New Site Booking System

Don't see my bookings changing much from the last two years:

CMC nights 27
Continental 0
Commercial 26
Rallys 0
CL 6
C&CC 9
CS 3

Possibly a few less C&MC sites, all depends where we decide to go. Nothing planned or booked at all yet. First part of the year will probably be trips at short notice. Certainly will not be leaving either Club.

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Those who are falling over themselves to tell us they are leaving the CAMC make themselves sound like rather bitter people. And over relative trivia.

I now only pay for CAMC membership after my own personal experiences, over many years,  led me to only look at their sites and reject those of the other club, of which I was once a member, and those owned privately.

Anything that serves to make the experience of belonging to the CAMC better, as I firmly believe these changes will ensure, is welcomed by me. If it results in fewer members, that's an extra bonus if it means pitches are more available - although, of course, not good for the club itself. It won't happen anyway. The numbers who leave because of this will be few and mostly cutting off their nose to spite their face. It will be a minor blip quickly filled by new members and of absolutely no consequence whatsoever. 

        

not having read all posts ,What happens if you book a grass pitch and on the day of arrival the said pitch or pitch type are not useable ie  a sea of mud  ,what happens on C C C sites is that you told that that is the only type of site available to you they still expect you to use it even when hard surface pitches are unoccupied,, just thought if you pay upfront to gain quicker access to your pitch how will it be possible to get pass the queue of van waiting to get through the barrier onto site just another task added to the site wardens list of things to do

Not bitter at all, in the past we have used this club's sites a lot. A few years ago we decided to try the other club as there were areas we wanted to visit that they had sites this club didn't.

Over the last 2 years when we couldn't go abroad we found that we gravitated towards the CCC as getting a site was easier, more choice of pitch types and with the aged discount way more VFM.

Now that we are able to travel abroad we really don't see the point in staying members of both clubs as we will be touring more abroad than here.

Our membership for this club is due in May the other club not until October. Its just sense that it's this club that won't be renewed. We will continue to use the other club until October when we will review our plans.

I have no loyalty to any club, why should I they have none to me. 

We will not be leaving due to deposits, and welcome surface booking, but will really only stay members due to the CLs .

We had booked Silverbank at Banchory for the end of March as the start of a tour up north, however DD has asked to borrow the caravan for a week in St Andrews at the start of April ( they can only go in school holidays), so we have now cancelled that.   We did look at booking for 5 nights later in the month, but not at the cost of £32.70 per night!   So we need to find a CL or book a nearby CCC site.

The site at St Andrews is family friendly, with a big play area, a free to use indoor pool, and an indoor soft play area for £2 per session.  All pitches are serviced hardstandings, facilities are said to be excellent in the reviews.     The price in April......£30 per night.

The CAMC site at Banchory has nothing for families, and no serviced pitches, which would of course just bump the price even higher.  Presumably the target market is not families, but the price seems very high anyway.

I find it hard to believe that the CCC would insist on you using a muddy unsuitable pitch If there were other pitch types available, it's not to their advantage to have pitches out of use for longer than they need to. 

I recently saw a site manager take out a grass pitch due to a tent groundsheet spoiling it. He raked it and put grass seed down, watered it and said he would water it every day it didn't rain, until the grass took hold and he could put it back in service. I didn't think it was that bad and voiced that. He said he could if he had to let a small pup tent on it but they would have to pitch in a different place on the grass, his preference was to to take it out until it recovered. 

We have cancelled three club sites booked for this month,, only because we do not want to miss any appointments that may come up for OH

But we will still  be meeting up with some friends in Norfolk for 3days over New Year on a small commercial site that we have used before at £20 per night with heated toilets and EHU ,compared to club sites at nearly £35. Per night

As we have now 53yrs club membership it would be uneconomical to leave this club

I always thought your view was that CAMC sites were invariably cheaper than Commercial sites?  

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We since getting a MH belong to both clubs. Mainly as we are moving a lot more and it fills in the gaps. For 2022 not much change, September / October already booked and only one contentious mixed surface site. CAMC sites are certainly in the majority over the C&CC, despite the price difference. However, come 2023 when the CAMC has lost its USP, this will certainly change. We have really liked the other clubs sites we have used.