Please tell us your experiences of being a member of any of the camping or motorhome clubs in the UK?

You are pretty spot on with your thoughts and experiences with both the main clubs. We are members of both too but the cost of membership is more than covered with the discount for one trip across the channel. Pre pandemic we were making up to six crossings by train or ferry a year and the club savings ran into hundreds of pounds. We also found as you have, the CL's are quite relaxing. During the pandemic we used one about thirty minutes from home, often being the only people there during the week and making great friends with the owners. Looking forward to more of your experiences as you travel.

My ex partner and myself joined the Camping and caravanning Club way back in 1990. We joined as tent campers and enjoyed many of their sites although we didn't go to any of their DA meets. One of the DA's held a meet called "Feast Of Lanterns" which was held in October i think. I always looked forward to their magazine especially in winter when it brought all the memories back. I'm pleased they do a discount for over 60's as i'm at that funny old age and will probably join again after a 29 year absence

the only reason I origionally joined the Caravan and Motorhome cleb was for the CL's. To be honest those are the jewels in the crown. As for their "savings" on insurance etc. I tried to insure with the C&MHC and they actually quoted me 800 more than from a normal insurance club- and rediculously that was with the insurance company I was already with, and when I challenged why they were dearer than I already paid the same company their answer was "We dont sell many policies with this company so we add a premium on" Neeless to say I did not take up their kind offer. The other thing I have which annoys me -specially the C&MHC, is them expecting us to pay nearly 50 a year membership to pay extprtionate prices for pitches on their sites. I ended up cancelling my membership and finding sites 10-20% cheaper with no membership fee. To some expent the camping and caravan club are similar but their prices are wayyyy cheaper. I think the C&MHC club have become too expensive and elitist and blatently taken advantate of "Covid tax" by hyping their prices so only the people with the most money can afford them. No wonder the camper wildcamping scene has grown. TBH as soon as things getr back to normal and folk can easily go abroad cheaply you will find a lot of these n ow high priced sites are deserted in droves. If I was going to join one- it would be the caravan and camping club. Thanks for this video. Its very informative and should promote conversation on the subject. Bessy regs-Kenny

Hi We have been caravanning now for 17 years and we’re introduced to the lifestyle by friends who also owned caravans. We joined the CAMC because we had visited some sites to Join our friends before we had the van and liked them very much. We did join the Caravan and Comping club a little later to visit the Polstead site because it was in the area we wanted to be in and really enjoyed it but unfortunately we didn’t use the club much after that so let the membership lapse. We had some poor experiences of private sites in our first few years so no longer do them but often use Morris Leisure sites which are private but affiliated to the CAMC, they are excellent. We use CL all the time because of either location or price or often both reason. We don’t do district associations but that’s our personal choice and I’m sure there’re very good if you like that sort of holiday. Happy motorhoming.

Thank you for your honest opinion on these 2 options. I have yet to join (or not) I haven't quite made my mind up, however I shall re-watch your video again to see if it helps sway me.

Great video you remind me of the metal detecting club chairman in the TV series Detectorists

The Caravan and Motorhome Club also have the equivalent of the Camping & Caravan Club DA The CAMC area groups that organise rallies all over the uk (and some abroad) as well as holiday rallies some on green field sites and others on commercial sites (often at the beginning or end of main season) exceptional value

Hi both, you more or less mirror our own experience. We've not done the DA's though. CAMC are slick but we do feel more relaxed on the Camping & caravanning sites & have used them more, as well as independent sites. Will stay members of both for another year just for the extra choice of locations.

When i was a beginner these clubs are great.. But now im seasoned campervanner i dont see the point in being a member.. Pub stopovers/brit stops and search for sites is more us.. Ive found so many campsites and CLs that i dont need a membership fee for.. As i said before when i was new to all this the clubs were great and saved alot of worry.

We only use CAMC 5 van CL sites now the children don't come with us. They are good value for money and most have electric hook ups etc. We have been CAMC members for over 36 years (32 years caravan and the last 4 in a MH) and have been happy.

We did a similar thing. We'd been to the NEC show just before getting our CV40. We decided to join CAMC at the show which gave us one free night. We like the CAMC site a lot; we've done three now and this last weekend stayed at Concierge Camping which was good also. Not sure if we'll join the other club.

CL = Certificated Locations

We are members of both and been for a few years find them good but we also use searchforsites and britstops as well and find them all very useful . just found you and enjoyed it and subscribed