Booking pitches
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We intend to join the C&CC for next year. Now we have a MH we are moving on a lot more, doing shorter hops and visiting things from the site (19 in the last 6 weeks) instead of spending a week at a time. However, one of the things I am looking forward to on our return is not having a push button shower.😂 So my preference would still be CAMC.😀 Just as a point of interest, do the C&CC have a MH waste water dump point, or do you have to decant it, as we have a few times this holiday.
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In "our" Club's way of doing there are sites which are "Affiliated" to The Caravan Club. They are owned by others and cannot be booked except directly with the site.
In "the other" Club's way of doing there are sites which do not belong to the Camping Club. Despite being owned by others they ARE in the booking system. The only major difference is in getting a deposit moved to a booking on a different site as the cash is not in the Club's biscuit tin but the site owner's.
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We intend to join the C&CC for next year.
We joined two years ago to give additional choices but also we wanted to use the Moffat site and Braithwaite Fold on the way down from a Scottish tour. As well as non club sites we found that we used 2 CC sites to every C&CC sites during touring. Second choice for us also
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We joined the C&CC when we had a MH because of the ability to book a H/S pitch and to fill in those areas that C&MC don't have sites in.
The sites we visited had MH waste points, easy enough to check online before visiting (once you get used to it)
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Which is why I used the
I'm not sure
why the C&CC have these 'restrictions' on some sites, however they are not alone in doing so. Many commercial or private sites say minimum 2 nights at weekends and some sites its 5 nights for bank holidays. 
I was pointing out that some members of this club, have in the past suggested that it might help those who are wanting a full week (or 2).
I agree Saturday will always be the night that is difficult to get for reasons that has been mentioned many times on CT.
I fear it will always be the case that you can please some of the people all of the time etc. etc.
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We actually joined CCC to use their "long absence" home insurance back in 2013/14, and did not use any sites at first. Once we had checked out the sites on offer and found the over 60s discount, we tried a few sites and found them to be fine, and for us considerably less expensive than CAMC sites. We also liked that we could book a HS, and that as TG said, they had sites in areas where CAMC did not.
We still like CAMC sites and the ease of booking without deposit, but we are more cost conscious these days than 5/6 years back. So, when checking out a location we will use a CAMC site if a MWD offer or low season price makes it reasonably priced, a CCC site if that works out significantly less expensive, and also look at CLs/CSs in the area to see if we can make an even better saving, especially if the site has serviced pitches.
We have found some really nice CLs, with hardstanding, at £10-£12 per night, and are at present on a serviced one with included WiFi at £15.
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steve, always good to hear more about your travels with your mh and how your touring style is evolving as a result of the increased freedom to pull in more easily....when did you last stop at 19 places in six weeks...i know its not quite the same 'back home' but im glad youre enjoying the trip.
yes, push button showers can be a pain (anywhere) and there are some interesting ways of getting around it...as you know.
not sure this would necessarily influence my choice of site, location would be higher up the decision chain.
re ccc waste points, as TG says most sites have them, certainly the ones we have used.
keep the updates coming, enjoy.
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classic mis-use of fractions and percentages, you don't say the amount to work from? If my hourly rate was £2 then the extra 8p will come in very handy, you (one) really should always use the amounts not simple percentages.
And there are added complications when working out tax as its the personal allowances that have to be taken in consideration?
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I'm not sure why the C&CC have these 'restrictions' on some sites, however they are not alone in doing so. Many commercial or private sites say minimum 2 nights at weekends and some sites its 5 nights for bank holidays.
I do - it's to make more money, pure and simple.
I was pointing out that some members of this club, have in the past suggested that it might help those who are wanting a full week (or 2).
I just cannot see the logic of what they suggest.
If only Saturday night is full then a two night minimum will ensure the Saturday is full as well, they still get can't a full week.
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Yes it is a bit different to with the caravan, it will be 19 when we get back. A lot of one night Aires in that. In lunch time, afternoon looking about locally, move on next day. I think the last time we did anything like it was 30 years ago with tents, on a 3 week holiday as far as Sorrento, 11 sites in 3 weeks. To old for that sort of pace now.😂
Utilising C&CC sites as well as CAMC we would probably do 2 / 3 nights per site, with the occasional longer stay at sites we know we like, such as Hawes, which has easy access to shops etc.
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blimey! I said a common error with percentages or fractions (and really a percentage is just a fraction MM, just one with a denominator out of 100 you do know that?) is not to consider the amount you're trying to apply the % or fraction to.
So yes I agree but if x is small then the difference is small too as I tried to explain. Anyway lets keep OT? No more.
As my old maths teacher used to say, percentages were created for people that couldn't handle fractions
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Certainly is...at least 2 weeks less in England and 3 in Scotland.
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+1 or +0.9 recurring or +100% or my favourite +( -e^(ipi) )
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Mine's E=mc2....or something like that!!
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that is a good one, people always read it left to write, but it's far more fascinating that an object's energy divided by its mass is always constant, and that constant is speed of light squared. so charge a battery and its mass goes up
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I don't know David, which would you? You do pay a booking/reservation fee don't you and you claim it is a small one, even though you keep saying it is not necessary to book over there?
If I was going, then add up the cost of going over there and probably either of those amounts is quite small relative to the total cost so I wouldn't mind if I lost either amount. But i don't know what either amount means to you?
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I do - it's to make more money, pure and simple.
In your opinion of course
Not sure that I agree with your opinion, as it seems to put so many folk off, how does that make money.
I just cannot see the logic of what they suggest.
I didn't say there was any logic in it, just that some folk have suggested it.
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and mine and Alan's point is that either is would not work with us.
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Additionally the booking software wouldn't allow mutliple booking now.
Also I think it's a myth about these stories or at least they are just anecdotal, no CT in those days, so it's just unsubstantiated stories.
But what is fact is that when the club had deposits the number of no shows was higher than when they were removed.
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as stated by the club in the magazine and on here.
Always happy to help
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