Where is the Caravan Club going?

IMHO

The CC has evolved; and should continue to trial and consider new ideas for revenue growth.

Consider how the requirements and size of outfits has grown over the years. More site space has been used for facilities that some members require and pitch size to permit some of them to enter, pitch and exit.

All this is typically basd on meeting the requirements of how members choose their style of camping - EHU, shower blocks and large or small units.

Therefore, pods; are they really a big concern - or is this just another string to CC's bow to ensure they accomodate a new style of choice?

 

Write your comments here...why do people look to make something out of northing  , my opinion is it's forward planning & enterprise & on a earlier post , pods are available on only 3 sites & regards lack of availability  , what's the problems  there's plenty for everyone

....and, after the trial, what if the club decides it can make more money from a pod occupied for 5 months than it can on a pitch occupied for 10 months.....and it turns all the touring pitches into pod pitches?

....whats the problem, plenty (of pods) for everyone

one mans 'diversity' is another mans 'thin end of the wedge'

Damned if they do damned if they don't again. The CC are attacked for their perceived lack of modernity then attacked for their forward planning & enterprise. Too many folk view the CC as theirs. Use it or don't use it. . . .Move on.

So there's a couple of pods at a couple of sites and already the doomers have decided that the pods are going to take over the campsites in there hundreds no wait in there thousands spelling the end of traditional pitches for caravans and motorhomes. I personally think it would be nice to have a pod or two at every campsite which would enable  my non caravanning members of family  join us for a couple of nights at one of the sites. I wonder if this forum had been about  years ago wether people would have seen doom and gloom in what we now take as standard on a site,  showers, electric hook up, tarmac roads!

....and, after the trial, what if the club decides it can make more money from a pod occupied for 5 months than it can on a pitch occupied for 10 months.....and it turns all the touring pitches into pod pitches?

Write your comments here...

Then the club will make a business decision based on consideration to the impact of their legacy brand, joint ventures with insurance and recovery businesses, and wider business ventures (Note: this is toungue-in-cheek).

or

Perhaps the CC would start a new speerate club / POD venture in conjunction with their legacy business and services.

or

Maybe the club will remain static with no change ever......

All good questions to ask at the Club stand at the NEC, or direct to HQ or the AGM?

Just as a matter of interest, Is the fee £40/£50 per night just for members? Do non members have to pay an extra £10? After all, non members, wether tenting or vanning have to pay the premium on all sites, or am I mistaken?.....

You are mistaken. Tent campers don't pay the £10 none member extra. No tent camper in their right mind is going to pay that on top of the usual pitch and person fees. At least I think this is the case. No idea on the pods, but they seem expensive enough as they are, without the none member premium.

Thank you for enlightening me ttda, not having been a tenter myself perhaps I was being a bit presumptious......

So there's a couple of pods at a couple of sites and already the doomers have decided that the pods are going to take over the campsites in there hundreds no wait in there thousands spelling the end of traditional pitches for caravans and motorhomes.

Where in this thread did anyone suggest THIS? 

So there's a couple of pods at a couple of sites and already the doomers have decided that the pods are going to take over the campsites in there hundreds no wait in there thousands spelling the end of traditional pitches for caravans and motorhomes.

Where in this thread did anyone suggest THIS? 

....and, after the trial, what if the club decides it can make more money from a pod occupied for 5 months than it can on a pitch occupied for 10 months.....and it turns all the touring pitches into pod pitches?

....whats the problem, plenty (of pods) for everyone

one mans 'diversity' is another mans 'thin end of the wedge'

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