Membership Fee Increase

just 2 replies above sort of prove my point CAMHC is a business offering a variety of services, e.g. many people pay a subscription to CAMHC not to use their sites but to take advantage of things like insurance of various types when spending elongated times abroad, or for reduced ferry prices/pitch prices whilst abroad. I rest my case  

I doubt that as a business CC are very bothered which services we pick and choose from as long as something attracts us to be members.....

I find that the discount on the M6 Toll virtually pays my annual membership fee........

And sites (or at least the ones I have stayed on this year) are heaving, virtually or actually full to capacity.

As with any business, when demand is close to outstripping supply, one thing must happen, and it is......!

spot on!!!!!!!!

ET, do you have evidence that they have?, maybe usage has gone down, and maybe if we have a great summer next year and people dont use their halagon heaters so much it may go down again, but i will bet my bottom dollar that pitch fees will still increase, as cyberyacht says

As pitch fees include Electric usage I am confident that the CC is fully aware of Electricity usage. 

Just paid my membership for the C&CC.............£22  with membership of 2 sections (BCC & MAS) total £33. Over 65 and 49 years membership, for veteran membership it is over 65 and 25 years membership, I joined when I was a lad with a ridge tent.

As a pensioner on a fixed income which has increased at less than 1% per annum in the last several years, these Club site and membership increases are straining our finances.  And we seem to be lucky to have an almost 1% increase, those still working may well have less or no increase.

We have our caravan insurance with the Club, and use RP when we go abroad, all these require us to be members, so not easy to just leave.

Home insurance for us was not competitive, we have that with the other club.

All things considered, we have little option but to remain members, but we will be using far fewer Club sites this year, the other club has better offers.

We tour low season, and can state that other than at weekends, sites are more than half empty, much lower occupancy than we had thought would be the case.

The Club need to consider this and offer better mid week discounts.  Wardens still need to be paid Monday to Thursday, so better to have campers on site even at a lower fee than sites being empty.

Do you also get the UK pension?

Yes, UK pension, but only a partial one as I have not been here long enough.  Only the basic pension has the triple lock, so  only about half my state pension has the index linked increase.

A small Norwegian pension which makes up the missing UK pension, but poor increases recently.

Then a company pension which is not index linked at all.

Low Interest  rates on savings do not help either!

Me too but, tbh, I wouldn’t bother to renew C&CC if it wasn't at half price veteran's rate.

You and I are fortunate, CR, but many are not.

I think the Club is between the devil and the deep blue sea. It dare not put pitch prices up too much, there would be a huge outcry from members and they are close to being uncompetive with many commercial sites. Sites might be attractive out of peak season but many don't sell well in the peak season. Growth is stagnent so the only way to help cover cost with any degree of certainty is to put up subscriptions.

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