Insidious Development

STANO replied on 19/04/2018 17:19

Posted on 19/04/2018 17:19

Question!!! Why and Who made the decision to install static accommodation units on Club site's.Surely these sites are provided for members who take to the road in their own funded vehicles,why are we now being asked to fund the life style of these "Static Dwellers".Are these Static Units really for the use of friends and family? If so why is their a 10percent discount for members.No they will be rented out to people who have not the slightest interest in our way of life.If friends or family want to experience caravaning and motorhoming their is always the opportunity to hire.I would be pleased to be enlightened on what the perceived benifits are to the caravan and motorhome club member A further point is that the number of pitches available to members will be reduced this is especially important at peek periods.A large area at Coniston Park Coppice has been allocated to these Static Units complete with their veranda decking.We members are funding this cost and will not derive any benifit.It is time to stop this Insidious Development.

 

Tinwheeler replied on 19/04/2018 20:01

Posted on 19/04/2018 19:59 by Oneputt

As long as they aren’t reducing the number of touring pitches does it really matter👀

Posted on 19/04/2018 20:01

Not at all 👍🏻

mickysf replied on 19/04/2018 20:27

Posted on 19/04/2018 20:27

These alternative means of staying on site are in the grand scales of things insignificant in number. They do, however, offer the opportunity for our children and grandchildren to continue enjoying holidays with us. We stay on a pitch, they in a pod. One day it is my dream that they too will own caravans or motorhomes of their own but until then the pods mean we can all enjoy time together on just a few sites.

JollyKernow replied on 19/04/2018 20:47

Posted on 19/04/2018 19:59 by Oneputt

As long as they aren’t reducing the number of touring pitches does it really matter👀

Posted on 19/04/2018 20:47

The club will never forsake touring pitches for alternative camping (I think)laughingfoot-in-mouth

DavidKlyne replied on 19/04/2018 21:43

Posted on 19/04/2018 21:43

I suspect the Club are hedging their bets. Perhaps they have done market research which suggests that the younger generation will be less likely to buy a caravan, although a motorhome might well be a future dream, but they might quite like the idea of Glamping as I think its called. We must not assume that the hobby that we grew up with will necessary be the blueprint for the future so I think the Club are being realistic in exploring other types of holiday accommodation. It's pretty small scale at present so personally I think they are right to experiment.

David

SteveL replied on 20/04/2018 08:31

Posted on 20/04/2018 08:31

Perhaps he just caught it when scrolling down. I tend to use the thumb of my right hand on the pad, and with how I hold it this is very close to the like. So I often find I have "clicked on it" by mistake. Of course if it was mine I would unlike,😀 otherwise I rarely bother. It would be better if it brought up a like OK / Cancel, rather than just doing it. Better for me anyway.😂

replied on 20/04/2018 09:39

Posted on 19/04/2018 18:03 by Kennine

Don't think so Corners..  The CMC is to most Caravanner's eyes still the "Caravan Club" (for towed caravans only.)

Motorhomes are apparently just tolerated so long as CC campsites don't have to be modernised in any way to accommodate them. Statics and cabins and lodges even less so.

Until the Towed caravans reduce in numbers, as they certainly will due to forthcoming restrictions on Towcars, the CMC will still bend over backwards to support the intransigent views of the diehard Caravanners first and foremost above all others.

cool

 

Posted on 20/04/2018 09:39

On a topic such as this I confess to having little interest in the opinions of non-.members 

Cornersteady replied on 20/04/2018 10:29

Posted on 20/04/2018 09:39 by

On a topic such as this I confess to having little interest in the opinions of non-.members 

Posted on 20/04/2018 10:29

especially one who has taken great trouble to conduct an experiment to tour  a whole country (for a year was it?) without using a club site?

No recent experience at least?

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