Non members using CL sites

With Cl finances so tight, do you really expect the owners to turn someone away.

It's the law of the land so yes most certainly.

It's also not fair on other CL owners in the area who will have lost money because of the selfish action of another.

It's the law of the land so yes most certainly.

No it isn't, legislation does not stop non members from using CLs or CSs, it is down to a decision between the owner and the authorising organisation. I assume the Club won't issue a certificate unless this is agreed to?

peedee

No you misunderstood me peedee. I wasn't talking about members or not. 

It's the law of the land not to have more than 5 Caravans under an exemption certificate. 

Hope that clarifies it a bit better. 

Laws are easy, who enforces thyem. Not the Local Auth or in my experience the CC.

Come on Cl owners, what do you do when you find out that a supposed member, who's staying on your site, is in fact not a member of the CC? Do you chuck them off or not?

Come on Cl owners, what do you do when you find out that a supposed member, who's staying on your site, is in fact not a member of the CC? Do you chuck them off or not?

Hi Nellie,
as you are aware from your visits, our CL is probably large enough for 20 - 30 vans, but we stick rigorously to the law regarding: only 5 vans and all must be Club members.

As Club members and caravanners ourselves, this is what we expect from other CLs.  If we break the law, the Club may lose its ability to issue operating certificates to sites like ours.  I'm not going to risk that for the sake of a few pounds.

The other significant reason we stay as a CL is that we LIKE our clientele:
- The sort of folk who join a club tend to be nice, sociable people.  
- My family feels safe with the sort of guest we have.  
- Club members understand that we run our CL in our limited spare time alongside other jobs and family life - guests can be forgiving of our foibles and appreciative of our efforts.

We take Membership numbers at time of booking.   In our experience, guests LIKE to be asked to show their membership cards on arrival.  If they cannot produce a membership card, the Club has an automated text service for CL Owners to verify that membership is in-date.

If a non-member asks to book, we tell them to join the Club before we accept their booking.  

Occasionally we have had non-members turn-up at the door asking to stay the night.  If the CC membership desk is open, they can join the Club by telephone.  Unfortunately, they cannot join by phone outside CC office hours, so we have had to turn people away in the past.

I would welcome the idea of potential members being able to join the Club at our CL - I believe that the C&CC allows the this, and it seems a straightforward way to increase membership outside CC office hours. 

Ian Kelly

01691 622951
Caravan@BirchHill.co.uk
www.BirchHill.co.uk

Birch Hill Farm – a multi-award winning caravan site in the beautiful lake-lands of Shropshire - exclusively for members of the Caravan Club

Read the reviews - look at the photos.

Number 1398 in the 2015/16 Sites Directory

Come on Cl owners, what do you do when you find out that a supposed member, who's staying on your site, is in fact not a member of the CC? Do you chuck them off or not?

Hi Nellie,
as you are aware from your visits, our CL is probably large enough for 20 - 30 vans, but we stick rigorously to the law regarding: only 5 vans and all must be Club members.

As Club members and caravanners ourselves, this is what we expect from other CLs.  If we break the law, the Club may lose its ability to issue operating certificates to sites like ours.  I'm not going to risk that for the sake of a few pounds.

The other significant reason we stay as a CL is that we LIKE our clientele:
- The sort of folk who join a club tend to be nice, sociable people.  
- My family feels safe with the sort of guest we have.  
- Club members understand that we run our CL in our limited spare time alongside other jobs and family life - guests can be forgiving of our foibles and appreciative of our efforts.

We take Membership numbers at time of booking.   In our experience, guests LIKE to be asked to show their membership cards on arrival.  If they cannot produce a membership card, the Club has an automated text service for CL Owners to verify that membership is in-date.

If a non-member asks to book, we tell them to join the Club before we accept their booking.  

Occasionally we have had non-members turn-up at the door asking to stay the night.  If the CC membership desk is open, they can join the Club by telephone.  Unfortunately, they cannot join by phone outside CC office hours, so we have had to turn people away in the past.

I would welcome the idea of potential members being able to join the Club at our CL - I believe that the C&CC allows the this, and it seems a straightforward way to increase membership outside CC office hours. 

Ian Kelly

01691 622951
Caravan@BirchHill.co.uk
www.BirchHill.co.uk

Birch Hill Farm – a multi-award winning caravan site in the beautiful lake-lands of Shropshire - exclusively for members of the Caravan Club

Read the reviews - look at the photos.

Number 1398 in the 2015/16 Sites Directory

 

What a superb post. Excellent.

I'll second that Fysherman. Thanks for the response Ian

And me, says it all, thank you.