by sunvalleysue on 14/6/2010

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Hi,

You will see in the pricing that if you are not members then a per night pitch fee is payable on top of the site fees

Here's the fees for the Dartmouth site.

Adult     £10.00     £8.50     £7.50
Child     £2.80     £2.70     £2.60
Members' age concession rate          £5.90     £5.30
Members' family deal     £24.30     £21.00     
Non-member fee per pitch per night     £7.00     £7.00     £7.00
Member back packer     £6.40     £6.10     £5.50
Non-member back packer     £8.30     £7.70     £7.00
Club Service Pitch (per pitch, per night)     £3.50     £3.50     £3.50

So as you can see if you aren't a member its £7 a night pitch fee on top of normal site fees per night.
This saves you £98 on a two week stay.

If you want to book online you will have to register your membership number and create a password etc.Then you will get the members rates whether you book online/direct with the site or via head office.

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So on this basis a member family with 2 children using electric will pay £27.80 per night - that is expensive for what you get. You may well "save" £98 over 2 weeks if you are members (deduct your membership fee from this) - you will save much more on commercial sites. We will pay £11.25 per night incl EHU during July & August.

Like the original poster we recently joined so that we could stay at a club site. On arrival the site stated 'members only' on the gate but not once were we asked for our membership details, no mention of the C&CC was made at any point.

As far as I can see its only saving you reasonable amounts of money if you go camping loads of times a year and stay at the cheapest of the cheap sites - we have two children and so are limited not only to the dates we can travel but the number of times we can go, so as far as I can see we're not really any better off taking into account the membership. I doubt we'll join again next year.

Like the original poster we recently joined so that we could stay at a club site. On arrival the site stated 'members only' on the gate but not once were we asked for our membership details, no mention of the C&CC was made at any point.

As far as I can see its only saving you reasonable amounts of money if you go camping loads of times a year and stay at the cheapest of the cheap sites - we have two children and so are limited not only to the dates we can travel but the number of times we can go, so as far as I can see we're not really any better off taking into account the membership. I doubt we'll join again next year.