Are CLs really members only

I think it's all 50 years  out of date.

Imagine I want to run a B&B but have to get permission to open it from some Club, and then have turn away visitors who haven't paid a sub. to be members of that Club. Madness. 

It's time we had caravan sites, large and small, open to everyone. Book in and pay. Just like the rest of the world. 

We have, there are hundreds of them and they are called commercial sites.

I don’t know what the official line is but imagine that buried in the terms of their exemption from local planning restraints is a need for them to be used by members of the holding certificate only. I’d not be the least surprised to find non-members on a site, however. Many CL owners do not check for membership cards and would be reluctant to turn away business.

I don’t know what the official line is but imagine that buried in the terms of their exemption from local planning restraints is a need for them to be used by members of the holding certificate only. I’d not be the least surprised to find non-members on a site, however. Many CL owners do not check for membership cards and would be reluctant to turn away business.

Write your comments here...Whilst I have had to quote my membership number when booking I can't remember the last time I showed it to a CL owner.

I don’t know what the official line is but imagine that buried in the terms of their exemption from local planning restraints is a need for them to be used by members of the holding certificate only.

No, the decision to allow members only is with the club holding the exemption certificate and the land owner.

I'll admit to staying on a CL once before we were members. We used my parents membership number as didn't want to pay for membership if we didn't like the set up. Liked the first one we stayed on and have been members for nearly 3 years now so hope I will be let off! 

I don’t know what the official line is but imagine that buried in the terms of their exemption from local planning restraints is a need for them to be used by members of the holding certificate only.

No, the decision to allow members only is with the club holding the exemption certificate and the land owner.

I think that’s what I meant.

But who would do what about it if they discovered a non-member on a CL?

I would report it to the CC.

As a CL owner just how do I proove the holder of a card is the person named on it. I can give the CC the number and they can confirm a current membership but without more proof is the name on the card the same as the person presenting it.

Ask for some other form of identification, driving licence/credit card etc.I would not have the brass neck to enter any members only establishment if i were not a member, a sign of the times i suppose.