This vlog has created a bit of discussion. Just to clarify a few things; We are NOT asking people to AGREE or DISAGREE! We are NOT saying the CAMC is no good, we are saying it doesn't work for us anymore. These are our OPINIONS and VIEWS just the same as everyone else's views on any issue. We CAN get better value for our money on independent sites. We DO NOT go to sites that are busy, full of partying people, full of bars and restaurants and rowdy people. Most of the sites we go to are SMALLER than your average CAMC site. We ALWAYS go fully serviced and within walking distance of a town or village. There ARE some great private/independent sites out there, maybe people should try them. If we we're all the same and liked the same things the world would be a very boring place! Thanks

Totally agree with everything you've said. we've only stayed on 2 sites and both haven't been a patch on independent sites. I'm sure they'll see your vlog and read the comments. It may be a wakeup call. They certainly have lots of areas to improve on. Great vlog Martin. 👍👍👍

Have to totally agree with what you have said. Club now relies on members being auto lazy as a default or being so well off just don’t care. It’s ethos under the more recent management has been lost, it’s about business income and spending it on tents, yurts, pods and lodges whilst leaving motorhome and caravan member visitors with quite often dated and long due renewal of the facilities they actually use for they aren’t using the lodges that are more expensive than a good hotel.

I agree, when you consider the membership subscription the club receives I would expect member prices to be noticeably lower than their commercial competitors. In fact, as you rightly say, they are often on a par with, or more expensive, than commercial sites with superior facilities. I've been a member, on and off, since the 1970s but this year will be my last, a decision made before seeing your blog.

Totally agree with you and another problem we've come across is that some of the wardens think that they are above the law because they can't get wardens they don't even look at your complaint when you report a problem

Like you, we bought a caravan and joined the Club, that was way back in 1981. We stayed members for 30+ years and used some services. The overseas insurance helped us considerably after an incident in France. But, it became harder and harder to book the sites - as a teacher and nurse combo we could not book months ahead. Eventually we realised we had not used any sites other than CL’s for five years. The magazine was so predictable it was boring, there were much better mags on the shelves of WH Smith. We decided it was time give up. It was no longer a Club, but a business pretending to be a Club but unwilling to answer to the problems they were creating. Our final straw was a local event which we attended, after booking. We arrived the Friday evening and were ignored. No-one spoke to us until Sunday afternoon, when we were given an official “welcome”. By then it was too little, too late. We left that afternoon having felt like second class citizens. We cancelled our membership later that year.

We are in both clubs. We use Burrs Country park quite a bit through the year. (CMHC). But most club sights are expensive. The C&CC sights are cheaper and Clitheroe is our favourite. As we are over 60 we get age concession rates which can be as little as £18 at some sights. But like you say private sites can also be good value.

Have to say I agree with much of what has been said. Check in for sites was changed to 1 pm to allow extra cleaning during covid,and this has not been changed back.Site fees seem to have increased significantly, no doubt on the pretext of increased energy costs but not so for the CCC where the fees remain reasonable. Wi-Fi now £30 per year, for one device only, with very poor signal on some sites. We have been members now for 20 years. Someone at the club now needs to take a long,hard look at site charges before even more members jump ship.

Bin with them for 10 years and if it go’s up again as it has every year since we joined this will be our last year with the caravan and motorhome club . Totally agree with you 100% . Wer 44 years old and when the old people that have loads of cash have gone there going to need us , ether look after us now or lose us later .

Interesting vlog Martin 👍. Yes the club have Increased prices and our caravan cover has gone up considerably 😕. We search long and hard for sites with serviced pitches and end up with mix of club sites, CL’s and independent sites. A plus point is the club are including / installing more serviced pitches during site re-developments. Just renewed our membership and we tend to stay at a couple of their sites per year so I suppose we get the membership cost back via the member discount. Agree with you about the magazine, they ought to include more caravan reviews. All the best, Rob

Totally agree with everything you’ve said, we are pretty sure we are also thinking of cancelling our membership, they are getting ridiculously expensive, and I’ve had problems with the booking app, we use the CCC, especially for the rallies Happy holidays

I totally agree. We took our 2 grandsons to Malvern Hills CAMC last August. Cost us £31 per night. The same dates this year was going to cost £43 per night. Needless to say we will not be booking. Children used to go for £1 per night but this doesn’t seem to be the case any more.

Martin that’s absolutely bang on… I’ve been considering this exact same issue, with costs, previous block booking and cancelling at the last min and the new system hasn’t helped there cause ….we’re going seasonal this year at DK, off to torment the addys

Hi Martin, I agree on the cost they are getting expensive, We have been CAMC members for 14 yrs and sways enjoyed the sites, the ability to choose your own pitch suits us and you know the standard is the sane across all sites, just our view. Good luck in all your trips without the club. Looking forward to your next video. Cheers Paul and Joanne

We used to be in both the main caravan clubs, It meant we could use both cs&cl sites that way we could afford 4 weeks holidays a year with our 2 sons plus weekends. We used to pay about £2.50/ £3.00 per night when we first started, (the best part of a long time ago) we found some great sites all we looked for was a site with a shower.

Agree with lots of what you said. The new booking system is so frustrating, not easy to navigate. I raised the issue a while ago about booking specific pitches with a director but the response was they would lose business as people would not go to the site if they could not get their preferred pitch, absolute rubbish, they need to move with technology and the times. Prices at some independent sites are also very high for this year, so not too much difference. Also find that the behaviour of some guests on some independent sites leave a lot to be desired.

Thanks for this honest review. I am picking up our first motorhome in May. Everyone keeps telling me we need to join this club and the other one. Lots of offers and discounts. However I am sceptical. Been camping all my life as I am a volunteer with Scouts. Also, we have spent years driving around in a 7.5 tonne horse lorry and am used the the quirks of attending shows and booking on etc. I joined the online forums for CAMC and have been watching youtube videos. I have also been looking at the cost of sites around the UK. Rather than judging by comments I have been evaluating the benefits myself rather than just sending them my £'s. Being retired I have to take a closer look at the costs. You are right about insurance. We have two cars with LV and am thinking I can get a better deal from them. It would seem for an organisation of their size that they havent a clue when it comes to selecting a software package for bookings etc. The trouble people are having is alarming and a real put off. I have been comparing prices between CAMC and private sites in Wales and Scotland where we want to visit in our first year and the private sites seem to be a lot cheaper. Your right as well. a lot of the camc sites are in the middle of nowhere . Not towing a car i want good public transport or be close to facilities. Will see how things pan out but I would like to say thankyou for your video. It has given me more to think about.

I’ve been thinking exactly the same thing, when the magazines come they usually sit on the coffee table and never get read. In fact I have just moved a years worth onto the floor, meaning to read them at some point but doubt it will. There sites do tend to be more expensive and not as well run either.

For me it's worth it for their really good 5-van CL sites. I only use CL's and haven't been on a club site for years (since the children no longer come with us). I've been a member for 36 years and it works for me with competitive insurance and breakdown cover but I understand it's not for everyone.

I agree, I chucked in the ccc membership. Also stayed at Beverly Park and bay view very nice sites. fully serviced pitch all the way , I gave up the tent for an easier life !

Same here, I booked 2 hols this weekend and found the CAMC far more expensive, also their website keeps telling me the combined length of unit and tow vehicle is too big for their pitches and won't allow me to book, never had that issue before- caravan is 7.2m !!!

Hi Martin,we were Irish members of the club for years but after Brexit we could no longer avail of the breakdown insurance we used going to France.Also we were not getting any ferry deals from Ireland ever ! the magazine was boring and repetitive so alas we left the club also.

Great blog and agree completely. Don’t use main sites only cls Main sites are poor compared to independent and commercial sites.

I think you've nailed it with the CAMC are not competitive enough with price or facilities. Good vlog 👍

Hi I agree with you Martin all so the change in the time from 12 to 1 pm before you can get on your pitch and it's a rush to get set up and have lunch at a reasonable time wene you have kids

I agree absolutely. The Club was formed as a touring club but it is now impossible to be spontaneous because there are insufficient pitches for demand. We cannot book months or even weeks in advance so for us it is useless even though we previously enjoyed our membership. It is not the issue of deposits, it is lack of availability with increased membership. They take our money but are not investing in new sites to keep up.

I’m in agreement with what you said as well. We will remain members for the CL network (yes, you have to be members to access them). We’ve been members for 23 years and feel so let down with the way the Club is heading. We pay a membership for benefits and I can’t see the point of paying a membership, to then pay a deposit and fill in so many details to book, it’s like filling in a visa application to holiday in America or Australia! To say we’re disappointed is an understatement! To end on a positive note…I do actually enjoy the magazine! 😂

The main reason i joined CAMC was for discounted tickets for Santa Pod Raceway which pays for itself if you go to enough events (20% each event) and only other times were a CL site near to POD and the Diddly Squat site so far which were fine. I need to cancel my mag too as it goes straight in the bin also

After looking at this, Martin, I would just make the comment that we all look for different things in our caravanning experiences. We're members of both clubs; both have their strengths but by choice we opt for the CAMC sites which suit us down to the ground. We don't want bars and pools. When we do, we use commercial sites...... Totally agree about the AWFUL new app, though.

Absolutely agree Martin. I only renewed last year as we visited Longleat but otherwise I wouldn’t bother as I don’t believe it is good value.

I agree with most of what you were saying. We will be staying with the club until our membership is up, and then make a decision.We might stay with them for another yearto see if things improve. Their new booking system is dire. I would love to know what breakdown service you intend to use, as Mayday is ideal for us.

Hi just for reference we were able to keep our mayday cover as we took it out when we were a camc member. We left the club for the same reasons lack of use and found it a bit pricey. Also I tend to find the sites a bit impersonal. I use independent sites and c&cc depending on where we want to go.

Hi Martin. I totally agree with you. It's not good with the app for C&MH it's was told to the people like us that attended the meeting that the deposit system wouldn't come in if it wasn't agreable with the members. We also will be cancelling our membership as we've only used it twice. A lot of private sites have now bought there prices down to be competitive with C&MH sites and C&camping Our holiday that we should have taken over Christmas was £80 cheap on a private site and we got one extra day as well 😀. Anyway great video cheers Paul and Sarah

Totally agree cancelled mine last year after being a member for 25 years. Was finding it harder and harder to get a pitch unless you want to book twelve months in advance and very expensive now, must say didn’t miss them last year stayed on some nice sites.

Totally agree with everything you’ve said, we are cancelling our membership as well

Agree 100%. We left the caravan and motorhome club after 2 years, just found what they offered more expensive than privately owned sites and as for reserving pitches, that would be a good idea and stop people sending there partners or children ahead to stand on a pitch, why they book in. We are members of the camping and caravan club but that is because we get it with our breakdown cover. Again I cannot comment on them as not used any of their sites yet. good vlog, keep it up.

Totally agree we looked at Pembrey Country Park site fully serviced they charge £19.50 for service pitch plus £12.50 per adult yet private site fully serviced few miles up the road £30 a night massive pitches picnic table great facilities it’s a no brainier

I have had no problem booking sites, I have already found that I can book weekdays and weekends without having to split sites. Stopping people booking multiple sites often with no firm intention of turning up is the best thing the CMC has done. When I have travelled abroad I have often found you can book individual pitches but these companies are tiny compared to the CMC infrastructure. I also find some locations are pricey but if you want a prime location then market forces will dictate the cost. My two gripes with the CMC are that they invest far too much into cabins and not enough into getting pitches tidy, level and fully serviced.

I agree with all of your comments, I was a 3rd generation club member in my family having both parents and Grandparents as members of the Caravan Club and I really felt they couldn't care less about their members. I got into a discussion with a CMC staff member at head office after a booking fiasco and he quite rudely suggested the answer to my issues was to go to CL sites as basically you have to be retired with no children to make proper use of the club sites. We also try to book fully serviced pitches and private sites tend to offer more of these, some newer sites are all fully serviced pitches. The pricing policy is designed to discourage taking children by charging per child when most private sites are a flat pitch price (usually two children included), this makes them particularly uncompetitive even against high end sites with fantastic facilities. Like many companies offering loyalty discounts, they do tend to be on overpriced services where similar discounts are available elsewhere i.e. Merlin Entertainment theme parks where a pack of corn flakes would get you the same discount!

I think you are spot on Martin, maybe going the same way.

Interesting to hear your thoughts and read so many comments in agreement. Have been thinking much the same ourselves as we too are only interested in fully serviced facilities and these are few and far between within the CMC sites. Apart from one in Norfolk we have only used independent sites and as you say, the magazine is of little interest so why pay the subs? One point worth considering is the clubs discount agreement with Volvo UK! If you are considering buying a new one it’s worth paying to join the club for a year for that alone. Other than that it’s a not so compelling.

Hi Martin, we use cl sites, adult only. The club doesn't have many but they are crazy expensive. Re your changing rescue; we were very badly let down by the RAC Sept 22, so much so we joined Green Flag earlier this year.

As a motorhome owner we feel that the magazine (which is often in bin before the postie has left our street) and club is biased towards the caravaners. The majority of the articles about places to visit are interesting enough then they tell you that the nearest club site is, 20, 30 or more miles away which is fine when you can drop the caravan off then drive your car to the place or town of interest and get parked relatively easily. Try parking a motorhome in a car park in a town, many which have height barriers or motorhomes are barred. Relatively few of the club sites are within easy walking distance of a town or village, otherwise you're paying a lot of money to sit in the middle of a field which could be anywhere, come rain or shine. When you consider you can, in France, for a lot less money get a fully serviced pitch and often get swimming pools, café's, restaurants and be within walking distance of a beach, village or town. I'm certain that the inflated prices they are now asking are to pay for expensive pods which none members can rent and will be of no benefit to members like myself. We will be thinking very carefully about renewing in the autumn when it's due. 😒😒

For me, it works they are a good standard, I use CLs for weekends and club sites for anything from a week or two weeks. It may be that the club is run by older people and older people don't like change. I know what you mean about pricing, I am sometimes stunned by the charges, but then everything now seems to be dearer and caravanning is not cheap anymore.

Agree with everything. We have never used any of the sites, mainly because most have only 4 night vacancies due to motorhome owners only booking on average 3 nights, this stops those like us having a full week. The magazine is solely aimed at new buyers/owners and owners full of adverts for very expensive accessories, and how many of us travel to CAnada and Europe with a caravan?!!. There is no provision for owners of older caravans. I think this will also be my last year with them.

Totally agree young man. We been thinking about the same as we have booked meathop fell for this Easter an was shocked we had to pay a deposit. We wanted to book another site an they wanted a deposit an some don’t offer discount prices anymore. You can book on there web site for same price none club member, silly really an your right will be loosing me this yr. We have our breakdown cover with auto aid, for me and the wife and any car plus the caravan is about £70 a yr. keep up the good work mate 👍

Have to agree with.. just had the same conversation today!

Totally agree about the magazine, boring, I still haven’t looked at the last one that arrived. Definitely very expensive to stay on the club sites too. Will be thinking seriously about my renewal.

You do indeed need to be a member of the club to use CL sites. Access to the CL network is my main reason for keeping my membership going.

You are spot on about club site we’re not in any club site and the site we go on are far better with more things to do some of do have a bar and live music that if you want to go to them 👍

I am thinking the same got to admit hillhead is a nice site I use to go there as a child when the farmer owned it and it was fantastic. But unfortunately CAMC seem very expensive now.

I'm a member of both major clubs and have been for years. I can sympathise with your reasoning. I think I will not be renewing after this year. Also, I'm dreading using this new app/system to book online and consider myself competent around computers!

Totally agree, the site are becoming to expensive taking into account it’s just a patch of gravel with EHU. They should price it like the caravan and camping club DA meets one fixed price per unit (2 adults 2 children) EHU if you want it not.

Pretty much agree with everything too. I'm not renewing when my membership expires, as I like to book a certain pitch, knowing its mine and then have no worries of arrival times, and not having to fret about pitching in a part of the site where I don't wish to spend my holiday. I too, have looked back and book more independent sites than i do through the club. I must say though, there caravan insurance is first class when I did need to put in a claim.

We’ve cancelled ours as well. All sites are exactly the same, always burn myself on the exposed hot water pipe on the shower, the magazines are boring and we’re cutting back on how much we go away.

I also agree I have been in correspondence with the CMC about there app not working. The young lady helping has been brilliant but the issue is I still cannot log into the site app, so I've said that my membership is due at the end of this month and I will not be rejoining.

Totally agree Martin 4yrs only used 1 time though when tried booking site was told full Cancelled last year Going to phone rac. As never thought about breakdown for caravan I know some people use breakdown with car but independent breakdown means not waiting for caravan to be towed if car breaks down Though hope it doesn't with new kuga though never know

Great vid clip we to are planning to give up our membership this year

A very good appraisal. I personally resigned from the club this month after 20 years continuous membership. It's sad to see the new T&C's and has no flexibility no more.

Totally agree I have looking

The one thing that I’ve noticed Martin, is most club sites are mainly off narrow lines hard to get to. Thinking it’s because land cheaper? I’ve cancelled my subscription this year, just because it’s worked out twice now to book France are self, and booked earlier. Won’t pay stupid prices for black horse farm just for a few hrs stop over.👍

We booked Beechwood Grange for New Year ,when we arrived were told the men's toilets were shut, so ladies was now unisex ? really poor that I was not told this when I booked ! and no reduction on the site fee for the inconvenience

Hoya.... great video as ever....we must admit that we have never considered joining any of the so called clubs.....nothing against them directly but just don't like rules and regulations etc etc... everyone has their choice and that's exactly how it should be lol ! Hope to see more of you very soon ... cheers Paolo and Roger aka 'The Camp Caravanners'

I feel the same been a member 23years gone back to my old way booking private sites use to book CAMC sites 8 time a year now down to one my reason is peice when they started prices per person now private site still do that price per couples usually £60 to £120 cheaper Been caravaning nearly 50 years back then was pitch per pitch

The only reason we are with the CAMC is for the CL sites now. We have always used the sites but now with the booking system and the cost we are only using CLs. You do have to be a member to go on a CL site.

We are members of both CMHC and C&CC. As we are both over 60 we tend to use C&CC sites but also use CL sites. My son purchased a caravan a couple of years ago, he has 4 children and joined the CMHC. They booked a few nights away last year and because he has 4 children they sited them away from everyone else......they didn't feel welcome at all and were on tender hooks for the rest of the stay. Suffice to say they will not use CMHC sites again!

I think if they implemented the changes you mentioned, pre-allocated pitches (like the Camping Club do) and put more entertainment on sites that are also nearer to shops I’d probably cancel my membership…🤓 You can please everyone, but we’d be very unhappy if they changed. (We were Caravan Club members many years ago and they used to allocate pitches then, but it’s not great if you don’t like where you’re pitched…same with Camping Club today)

We only use the club for Mayday cover as our van is 8m and we can't find anything that is comparable ( if you know of any let us know )The RAC do Arrival but is far more expensive. But like your vids very informative.

Hi Martin The Club and I need to go to Marriage Guidance Counselling, we aren’t getting on. I think I may go down the Unreasonable Behaviour route. The Apps a nightmare, you know I’m not great with Tech at best of times. I like the May Day cover and the Insurance product for the van. Bumpy times ahead. I like the freedom to choose my pitch tbh. Take care matey 👍

Totally agree. When our membership runs out we are not renewing. The C&M club are pricing themselves out of the market GREED. It should be fixed pitch price regardless how many in party or towing a car etc and yes the magazine is a waste of money it's almost same in every mag.

Completely agree with you. Will be cancelling my membership too.

We're in mainly for the CLs 👍

We've been a member for the last 5 years and in that time we've used 1 site and 1 CL ( neither of which were great or cheap ) but the missus does like doing the crossword in the club magazine 🤓

We came out of the club 11 years ago as we found we only used clumber park, but like you stated, you drive round and round looking for a suitable pitch. One of our favourite independent sites ( Dornafield) in Newton abbot has sold out to the camc, and already people are cancelling because the club will not honour the requested pitch. I thought about rejoining several years ago until I watched the TV show, what an embarrassing advertisement for the club, especially when it's chairman ripped the back panel off the van he was towing up the hill.

I think you have hit the nail on the head, they have got too expensive. We only stay members for the CL network, have to be a member to use. The club seems to be more focused on glamping pods, yerts and the like than their core business of caravans and motor homes.

Well put and really valid points. It almost feels since the name change 4 or so years ago that everything started feeling odd. It lacks leadership and vision. The magazine as you say is a total waste of time with the odd article worth reading. The website / app has been a total disaster and there appears little comment from the club leadership about how they intended to fix the problem. The prices now are in some cases more than independent ones. As an example, we are away next week in the half term in Norfolk, fully serviced for £110 for 4 nights and the facilities including restaurant are great. This is a half term special. The nearest open club site was double the price. It’s a no brainier. Keep up the good work!👍

Hi Martin. I agree with what you have said. Cancelled camping & caravan membership last year. And now going to cancel caravan and motorhome membership. We also have mayday cover with them so I will have to look for alternatives. Lots of examples of not getting value for money. And site's in out of the way places. Whent to Cromer last year was going to book caravan and motorhome site but found one half a mile away closer to the beach and £98.00 cheaper for a fully serviced pich for a 14 night stay. In most cases I think independent sites can offer much more and value for money. Would be interested to know if you find a similar breakdown cover. Thanks for sharing 👍

Clubs sites are (sometimes ridiculously) expensive. We keep up our membership for rallies and access to the CLs really.

Totally agree. I think they’ve got too big for their boots. The new booking system is crap. We had to cancel a site because our Motorhome broke down, they wouldn’t refund our deposit, even though we’ve been members for 17 years (and it’s our club). We joined the camping and caravan club, much easier booking and the sites we’ve stayed at recently have been great. We won’t renewing our membership, they’re not interested anymore,

Hi Martin I totally agree with you your paying membership fees and not getting anything back total waste of money I cancelled 2years ago nice little earner for someone take care 👍

I have tried to book some sites but the new system is so hard I gave up s9 who do you book with

I like to pick my own pitch on arrival, would not like it to be allocated. They have far better toilet/shower facilities, than any other nonee CAMC site we have been to. And am happy they don't have bars etc on site. The costs have increased but I think you get what you pay for.

I’ve been caravanning for 51yrs and joined the club then only had a 4yr break in membership since then due to being fleeced by the ex wife, the magazine then was called En-route and it did have some useful tips in back then but still heavy on adverts. Now we’re free from kids and grandkids as well as being a tight-fisted Yorkshireman we only use CL’s mainly because we enjoy the peace and quiet but also the fact that I recently bought my first brand new van and if I’ve paid for something then it gets used, in fact the wife says the shower is better than the one at home. We will continue with membership because I don’t want the hassle of almost having to beg if we can use a particular CL it’s just have they got vacancy’s, as for CL’s with toilets the first one we ever went on my wife asked about toilet facilities as back then it was still bucket and chuck it in caravans and the farmer pointed to the field behind us and told her “anywhere in there if you’ve got a spade just cover it back up”we sometimes wish they bring back that attitude.

We are leaving as well. The price has just got far too expensive. Booking is hard work, yes the sites are lovely but if you look at sites like Rowntree in York it's just astronomical! We are with camping and Caravanning Club for the rallys as they are cheap 😁. That will be reviewed next year also though.

Great Club, we use the CL sites all the time, if you want to stay on crowded commercial sites, full of noise then good luck 😉

Tried to book without a card as my card was damaged and I was waiting for a replacement no its not possible anymore so I used my daughters card under duress. Got to the site Morton in marsh to a dirty leaf strewn muddy mess, half open due to spring cleaning but still mucky which was a nightmare keeping the van clean. Not happy with the new rules and system.

100% was going to book a site for 3 nights over £100.00 from CMC. Got an all serviced pitch not that much farther away for just over £60.00 , will be looking to cancel if prices do not change.

I use the clubs sites quite a bit but definitely hate the new site for booking . Having a 9 metre MH I have always telephoned the sites to make a booking . This is now discouraged but most sites are limited to 8 5 metres and there is no flexibility with a website - over length equals no booking . To solve this my MH is now 8.49 myrs long

I agree with a lot of what you said we have been a member for 35 years And now think the club has lost the plot, to expensive to many daft rules and we now go to alot of private sites which are as good if not better than the club sites and better value to.

Totally in agreement on this,it's not as if you can't book onto one of their sites if you really like it as a non member.on our last visit to one we pitched into a secluded pitch as we have 2 very excitable staffies,I took them out of the car and secured them to a post while I got their stuff looked out,the warden had came from nowhere and sternly told me I couldn't do that for which I said I'd be 2 minutes his reply was again to tell me off.our membership is up in July and ours will be cancelled aswell.tbh I just don't feel relaxed on their sites as I'm waiting to be told off for something lol,it's quite off putting

You beat us to it, we have a video about this subject, which we will be releasing soon. Keep safe

Still a camc member at moment can't say I will when renewal arrives website is awful so many complaints and they do nothing about it starting to use private sites now ...tried rowntree never ever again worst club site we stayed on complete madness..

Might need to edit it as to book on a CL you do need to be a member of the CAMC as far as I am aware. Club sites are very expensive in my experience.

Totally agree with all your comments. We cancelled both the Camping and Caravan site, and the Caravan and Motorhome site clubs. Saved a small fortune, and found independent sites far better both in cost and locations. As for the special discount offers, they are normally dearer than buying on the internet. Also we did not like the Wardens attitude on most sites, far too officious.

Horses for courses, I joined pretty much exclusively for CLs so while I'm a new member, just to get access to that network is worth every penny for me. If I was taking family etc. I'd probably have a different view.

Yes, you do have to be a member of the CAMC to book a CL. I'm a member just for the CL's.

Just had a similar situation with camping &caravan club 3 nights 121 pounds independent same facilities £67.50 not on

We do caravanning and camping club as we find those places much more friendly. We went with caravan club but too much snobbery. We caravan on a very tight budget, and enjoy the company of people who are like minded. The only reason we join any club is because we like to use a local site which gives us discounts as a member and because my husband is classed as a pensioner...happy days

Seems sensible if you’re not using sites or CLs. Probably are some CLs that turn a blind eye but you do need to be a CAMC member to use them and they risk losing their licence by letting non members on.

I agree with you but by cancelling your membership you lose access to the cl network, you have to be a member to use them.