Is it worth renewing

geordie01

Our membership is up for renewal soon I just cannot see the point in doing it at this point in time. The last time we were away on a site was September and at this time we do not know when the next time will be.Any one got any thoughts on this ?

JVB66

Your choice

if you only ever use sites and cls then renew later 

EmilysDad

there's another thread running that comments on this .... there are those that think the club need supporting with our subs even though we are very limited in the sites we can use and others that have cancelled or just not renewed and feel the subs are best left in their own pocket.

Cornersteady

I haven't used a club since 2019 (with a caravan) so I could say that this year's membership has been wasted but when all this is over I want to return to using club sites and if that costs £1 a week then so be it. In reality membership has cost me nothing over the years anyway.

It's really up to everyone to decide what is best for them.

SeasideBill

Depends on how many members choose to remain in the UK or venture further afield. If it’s the former, then based on this years experience, there is insufficient capacity to meet the expectations of many members. However, in a ‘normal’ year that’s less of a problem. 

Takethedogalong

Just take a break🤷‍♀️ See how things go, you can renew whenever you want with a simple phone call. We had four months break, had been Members for 27 consecutive years. The sky hasn’t fallen in, the Club is still here. All depends how valuable your Membership is to you. We rejoined September to use CLs.

DavidKlyne

Firstly you need to consider whether you have any Club services like insurance which may come up for renewal any time soon which you wish to keep running. Not being a member means that you can't book any sites. If those two things are not a determining factor then what is to stop you. All I would say is that if the gap in membership is only going to be a few months and you want to rejoin you have all the hassle of setting up a new membership for the sake of a few pounds saving? Obviously none of us know when things will get back to normal and the way things are going currently it could be well into 2021 before there are signs of that.

David

Rufs

not sure i know just how much the membership is just now to the nearest pound, but i know it is not a significant amount spaced out over 12 months so not a problem for me to remain a member.

EmilysDad

are there any sites available to book considering almost everywhere is tier 3 or 4? And as for hassle in re-joining .... there was none when I re-joined. 

Wherenext

Maybe so but it really depends on what the OPs plans are.

If he/she wants to holiday from Summer into Autumn and likes club sites then they won't be able to prebook if a non member. After all the vaccine should have been administered to most of those tgat want it by early Summer.

So does he/she need to make plans now or just wing it later?

Anyway I wouldn't ask anyone out there to make a financial decision of this small magnitude for me. I haven't had anything from National Trust or RSPB or CADW or Norfolk Wildlife Trust etc this year. No visits but I'll renew them all. It's a personal choice.

Tinwheeler

Have you forgotten you became the invisible man?👻

EmilysDad

That was when I transgendered from MollysMum to EmilysDad 🙄

EmilysDad

 ... I haven't had anything from National Trust 

but at least they made the offer of an extension 

Cornersteady

But one had to apply so not an automatic blanket extension. And it was aimed at those where struggling. Different to what is being asked of the club?

dinny

It's a pound a week that wouldn't by half a pint of beer and you be lucky to make that last half an hour so it not that much in the grand scheme of things so I'd just pay up and hopefully we and enjoy next year when the vaccine. Kicks in

 

EmilysDad

which is more or less what I said ... ie NT made the offer of an extension ... I never said it was an automatic extension. And for the record, I did not claim it. 

The general comments of the club were that the club offered SFA

moulesy

Isn't the OP questioning whether or not to renew on the basis of not bring able to use sites? 

Nothing to do with disappointment at lack of any offer from the club to extend membership.  

Cornersteady

You just didn't give all the details, like having to fill in an application form or who it was aimed at and why, so I gave a fuller picture.

EmilysDad

I gave just t the details needed .... the NT made an offer to extend ... the CC didn't. No more needed to be said.

Wherenext

Actually they didn't make an offer as it was the National Trust of Scotland as that was where I was going. Hoping to go back this year so will renew but as I said previously it's my personal choice whether I do or don't. Merely used it as an example, along with several others, that didn't offer any recompense for this awful year and I didn't expect any.

Only the OP can truly decide if he wants to spend £54 or not on membership.

rutlandwarrior

Luckily my membership renewal fell at the end of march so I was able to cancel straight away. I can't see a point in paying out ( regardless of cost ) money for a service you won't receive, and when its all over just rejoin easy.

Metheven

Rejoin what! with that attitude and lack of interest in supporting the CAMC through difficult times, just be lucky if there is a Club to rejoin. It's a business like any other that relies on income to see itself through.

rutlandwarrior

The club is like all other businesses, looking out for themselves, so why should we worry about them. If when it comes to going away again they are no longer around I am sure there will be plenty of other options to choose from

eurortraveller

If things are as bad as that, and if the Club is relying on subscriptions to stay afloat, and if it's in danger of going under ...then 2021 might be the year for the two big Clubs to merge, or for one to take over the other. There would be considerable financial savings with just one head office instead of two, and one single management team.

cyberyacht

Yes, we could achieve the synergy of the worst of both worlds rather than taking the best of them.

DSB

I have often thought this might be the way forward in the way-distant future, but I suspect we have a long road ahead before that is even a serious thought   No doubt time will tell.

David

MikeyA

It really needs a third company to take over both and cherry pick the best bits.

Rocky 2 buckets

I’ll be interested if you’re organising an investor group👍🏻

Cornersteady

The problem is that one person's best bits are someone else's worst bits and vice versa.

Best to keep them separate as they do, I think, cater for two differing types of camper? 

LLM

So what are your perceived differences between CAMC and C&CC campers?

MikeyA

One major difference is the arrival -   CAMC units race around the site to try and "bag" the best pitch ( normally on the second lap) whereas CCC arrivals are controlled by the speed of the site managers bike.