Magazine

Just got ours. It took longer to remove the insert glued in the middle than it took to read the rubbish. Oh and as predicted some months ago our new much improved regional magazine is now telling me how good the site at Longleat is, it's not if you have a dog you cannot walk through the parkland any more and it only a 15 min drive from home and unlike some weekenders/longerstayers we prefer to travel some distance to somewhere new or exciting.

What has happened to our beloved Caravan Club? Soon to be a member for 35 years  but might not make the 40 the way things are going. 

so are you two saying you're going to stop being members because of the magazine?

It stopped being a "beloved caravan club" years ago and became a leisure industry 

I just don't understand why people get so worked up about advertising sent out with the Club Magazine. It's all paid for and helps reduce the cost of producing the magazine to members and may even put money into improving sites. Surely the simple answer is to just recycle what you don't want/like? 

David

I blame the loss of En Route!

peedee

 You can also elect not to receive it.

peedee

Exactly, that's what I said in my post so why on earth do it need to know about the oddest plant in the world (page14) how on earth does that relate to the caravan industry, more about the caravan industry would be better and a lot more interesting .

I must admit it took me a couple of minutes to rip the what-ever-it-was out. 

caravan and motor home Industry

I don't really want to know all that much about the caravan (and motor home) industry, apart from a passing interest into which model to buy every few years or advice and new stuff for the caravan. I don't caravan as a 'hobby', it is just a means to an end, to take my holidays in a certain way which fits in with my lifestyle.

We all use caravans and motor homes but probably we have other interests too, probably more varied than we could imagine. So the magazine tries to cater for the main ones as well as caravans, motor homes, sites, accessories.

I'm not saying the magazine is the best available or the worst. It does a fairly good job of telling me about the club and what's happening, where to go and what to see.

But even if it was absolutely rubbish and only fit for recycling I think I would base my view of the club on other more important aspects, ie clean sites, prices, offers, insurance, wardens...

You don't have to open the packet, let alone read it.

the thing is, with a magazine like CC's which is supported by heavy advertising (flyers and in the mag) the more advertising we get the more money the club makes....however, to those attempting to read it, it becomes a worse product...

i 'analysed' a copy of MMM once and (just about exactly) 50% of the pages were adverts.....

i havent done this with the CC mag, but the more adverts it takes, the happier the club is but the more irate the posts on CT become.

personally, i think its (pretty much) total tosh....OH saves a few of the location stories for future reference, i read the 'tests' in about 2 mins and then we bin it....