The same Club, just better...

Well have been following this thread and facebook with interest and tried to get answers to questions and failed miserably.  My observation for what is worth is as follows

I started off in the caravan club 50 years ago as a child in the days of gas mantle lights and no heating and spent many a happy holiday in my parents caravan. My parents liked it because it was a bit more upmarket than some sites, no amusements, club houses etc.  Move forward to the early 90's and I took my children caravanning, again using the caravan club for similar reasons, we wanted nice facilities, decent pitch sizes and again no clubhouses, large kids play areas etc.  A quite site in effect.

We are now kid free and in the last 5 years have gone back to the caravan club, with a motorhome occasionally towing a motorbike, again for the same reasons as above. However we have on occasion had to stay in late arrivals until a hard standing pitch became available the next day when it had been raining.  One of my small frustrations is when kids are allowed to cycle at high speed around the site usually the wrong way with not a parent in site. 

We have now gone back to a caravan and I can honestly say I have never felt excluded in whatever we have travelled in.

From the stock answers I have been given (sometimes bordering on rude) from the management, it seems the name has changed and there will be more pictures  of  things but nothing material  is going to alter.  And if the key issues are not addressed then any new members wont stay for long

My wish list is fairy simple and it seems mirrors a lot of other members.

1. a  booking system that means I don't have to take a day off work to ensure I can get a pitch at bank holiday time (we both still work).  Perhaps a rolling 6 or 12 month system may work better.

2. The ability to book the type of pitch surface, instead of getting there and finding there are no hardstandings.

3. Cheaper wifi, if you only go for a few weekends its expensive, this day and age I wont go  anywhere without wifi

2. The ability to book the type of pitch surface, instead of getting there and finding there are no hardstandings.

3. Cheaper wifi, if you only go for a few weekends its expensive, this day and age I wont go  anywhere without wifi

I doubt the ability to book hard standing is in the offing sadly. They would be first to go and few would be clamouring for grass.

Regarding wifi. Many commercial sites I have been on wifi charge has been around £3 a day (some free but not always available at the pitch). With that in mind £24 a year seems OK if using CC sites that do have wifi

Thankyou, SirB, we are of like minds.

Yes but while at work my bosses were paying me. In this case it is the other way round, we are paying the CAMC, we are the customers.

My bosses certainly took notice about what customers thought of rebranding.

Well apart from the inormous cost of course.☹️

So as the majority have said WHY

The product and name are Known and respected worldwide

 This rebranding is a shocking waste of our money. We were not asked for our views and why were we not given a vote on the subject. We should be proud of the history of the club and revere our logo. There are few clubs 110 years old. What we need is many more sites with better facilities. The management of the club should consult all members on wasting money this. As for the delayed handbook - why is it not issued before booking opens in December. Many of us book our holidays for the year in December, so the book is out of date when we come to use it in the following December.

Thirdly, what do we abbreviate the Club to now? It used to be CC and the other lot were C&CC, but I'm seeing CMC, CMHC, C&MHC, CAMC, CAMHC. Surely in order to establish the brand, it needs to be referred to in a common way and not left to individuals to make up their own versions?

Totally agree Ian, it should really have been incorporated into any logo.

The same Club, just better... How?? 

As the song says - 'there are more questions than answers'

CC for me on here. Less complicated keystrokes.