ACSI on Club Sites
What is the position on using ACSI on club sites? Noticed that a few are on the list. Would it be cheaper?
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The only ones I am aware of are affiliated, are any of the main sites in the scheme? At the sites I have noticed, the time constraints about when you can and can't use the card are over complex, as with the CAMC's charging periods. Yes it would work out cheaper than the standard rates. However, at off peak times, which is when you can use the card, many of these sites have special offers 3 for 2 etc. I have no idea if you can combine the two, if not the deals may work out cheaper.
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I am led to believe by a friend that actual club sites are on the list, one being Tredegar House. It is just a thought. I currently am not a member of ACSI, as still working only having the school hols. off. HOWEVER next year I am retiring and will probably join ACSI as we "do" France yearly. Next year "out of season", and looking forward. It would be further beneficial if club sites were there.
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There are two sides to the ACSI organisation. The one most seem familiar with is the discount card and no Club owned site accepts the ACSI Card. However ACSI also inspect sites which are then included if their normal sites directory (separate from the discount card) and this will include some Club sites.
David
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Tredegar House isn't one of the sites which accept the ACSI Card, so you won't get a discount on normal site tariffs. To find those sites you need to look at ACSI Card website and not the main ACSI website. As David says, ACSI inspect sites, and around 9,000 of those are on the main website, but only about 2,000 accept the ACSI Card and offer a discount. Those which accept the card have a CC symbol on the main ACSI website, but no details of when the card is accepted. The ACSI Card website gives details of each of the sites accepting the card, including dates, special offers, etc.
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The same applies to their TWO Apps .... and seems to cause endless confusion.
The (ACSI) CC app is the direct equivalent of the hardcopy books. You have to pay for the App (or it is included in a 'combi' subscription) AND you have to register the number on your tear-out card from the book to gain access.
The other App ACSI Europe is the listing of all (9000ish) sites which ACSI inspect/report on. This App is free to download (and has a good demo ), but you then have to make an in-App purchase for the specific countries you want. You can buy the whole package for 9.99., or individual regions for less. (The downloads are big so suggest only downloading the ones you actually want!)
The big advantage of the Apps is that they are updated frequently, include much more detail information that the books, and include reviews from visitors. They both work offline.
I personally much prefer the ACSI Europe App, and have found very good sites which are not formally in the (ACSI) CC scheme - but will often match the rates! The disadvantage of the ACSI Europe App is that it only tells you that a site is in the CC scheme ...not what the rate or dates are: but you can simply look these up in the hardcopy book.
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I agree VicMallows (though we don't use the Apps) but agree that there is a lot of confusion about 'ACSI', and somehow ACSI need to disassociate their websites and Apps, so it's quite clear that the ACSI (Inspected) sites are completely separate from ACSI Card (discounted) sites. We have been on sites which are ASCI inspected, and met people who expect to get a discounted rate there............... because the site has an ACSI sticker on the door.
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Abroad right now using mainly ACSI card sites, we have made 2 discoveries.....
At one site when they saw we also had a "Camping Key Europe card, they told us that would save us 2 euros per night compared to the ACSI rate as we would then not be charged the local rubbish tax!
And on our current site we were speaking to an Irish MHer who related that he no longer purchased the book and card, but rather the less expensive ACSI ID card, as most sites would still give him the discounted rate if he produced that.
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We are in Germany at present, where we have been on several sites over many years, but this is the first time we have been told this, so I think it is possibly very limited. We escaped the rubbish tax, but still had to pay the 1.50 per head per night tourist tax!
These additional charges really do add up, our current 19 euro site will really cost 22 euros, a significant increase.
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If you are on Facebook, I am told the Club reply to queries very quickly. So that might be the way to go. On CT you could be waiting for days. However, I have reported your post asking for a reply. Although as I could not find any on the ACSI app I think it will be negative.
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Thanks for all of that. I appreciate that ACSI is well used abroad, and personally looking forward when I retire next year to be able to take advantage of it. However after what my friend said to me, I thought that if you have ACSI it would also benefit all of us when in UK and especially club sites. At the end of the day, OAP's need all the help they can get. We don't know what the next government will DO!
Hope that I/We can get a favourable answer? Cheers (glass of red wine in hand)
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"he no longer purchased the book and card, but rather the less expensive ACSI ID card, as most sites would still give him the discounted rate if he produced that."
That's a bit like what we experienced on our way back from Spain in March. Our 2016 card had obviously expired, and our new new books/card were waiting at home. Of 3 ACSI sites, 2 didn't notice (or didn't care) ; the third DID notice, but when I explained we had been away over 3 months, and our new one was at home, she said 'I believe you -- let this be our little secret!'
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"I thought that if you have ACSI it would also benefit all of us when in UK and especially club sites."
It's a nice idea, but can't see it happening! It would mean that non-members (like me) could stay on most CAMC sites for less than members - and WITHOUT paying the £12 non-member surcharge.
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Your friend obvously gave you wrong information about club sites, sadly. At the moment you will only get a discount on sites if they are in the ACSI Guide - and there are no club sites listed in the guide. Here are all the British sites which offer a discount for ACSI Card users.
As you can see there are forty-seven sites in this country which do accept the ACSI card - 26 sites charging the equivalent of 19 euros, 16 charging 17 euros, 3 charging 15 euros, and 2 charging 13 euros (including Lady's Mile). These prices include a pitch, two adults, car and caravan, awning, and electricity (and one dog if you have one).
You generally don't get responses from staff, on here, unless there are exceptional circumstances, so as suggested an email to Head Office might lead to a reply. I can't imagine that the club will offer discounts through ACSI as they manage to fill pitches perfectly well without discounts. Friends were unable to find a club site this week in the area they wanted to visit in their new campervan, but found a pitch on a commercial site, and paid just £10 per night!
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