Not moving with the times

In what way PD is it not changing, what you you want to see? 

That growth in membership has been over a few years and as sites are getting fuller they appear to be keeping members?

Anyway you have used club sites this year I recall (if not apologies but certainly in the past year), so you must be happy?

I was referring to your post Freddy. 

It was like that when we started ,but then along came TVs mobile phones and computer games that seems to keep people in their own little world(bubble as is now expected )

M&S started to lose customers when the clothing side was still looking to give a quality product ,that was made to last ,in a society of cheaper primark customer who wear once then throw away,

The club have not in most ways ,lost that quality product that many still want,and seems more are accepting that with the ever more members using the network

well of course they are, we all know that, and why??? because it is pretty much a given that what they got last time they visited a club site is pretty much what they will get the next time they visit a club site, and if the previous experience was a good experience then CMC sites will continue to be popular.

I think we fall into the perceived CAMC demographic - long term members (since 1976 - with a break when we had to sell  sell the caravan to pay the electric bill, and then tented), 70+, we can quite happily stay on site all day, just relaxing, and like to know what the site will be like.

But we do that as we don't get away very often - one week a year, plus a weekend - so if we get it wrong and end up somewhere that doesn't suit us, we've sort of ruined the holiday.

So, for the past few years we've stuck with the same site for our main holiday. Not "stuck" as in unhappy with - quite the opposite. We like New England Bay as it's not just rows of white boxes, families and couples get along happily together. And on a personal note, I like the familiar, driving up the same roads to get there, recognising familiar places, noting things that have changed etc.

And getting back to the OP and mutterings about the website - yes, it is awful. But holidays and caravans and life in general are in the real world - and that is what matters, not some text and pictures on a screen.

yes, it is awful. But holidays and caravans and life in general are in the real world - and that is what matters, not some text and pictures on a screen.

fully agree

For a slow website try the C&CC , not only slow but is like a maze for navigating round. Lots of dead ends before finally reaching your goal and then going up blind alleys to get out again.  Every time you book a site you have to enter your outfit details, every time.  You don't know what you are going to have to pay, until you have entered, outfit, pitch, no. Adults, children, ACR, dates, uncle Tom cobley and all.  And don't get me started on their site search facility.  Compared to them, CAMC is cutting edge tech.

Wow!!! not a C&CC member so never used their web site, but if all this is true and no reason to doubt it, then it blows a hole in a lot of the gripes on CT

CS, since you asked:

In what way PD is it not changing,

It still thinks one size fits all and charges accordingly. As a result, for those not requiring full fat facilities they are expensive for many especially for short stays which is an increasing requirement due to the growth in motorhome ownership. Families also find sites expensive for what is provided for them.

what you you want to see? 

The pricing structure needs to change to make short stays more viable and more attractive for families. To save you asking how, I would look into the introduction of a tariff for “Quick Stops” for motorhomes. For families stop charging for children of 4 or less under say 13 years.

That growth in membership has been over a few years and as sites are getting fuller they appear to be keeping members?

That is a matter of opinion, the AGM minutes would suggest membership has been fairly static but existing members have been utilising sites more (site nights spent per member has increased)

Anyway you have used club sites this year I recall (if not apologies but certainly in the past year), so you must be happy?

I have only used a Club site for 3 nights out of 26 spent away so far this year. The others have been spent on a mix of CLs and commercial sites and I have been quite happy to do so.

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