Not moving with the times

I agree, I just asked since the club is often signalled out by posters like PD and WTG (they are entitled to their opinions and I respect them) to suggest that it should when no other similar provider does.

As others have said perhaps simply having Motor home in the name isn't enough reason?

But as always there are many places where there touring style can be catered for, what is so special about club sites do they want the club to change?

The more observant amongst you will notice that we have a little green banner under my avatar. We are brand new members, joined today. For one reason only, the CL network.

Those three months away gave us time to think and discuss what we got from the Club, was it still for us, could we tour without rejoining, etc... Bit of a split decision here really, I have a tour all set up for us consisting of no Club Sites and no CLs, other than one that happens to have a private site as well, so as far as I was concerned, we could have deferred longer. OH likes the variety and prices of the CL network, and quite rightly pointed out that all the CL Sites we might need for nearly the whole of the UK are in one little book, so it’s worth the membership to have this information, plus of course online.

We have moved away from using Club Sites more each year this last decade, primarily for two reasons. Firstly, for us, often on pitch for less than 14 hours, particularly when touring in MH. So £30+ just isn’t value for money for us. (Exception is possibly YRP, where we park up, and don’t roll a wheel for a few days, and we know how expensive any accommodation in York is) Other reason is that there are few Club Sites that we actually really like, where we might spend a day on the Site. They have tended to become very uniform, neat rows of little HS squares, rather close together where you are invariably looking at someone else’s TV, or on the edge of a conversation in someone else’s awning. There are exceptions of course, but these are dwindling more and more. 

For long staying caravan holidays, Club Sites are ok, some are lovely, outside of the pricing issue. But for life in a touring MH, one that moves off site nearly every day, we have found better value on the CLs and small private sites.🙂

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•   Must agree about the pricing issue of club sites. We only use them occasionally, during the off peak period, but manage to get away more often than most, mainly using CL's and the occasional commercial site. We generally dislike the regimentation of club sites and the lack of variety in their format.