Name change

What's in a name ?.  The CMC is a good name and reflects the upsurge in Motorhoming. The CMC quite rightly wants to attract that growing market.   .If the current trend continues Motorhomes will soon outnumber Caravans in the UK.   

No problem "getting over it"but as noted when on sites and on here there is still a lot of bad feeling by members and staff That will take more than a few who think what is done is done to alter the fact it was a complete waste of our money ,for what is now becoming clear a nil return 

Electricity was included in pitch prices before then PD. I had a year out of caravanning for 1993 following cancer surgery and a month of radiotherapy etc.

The following year I replaced the caravan and the one I bought had no mains. I fitted mains during 1995 as I was paying for it in pitch fee.

The depth of feeling is obvious. It was a stupid, expensive ego trip and those responsible  need to accept  the consequences. This will not go way. The management seems to be run on the RSPCA model.

What you mean it's gone to the dogs?

It's happened we have to accept it BUT it doesn't mean the members and possibly the staff are happy. It's something that members will harbour thoughts about for years to come so it may well show in elections etc but as with anything within the club, perhaps not the name change 😉, take years to actually be felt 😉😉

Just received replacement Greeflag members cards as the ones I received last month had the Caravan Club logo on and new ones have Caravan And Motorhome Club logo. I also received new policy booklet and other literature with new logo. More waste of money associated with name change.

Might be worth posting this on the waste of money thread, where a member of staff has commented 😉

I think there are a lot of people wearing rose coloured spectacles out there. I suspect the Club management have actually seen the writing on the wall. Motorhomes will be the future of the Club, maybe not next year or five years time but beyond that they will be. We have already seen there will be no petrol or diesel cars from 2040 (only 23 years ahead) so whilst you can't rule out that there won't be cars capable of towing caravans it does look more problematic from a towing point of view. There will always be a need in the immediate future for vans the size of Fiat/Peugeot/Renault/Ford. However they are powered they will surely be capable of being converted to motorhomes? Now imagine the situation that we remained just the Caravan Club but in ten years time we saw membership of caravan owners falling drastically which put the site network in jeopardy because of falling income. At this point the Club decides to change its name to the Caravan and Motorhome Club you could imagine the outrage that the Club should have left it so long and should have changed its name years ago!!! It's always difficult to get changes right on the curve, it's usually behind or ahead so it could be that the CMC is, surprisingly, ahead of that curve. As to cost we have no idea what that is yet and lots of people are making assumptions, when we find out we will either be surprised or disappointed or both. It is done now so we have to move on and stop wasting our energy moaning about it.

David 

CAMC is like a brand - it's a trading name. Brands, like The Club, have loyal users - they keep your business alive, but you also need new members to continue. The bottom line is as per Club paperwork :

The Caravan and Motorhome Club is a trading name of The Caravan Club Ltd,