Advanced booking required?

For information to the OP I can point out the other major club does operate the bulk of their rallies on a no booking, please feel free and welcome to turn up basis.

In my working life I could go to work on Friday morning not confident I could go rallying that evening, let alone knowing even a week before.

So, we used them predominantly and now in retirement can do our bit and run a fair few. 

That club seems in that regard to be more suitable for your needs.

In 40 years I have yet to be turned away or turn any away through lack of space; been close though once or twice.

I've run many rallies and it is nice to get bookings in advance but if you don't want a plaque and don't want to go to an organised social you should be able to get in, a phone call or email will normally get a quick response. One problem I have is I run a rally at a vintage and veteran show and because we are inside the show I have to let the organisers have names and registration numbers before hand for the security gate, haven said that I know the security people so well I can walk up and give them a name and number when I am there if I get a late booking.

lots of valid points here, we have marshalled many rallies over our 30 yr membership and thankfully (with the exception of a few christmas rallies which filled up VERY quickly and because there was a hall and catering concerned - could not be stretched) we rarely had to turn anyone away, in fact there are more likely to be spaces if you ring the day of or day before a rally starts, there are all sorts of reasons why we get cancellations last minute. So if you suddenly have a free weekend it is always worth seeing if anyone is running anything where you fancy going, you don't need to be a centre member just a Club one to go with any centre.

Alison