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Quote: Originally posted by Val A on 01/12/2015We met with friends for lunch yesterday. They're going to Spain with the Camping and Caravanning Club, on a 'Rally'. After chatting to them it seems a good way of doing it, and they've lent us the Winter Sun Camping book to have a look at.   This costs £10 but is refundable if you book your tour through them. It appears to be a very comprehensive book, covering a lot of practical questions which those touring in Europe often ask.

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Val - You can look at the Winter Sun book online, you don't need to buy it.
We have done the CCC La Manga rally a couple of times, for two weeks or so. It runs for 6 months, so people dip in and out, only a few stay for the whole thing! OH enjoyed the boules club which was a group of ralliers who just met up informally most afternoons on the boules court. As you say, you can join in things, arrange your own things etc. Some say it can get a bit cliquey, but everyone is normally friendly, and happy to see a fresh face around to chat to!!

We dropped our membership after the 'fluid pricing' on club sites was introduced. They were increasingly looking more like a commercial enterprise than a true members club. If you wanted to book the ferry yourself, you paid a premium to book the rally, and their ferry quotes were not competitive. This may or may not still apply.

Quote: Originally posted by minicamper2001 on 03/12/2015

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We dropped our membership after the 'fluid pricing' on club sites was introduced. They were increasingly looking more like a commercial enterprise than a true members club. If you wanted to book the ferry yourself, you paid a premium to book the rally, and their ferry quotes were not competitive. This may or may not still apply.

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Quote: Originally posted by Val A on 03/12/2015

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Can I ask that when you say 'the company running the tours failed the interview.....' exactly what you mean? Caravan Club European tours are organised by staff from the Caravan Club themselves, and the tour guides are all members of the Caravan Club, who volunteer their services and who are paid only some of their expenses - but not enough to cover all costs. The 'long-distance' tours are organised differently - was it one of these you were enquiring about?

I would add (later) that we chatted to people on the Overseas stand of the C&CC at the NEC Caravan Show - and noticed that more people were chatting on that stand than on the CC one and that people seemed friendlier.

Post last edited on 03/12/2015 07:55:22

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Quote: Originally posted by Opensauce on 05/12/2015

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I would guess he was also a CC site warden.

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