is the Club about touring or static holidays?

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There is no need for all this animosity between those who have moved  to Motorhomes and the traditional Trailer Caravan owner. 

I have had many Caravans and two Motorhomes and have never experienced any of the animosity present on this forum when I am enjoying my stay on site.

We are all different and enjoy our breaks away, how we do that is a matter of personal preference. 

As far as the thread subject is concerned - IMO. Motorhomes lend themselves easily to touring being able to up and move on within a couple of minutes.   Caravans are better suited to longer stays as packing up and hitching up takes so much longer. 

Also during the touring journey it is much easier to stop en-route when places of interest is spotted when driving a Campervan or Motorhome. 

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Whether it is a motorhome or a caravan there is no difference. Caravans are differentiated by the manufacturers as 'touring' caravans as opposed to static holiday home type. The problem is that the idea of touring freely, whatever the accommodation, seems to have long since gone when it comes to club sites.

We tour freely in France and, perhaps naively thought we would be able to do the same when we went to Scotland. As it tuned out, we had to book every site (seven of them over 23 nights) many months in advance after talking to others that had done a similar tour. This spoilt the spontaneity that we would have liked.

It is a pity that club sites cannot have a small  number of pitches that cannot be booked more than perhaps 48 hours in advance and cannot be occupied for more than, say, two nights.  I'm sure there would be no problem in selling the pitches and it would perhaps put some freedom back into caravanning.

It's a mindset thing. Limited mind set, limited outlook on how to use something. Open mindset, can do outlook...... sky's the limit, folks will just get on with it. Neither is wrong or right, it's what suits the individual at that time, with whatever outfit, touring or staying however they want.

Many years ago, I did a disability discrimination course, and the very first thing I was told was that it didn't matter what I thought someone could or should do, it was all about what they felt happy, comfortable and able to do, rather than someone else trying to impose limits for a particular section of society. You could apply this creed to many aspects of life. Prejudging a situation, imposing limits, is a form of discrimination. Just let folks happily choose their own preferences according to their needs and desires, too much stereotyping only imposes artificial barriers.

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Wouldn't most people with children possibly want to book in the school holidays, both here and abroad?

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I can't answer your question about "here" - we just took the children without booking to places like this instead.  Here's a recent midsummer photo and it isn't full, is it. But families who want their children entertained on big,  busy sites probably would book.

I was thinking of people I know, family and friends, who usually booked stays on popular coastal sites in France, always busy in the peak season. Not because the sites had everything but the actual location.

To answer the OP, the Club is not a “touring”  Club. Any site that allows all its pitches to be pre-booked can’t be described as touring friendly. This is not a criticism, just a statement of fact. There is such a short season in the UK when the weather is good and such a lack of quality sites it is no surprise that people clamour to book Club sites at weekends and holiday times.

If I wanted to genuinely tour the UK in holiday periods it would be a logistical nightmare to pre-book all the sites, then, if I wanted to change my plans on the move it would be almost impossible. Since I am not inclined to book any site at any time (except on very rare occasions) it effectively means I cannot tour in the UK. Hence we always head straight for Le Shuttle to that magical land where no booking is required.