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When you joined the above have you really considered if your getting value for money

Having look at most of the sites they are very basic some have power points if your lucky, and the night charges are most of the time higher than a well equipped site.

With the amount of money taken every years there sites should be all singing all dancing fully serviced pitches, and a at best no more than £10 a night for members

As I have said on a number of threads we did not believe the Camping & Caravan club offered good value in their sites or other offers. We left.

I really don't see it as a "club" in the accepted sense i.e. for the benefit of members. It is a commercial organisation - an expensive one.

I have no experience of the Caravan club but I do not believe this to be any different.

Others will disagree.

"there sites should be all singing all dancing fully serviced pitches"
But not everyone wants an all singing site - fully serviced pitches aren't much use if you tent camp!!

"Having look at most of the sites they are very basic some have power points if your lucky"
I'd love to know which C&CC sites you've been looking at as every one I have been to has had excellent facilities, EHU and play areas - we particulalry like the Barnard Castle site.

I camp at C&CC sites, attend their meets and rallies, use their CS and THS which offer fantastic value for money and are open to members only.
I personally feel I get very good value for money and am quite happy to pay my subscription each year.
I am also a member of the CC.

If you don't like it and feel it isn't right for you, then don't be a member - simples!!

We've used lots of C&CC sites & love them.  We've never come across a club site that doesn't have EHU??? 

We've just come home today from a brilliant week at Blackmore (Worcestershire).  We've also stayed on commercial sites & whilst we don't save much on site fees with C&CC we always find the pitches are a good size (not crammed in like sardines) & the sites are generally better kept. 

We get the monthly magazine (an annual subscription to most magazines would cost more than the C&CC membership fee) & we also have our van insured through them which was over £60 cheaper than the next nearest contender.  So I think we more than get our £39 worth.

I have just joined the C&CC and my first trip to a club site will be on Monday 6th June. As a solo camper with the age concession I have been charged £9.55 a night on a grass pitch with EHU. I consider that extremely good value for money and in line with what I expected when I joined. I accept that I have had to fork out £39 to join but I hope to recover that by the end of the year, bearing in mind that on ordinary sites I would normally have to pay much more than £9.55.

I am a little confused that people are suggesting CS's are only about £6 a night. Certainly the ones I have looked at seem to base their charges on two adults and two children and do not allow the age concession, so unless I have worked it out wrongly they seem to charge anything from £10 to £14 or more a night. There is no indication on the website whether or not there is a concession for solo campers. It appears to me and I am happy to be corrected, that CS's are, on the whole, dearer than club sites for solo campers at least.

its worth paying the money for the peace and quiet end of..