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we were insured with the Caravan Club but have recently changed to Caravanguard due to price.

We really like the CC sites, not used the C&CC so cant help there.

What caravan have you bought? We came over to the dark side last Spring after 10 years of tenting. I loved camping but the call of a comfy fixed bed and a loo for night times cant be beaten.

I would join both clubs, just for the wider choice. We don't "do" rallies or temporary holiday sites so can't comment on those, and we rarely use Club sites due to cost. We do use CLs and CSs a lot and insure our caravan with the caravan club, which is pretty expensive but worth every penny IMO, after a recent claim.

Anne

Hello Bertie - I too like you and many others before us was an avid tenter before biting the bullet and buying a caravan.

We only joined the Caravan Club as we were struggling to get Caravan insurance because of where we store it.  But in all fairness we do use their sites.  I rarely book online - I usually phone the site direct as sometimes the internet says the site is full but when I have rung I have managed to get in everytime.  The staff have always been friendly and welcoming with one excepton when we pitched up too early at the Cheddar site but when we told them how far we had travelled to get there they mellowed alittle - enough to let us take a pitch 1.5 hours earlier than we should have.

We also do our breakdown cover with them as you get added benefits with the Green Flag Mayday.

I have also insured my car with them - they beat my renewal price and gave me £25 off that.

You could try one club one year and one another year or try both the main ones but I think they are pretty much very similar.

Look out for special promotions - i.e Recommend a friend and get vouchers for you and the friend.

One lady on here wanted to join Green Flag and they were giving away £10 M and S vouchers and put up a post on here for someone to recommend her so I did ( she was a total stranger to me) and we both got vouchers and I was so grateful to her. I would do the same again for anyone and if I want to join somewhere now I ask the same, if it will benefit someone.

I hope you enjoy your caravan - I certainly love mine and do not regret giving up my tent one iota.  I just found myself a little sad when I sold my tent and some of the gear.

Quote: Originally posted by DaveCoaches on 01/11/2012

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Pros for camping and caravanning club
Club sites are cheaper
Club sites offer a discount for over 60s (may or may not apply to you)
   

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I have to question the need to join a club at all, I have been camping since I was a kid, have spent countless weekends, weeks etc camping and carvanning and have never joined one. I have met some wonderful people and some not so, I have found some sites that were also Cand C club sites that were awful and expensive whilst others that were cheap and had few facilities were amongst the best. As for benefits I suggest you shop around it is a buyers market out there and you will find insurance etc just as if not chepaer than with a club. If you want to rallye of course then thats a reason perhaps