Planning first trip

huskydog
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we hope to go to Normandy next year and have started to plan things ,( I like to be organised) and keep hearing of this "asci" card ,what is it and is it worth me getting one as we can only go over there once in that year ??

But I'm sure we will returnWink

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  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,855
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    edited February 2016 #2

    Hello Husky,  you said earlier you were looking at Camping la Foret at Jumieges. For the first week in July the Club will book you a pitch there for £20 a night, with an ACSI card you will pay just under £13 a night (€17). but in June the difference in the two prices is a lot less. 

    But if you are going later in July than that the card  will not be valid there, and if you choose a different site it may not be accepted at all. 

    I think you need to pop over there this year as a reccy for 2017 

  • ValDa
    ValDa Forum Participant Posts: 3,006
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    edited February 2016 #3

    You can use the card at Jumieges, between the following dates:   01/04 - 08/07 and 26/08 - 31/10 (2016 but 2017 will be similar).  You buy a card and guides each year, and that allows you to take advantage of the discounts.  The card and guides, inclusive
    of postage, cost between £10.00 (from ACSI) and £17.00 from the Caravan Club - so if your total saving during your holiday is more than that, then it's worth it.  For those of us who stay for longer, the savings are greater.  We saved  26 euros per night,
    for three nights, on one site last year - and used the card for around another 24 nights on the same and different sites, each with a saving over the site tariff.  However, there are thousands of sites where the card isn't accepted, and some of them can be
    cheaper than a nearby site taking the ACSI Card (as well as being less busy!).