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Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 29/7/2009

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The Camping Carnet sounds like a good idea - do you need 1 each?

Anne

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Quote: Originally posted by latecamper on 29/7/2009

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Would someone buy one if it had my name on it or can you only sell blank ones?

Thanks Latecamper

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Quote: Originally posted by Ina on 29/7/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 29/7/2009

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The Camping Carnet sounds like a good idea - do you need 1 each?

Anne

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No, you only need the 1 between you, usually it will be in the name of the main member (in our case that's OH). You can get it from either of the clubs, need to provide your (or his) passport number when applying. Cost is £4.95. They are valid for 1 year from date of issue.

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I'm really not sure whether that would be a problem, thinking about it.  Thinking on, when we've used it, the ACSI card is generally in my name, and the passport we leave if requested is in David's name!  We're not married so have different surnames.  At all sites we've been to we've never been asked the name of the 'other' person, just the one actually booking in and paying.  Similarly, with Camping Cheques, we leave David's passport, but the Camping Cheque Gold Card is in my name!

Still I don't think I'd risk it!  Or would I ...............?

Absolutely fabulous, Ina.  We set off to Scotland and stayed overnight at Tebay - we arrived early enough to have a lovely meal (int he caravan), a couple of glasses of wine, and woke up to sunshine at 7.00 am.  We had a 'discounted' breakfast in the service area and we were in Callander at 11.30 am - and a good job too, because it was the Highland Games there, and after we arrived a solid queue of traffic developed past the site!  My sister and her OH were an hour and a half after us, and yet only ten minutes behind at Glasgow!  We put the awning up for them, connected all the services, and then left them to it.  We had a lovely trip back - buying some sandwiches in the Deli in Doune (highly recommended) and eating them in the car, and home again by 6.30 pm on Saturday!   It was all so easy.

The following day I took my sister-in-law in to see my brother who'd had a hip replacement, then over to the Peak District (well not quite, as it happened).  I stayed overnight with two girlfriends, in a cottage with a swimming pool, sauna and steamroom, and a hot tub in the garden!  What a night.  In bed by 2.15 am - and swimming again in the pool at 09.15 am! 

It's restored my 'equilibrium'.  OH is in Axminister at the moment, and I think I'm going down to meet him down there this weekend to save him the long drive back home - after all he's working and I'm not!

What about your Grassington weekend - you're not so far from us, there!

BTW the ACSI Camping Card and the card known as a Camping Carnet are not the same thing, the latter is the CCI Card, which is generally accepted by campsites instead of a passport. Many sites allow a 5% or 10% discount depending on the season. These can only be obtained by members of certain camping clubs.

Phil.

Val,

I  have a CCI  card so always leave that. I've never left my passport and wouldn't feel happy doing so, especially when I think of how often the site staff struggle to find the CCI card when I'm checking out!

Quote: Originally posted by jaymac on 30/7/2009

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Val,

I  have a CCI  card so always leave that. I've never left my passport and wouldn't feel happy doing so, especially when I think of how often the site staff struggle to find the CCI card when I'm checking out!

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June

On a couple of sites in Italy this year they would only accept our passports as identity. One site only kept thm an hour but the other kept them overnight so you can imagine I was a bit nervous! Having said that all other countries we have been to have accepted the CCI Card in lieu of passports and often sites accept the ACSI Card as identity.

David

I booked our holiday last year using ACSI - my card is still intact in the book without any name or address on it - nobody asked to see it.   Definitely only paid the ACSI rate though.

Christine

Quote: Originally posted by xtinexoop on 10/8/2009

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I booked our holiday last year using ACSI - my card is still intact in the book without any name or address on it - nobody asked to see it.   Definitely only paid the ACSI rate though.

 

Christine

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Is this the current year's card as they are only valid for 1 year?

We've always been asked to show our ACSI card at those sites we've visited - and one year forgot to fill in the details, so had to do it before we could pay the reduced rate.  Mind you, it was saving us 14 euros per night!

The card only does last for one year.  To take advantage this year, you'd normally have to have a 2009 card.  I sold our unused 2009 one, on here, a few weeks ago, because we're likely to be using Camping Cheques sites for our next holiday, as are my sons who are going surfing on the west coast.