Thinking about joining Camping and Caravan Club

Hi,

Some interesting posts here, just goes to show that both clubs have a lot to offer. I've been a member of both clubs for 16 years purely for a better spread of sites an cl /cs's. 

Things changed for me in 2008 when I arrived at a pre booked c&cc site in Lincolnshire in my 8.5 meter motorhome on a bank holiday weekend to be greeted by a very foul mouthed pointy fingered person behind the counter as to why I'd been able to book at all with such a large beast.  Long story short, I'd long been looking for a new way of life and it was this nasty experience that made me think that I could run a caravan site and give people the respect they deserve while making sure they had a good time. Employed by our club in 2010, and I have to say thanks to that "person" I've had the most rewarding 8 years of my working life.

I'm still a member of both clubs as there's always a chance of a better deal with insurance, etc.

Cheers All JK

We have been members of the camping caravan club for 36 years and use their club sites often during the mid and low season as we get the discount which helps a lot ,I cant say we notice a lot of difference between the CMC sites and the CCC sites I would say they are on a par we also use the cs sites. The CCC  membership is a lot cheaper, .insurance on  our caravan for the same cover is cheaper. We don't use the CMC club sites any more as they are to expensive,we do however use the cl net work together with the cs network which together gives  us a vast choice of places to visit .

We joined the other club when we wanted to stay at Loch Ness Shores a CCC site and the discount paid for our annual membership.  

I find CCC sites tend to have a more diverse membership, attracting a slightly younger membership in my experience, which in the main I quite enjoy. Not quite as regimented, which in the height of summer can result in what feels like more cramped sites than C&MC. I have found the CCC wardens try and put you on certain pitches whereas C&MC allows you to drive round and find your own. So at Sandringham we were not shown a side of the site we would have actually preferred, maybe I should have looked at the site plan and done my research.

So at Sandringham we were not shown a side of the site we would have actually preferred, maybe I should have looked at the site plan and done my research.

Do you mean the C&CC site at Sandringham? I asked earlier about site maps for C&CC sites it seems they don't do them. I often like to walk round a site to get the feel for it, failing that like you look at a site map. So far we've only stayed on 2 C&CC sites so it's not been an issue as the sites were not busy.

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One thing to note about the Moffat site is that when the weather is wet you will be asked to put your awning on the hardstanding not on the grass.

So how does that work if the gravelled area is not wide enough for 'van and awning?  Presumably the caravan offside wheel will be on the grass.

We were told the vehicle has to be on the gravel but awning can spill over onto the grass. This was certainly the case of the ones we saw both at Moffat and Keswick site.

The gravel is no where near as wide as the C&MC pitches in fact there are many that are not as wide as some non awning pitches with C&MC.

I would think when sites are full they would feel a bit cramped with cars parked across the front of caravans and awnings spilling onto grass, water containers will also have to go on grass with some vans.

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As far as pitches are concerned, I think there is an inherent bias… for CMC it’s caravans and for C&CC it’s campervans/motorhomes (and family tents). The pitch arrangements fit that bias, although both will be happy to take your money.