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25/6/2021 at 8:10am
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
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A quick search in the Caravans and Caravanning sub-section on this board alone revealed two recent threads:
Sample threads on which club to join
I belong to both, C&CC since 2007 and CAMC since last year.
I have only stayed at C&CC club sites, and have yet to stayed on any CAMC sites.
The main difference to me is that C&CC club sites accept all units whereas some CAMC sites do not accept tents.
C&CC's website and booking system is far inferior to CAMC's. One cannot manage one's bookings via their website, has to ring their central booking hub to make changes and amendments.
C&CC also charges 25% deposit for each of their club site booking upfront, and if you don't cancel 30 days prior to arrival, you will lose the deposit. Not certain if changes such as postponement is allowed within the 30 days window, hopefully, the others will come along and confirm.
The facilities of the C&CC club sites that I have stayed were all very good.
Since I have not stayed at any non-club sites as in Certified Sites (CSs) for C&CC and Certified Locations (CLs) for CAMA, as in smaller sites with less facilities for members only, I cannot comment about them.
Whether I shall remain a member of both clubs remains to be seen. I probably would, as their prices are very competitive compared with some of the eye-watering prices charged by some independent sites.
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27/6/2021 at 8:50pm
Location: Suffolk
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One thing I would say is that with club sites, you can expect a certain standard, and it's quite easy to filter sites via your requirements. You can do that on this site too obviously, but I find that when independent sites say 'no groups, and no noise after 11' etc, they don't always mean it, whereas with club sites, they usually do.
After years of seemingly being cursed to camp next to 2am party people, joining the Camping and Caravanning Club changed all that, I'm very happy to say. I was close to giving up camping at the time, due to my perception that camping was going to the dogs.
If you go a lot, I believe that it does work out quite a bit cheaper. I'm usually in a tent so it's possibly a bit different, but I don't agree that it's easy to find independent sites as cheap as club rates, especially if they have decent facilities.
And also, what with the imminent camping boom, I reckon club membership will protect members from some of the invetible cyncial price raises of the summer (and beyond). Not to mention, there are going to be a lot of groups/families/kids/Benidormers camping this year. Less so at club sites I would imagine.
Post last edited on 27/06/2021 20:56:37
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