I am joining a caravan club this year so what’s the best one, we are two people in our 70s, not fussy about club houses,
I am joining a caravan club this year so what’s the best one, we are two people in our 70s, not fussy about club houses,
We are members of both as we like the choice of sites this gives us. We store the caravan with the CAMH and need some of their sites hen visiting relatives though.
As far as the sites go there is not a lot between them but the CAMH have more and possibly a more consistent spread of them. The CAMH sites are maintained to the highest standards in most cases although the C&CC are not far behind and are generally very good. They do let the grass grow a bit longer though which may leave them looking not quite so neat.
It may not make any difference to you but the CAMH book you in and leave you to choose your pitch from whatever is free from the type you chose but the C&CC will show you to your pitch although they usually discuss what you want and you can ask to change it if you are not happy with the one they show you.
Both have good services for members, the CAMH is cheaper on their breakdown recovery service and the C&CC is usually cheaper on insurance. Both give cover probably beyond what you will get elsewhere for the price and with excellent service.
They both have a monthly magazine, personally I think the CAMH one is far better, but I would not join either for this.
If you want to go abroad at the moment the CAMH is the only one with a foreign touring service which is excellent. The C&CC closed theirs last year but say they will be bringing something back. If you want to tour abroad the CAMH is the best option but otherwise other than the CAMH having more sites their is very little in it.
Hi,We initially joined both but then dumped the C&CC and stayed with CMC or Caravan Club. The C&CC IMHO is definitely not the friendly club as we found out when we wanted to book a one night stay on the weekend. We were told that we had to book a minimum two nights! No good if you are travelling toa destination further along the way, but cannot travel more than 3 - 4 hours driving in one go.
Hi,
We also came out of the C&CC club mainly because their rules that prevented us staying at their sites.
We joined their club so that we could stay at their sites.Any rules that prevent this are bad rules.
We found Caravan club sites generally have better facilities.
Hi,What rules prevented you staying at CCC sites?
That was our issue. Last straw was a very rude warden at the C&CC site in Malvern. We moved off the next day and at the same time cancelled our membership. They gave us a refund for the remaining months so obviously may have had issues with the warden previously.Hi,
We stay in Scotland and could'nt stay for single nights at the weekend or English bank holidays when travelling down South on holiday,same when returning home.
I started wondering about CC value decades ago as site fees have been going up faster than inflation since the '90s - we haven't used club sites for about 15 years, preferring CLs and commercials - we gave up on CC insurance a few years back as it was much cheaper elsewhere - we do still use Mayday as the cover is superior.I am wondering the the CAMC represents value any more. In the old days, you could count on the standard of each site, but nowadays private sites seem to be easily surpassing those qualities across the board. You have to be a member for their insurance and breakdown if indeed you use that service, but their insurance does seem to be extortionately expensive. I am currently going through an insurance claim and we will see if the extra cost is worth it. I am finding more and more that on top of my membership, breakdown and insurance that staying on their sites is now fequently more expensive than many commercial sites that offer far more.
I too was a member of both clubs for years, but i have never once used the C&CC.
I am wondering the the CAMC represents value any more. In the old days, you could count on the standard of each site, but nowadays private sites seem to be easily surpassing those qualities across the board. You have to be a member for their insurance and breakdown if indeed you use that service, but their insurance does seem to be extortionately expensive. I am currently going through an insurance claim and we will see if the extra cost is worth it. I am finding more and more that on top of my membership, breakdown and insurance that staying on their sites is now fequently more expensive than many commercial sites that offer far more.
I too was a member of both clubs for years, but i have never once used the C&CC.
Your first line of redress should always be towards the site owner - personally I don't have an issue with more than 5 vans on a CL, not my job to police it, but then we always choose reasonably spacious CLs so lack of space isn't a problemRogerL, I have a different issue the CAMC and CLs. As far as I know, to be a clunb CL they are limited to 5 vans, yet on a number of occasions we have found 8 or 9 vans onsite. When I book a CL that has hookup, i expect hookup. We had an incidence in Cornwall some years back with a farm CL having 5 hookups, yet 8 vans onsite. We had to move a week into the holiday onto a hookup pitch, which meant dropping the awning and re-erecting it. We had booked 12 months in advance and specified hookup. I contacted the club about this and there was no interest whatsoever. I have found over the years the CAMC responses to issues are usually very poor.