Thinking about joining Camping and Caravan Club

That has long been the case. However many do

We are veteran members of the C&CC of some 40 years and a member of the CMC for 17 years. 

Our main interest is rallying, and prefer the flexibility of not having to advance book them hence we do that with the C&CC, and primarily with the BCC, which is one of their special interest groups.  BCC stands for British Caravanners Club.  Other special interest groups are Folk Dancing, Boating, Photography and Mountain activities, to name some of them.  The Club is divided geographically and when you join you are allocated to your area District Association and this is shown on your membership card.  You are not restricted to your local DA you are free to go to any rally anywhere.  In the monthly mag is a section called Out and About which lists all weekend, 5 day meets and Temporary Holiday Meets being held in the forthcoming month(s).  Most of them do not require advance booking.

The Club sites are of the same standard, but you do have to pay a deposit for C&CC sites.

You do get an age concession rate with the C&CC

Both have a network of 5 van sites, but we have found that the CAMC are better because C&CC 5 van sites means 5 vans plus tents.

Both clubs offer other services, such as insurance and breakdown rescue.

You have nothing to lose by trying the C&CC, however be aware if you join online you do not get the sites handbook or the monthly mag by post

Give it a try , we have it's our second year & we have been pleasantly surprised .....their forum is extremely different to what you see on here .😇

We are members of both. It does give you a better choice of sites and theirs are generally easier to book in at short notice probably due to them asking for deposits and keeping them if you cancel within 31 days. There is not a lot between them other than that but their sites tend to be maintained a bit less and they do allocate you a pitch on arrival, although if you do not like it they will change it.

Older members and families do get a better deal with the C&CC on site costs.

The services are comparable but their caravan insurance is far cheaper, near £150 for us but overseas and breakdown cover tends to be higher.

For those who think this clubs magazine is poor, I am afraid they need to look at the C&CC one to see how not to do it. In practice it may be down to the wider variety of campers they get.

We are with both clubs, but will be leaving the camping and caravanning club at the end of this years membership.  We are only with them because of the caravan insurance.  This year I think we will be moving to CAMC so no need for the 2nd membership.

We have only recently joined the C&CC and have just been away for a week with the MH.

First site C&CC at Moffat, good site, good facilities and of course we could book a H/S cheap too at just £15 with the oldies discount

Second site C&CC Keswick, again good site, good facilities and good price.

Third site C&MC Southport, good site good facilities.

All 3 sites were of the same standard, all had friendly wardens/managers. C&MC were the most expensive.

However the pitches with the C&MC are far bigger than with the C&CC, while this isn't a problem for us as MH with a caravan, car and awning the car had to be parked across the front of the pitch, which I know some don't like. I think it makes the site looked cramped.

We will carry on trying new and different sites but I can't see us keeping 2 memberships going as we don't often spend a lot of time in the UK.

We've always been members of both clubs, I think your post sums it up except we don't find the pitch allocation happens very often. The site managers show us where pitches are available and in normal conditions we select one we like, in fact contact with someone showing you round the site and explaining where things are etc can be quite a friendly start to a break. The site managers tend to be more visible generally.

Personally I find this a little bit of a myth. Their different MO on arrival might give that impression because you tend to spend more time with the site manager than you would with a CMC warden. However during a stay I find very little difference between the two Clubs on that score. 

David

There does to be more site staff on ccc sites 

one of the best features that we use with C&CC is their comprehensive program of Temporary Holiday Site (THS) meets...

no booking, cheap as chips and meets all over the country....