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We have been members of the CC for a few years now, but this will likely be our last. For instance, we love the Hillhead Site but it was over £40 a night last week, so we stayed elsewhere for little over half that. The farce that is having to try & get online the day the bookings open, in order to try & book the best sites is another reason. We simply cant plan that far ahead. The Club Sites seem to be more set-up for retired couples in £50k motorhomes these days, especially if you go out of School holidays. They do have some lovely CL's, & the club insurance is good; but we just dont feel we are benefiting from our club membership these days.

I read somewhere that there are 30 club members for every available pitch, per night. They have opened a couple of new club sites of late, but nothing new in the South West for instance, & I dont think they have anything on the cards.

Sorry if this sounds a bit negative.    

Quote: Originally posted by takisawa on 15/8/2012

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We have been members of the CC for a few years now, but this will likely be our last. For instance, we love the Hillhead Site but it was over £40 a night last week, so we stayed elsewhere for little over half that. The farce that is having try & get online the day the bookings open, in order to try & book the best sites is another reason. We simply cant plan that far ahead. The Club Sites seem to be more set-up for retired couples in £50k motorhomes these days, especially if you go out of School holidays. They do have some lovely CL's, & the club insurance is good; but we just dont feel we are benefiting from our club membership these days.

I read somewhere that there are 30 club members for every available pitch, per night. They have opened a couple of new club sites of late, but nothing new in the South West for instance, & I dont think they have anything on the cards.

Sorry if this sounds a bit negative.    

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Quote: Originally posted by martindoggy on 15/8/2012

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Trying to look at all the cl sites but it won't let me!

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Quote: Originally posted by martindoggy on 15/8/2012

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Thanks
Shame because I would like to see the sites to see whethere it's worth joining...
It's a touch frustrating

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I am a member of both the C&CC and the CC and have been for a number of years.

I am a member mainly to gain access to the CS and CL sites, rallies and THS.
I rarely stay on Club sites but when I do, I find the C&CC sites are cheaper than the CC.

Personally I find I use my CC membership much more, with plenty of great rallies/meets to attend.
You do have to pay a deposit (or sometimes the whole rally fee) up front with the CC whereas the C&CC you can just turn up and pay.
I guess it depends on whether you need the flexibility of just turning up, which would mean the C&CC would probably be a better option for you.

We are in the C&CC as we have found the pricing on their own sites is more family friendly (they do a family deal price and the CC do not).   They also count children as being children until they are aged 18 on most sites and this makes a big difference to the cost of a holiday for us (one daughter 17 the other 15). 

There is not such a wide choice with the C&CC but we have always found the sites come up to a good standard, with few exceptions.  Booking is easy by phone (and online now that the new website seems to have been improved) and so long as we plan a few weeks in advance, can usually get a pitch on a site we want.