What is an ACSI Card
I am new to motorhome travel and just getting used to what's what, I want to know what is an ACSI card is and will it benefit me travelling across Europe.
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Haveing just read your other post on here re Booking Sites. The ACSI Card will not be any good for you tll end of August so oerhaps a waste of money. ACSI is purley an out of season Discount Card with some sites as much as half price.
DianneT
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Hi,
We found the guide great for researching stop over sites en-route as well as to stay at for longer.
The discounted pitches are selective though and we decided at 2 sites to pay the full price for a significantly better pitch.
We will re-new for 2017 though as well worth having if in Europe.
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I and welcome to the club you will find acsi really usefully in Europe and save loads of money with it . Another useful site is camping street view .shows videos of campsites in most of europe and really helpfull to find sites that might suit your requirements
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there is also an ACSI app which is quite useful for route planning etc, and also gives all the price/discount details of each site.
ACSI also has a POI file which you can download for your satnav. it used to be all sites in europe in one file but i think its now chopped up into each country, so a bit more data mgt to do....
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If you have a good look on the ACSI Card website once it's updated with information for 2017 (probably the first/second week in December) then you can search for sites which may accept the card during all, or part of, your holliday. Even in August there
are sites which start taking it from the end of the second week. Initially just a few,, but increasing in number day by day.Depending on the site, you may save enough even for a couple of nights, to make the purchase of the guide and card worthwhile. On one site we were on we saved 26 euros per night on three nights during August - then the saving went down, but was still worth
while. That saving paid for many more 'campsite nights'.0 -
If you're new to using your motorhome in mainland Europe I'd also recommend the "Campercontact" App. It has hundreds of Aires, Stellplatz and Camper Sostas that are useful for short stopovers en-route.
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It's worth noting that the dicount rates vary according to the standard of the site, and the amenities provided. As has already been noted, the 'acsi' pitches on some sites may be limited in number and may be the less 'desirable' pitches; however, most sites don't discriminate in this way.
The discount price entitles you to a pitch plus 2 people, electric supply limited to 4kWH and one shower token each ( if tokens used) per night. The latter seldom found, but metered electric supply is quite common.
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If Monkfish is talking of France then it's also worth noting that there are 1338 sites which are in the ACSI Camping Card scheme, but around 8000 others which are outside it. There is such a choice of campsites there at reasonable prices, as well as all the Aires which Dave Nicholson has pointed out And for motorhomers who prefer to stick with sites it is often the municipal ones which are centrally placed in towns and villages, and they are rarely in the ACSI scheme.
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I've used ACSI for many years and assuming you travel out of peak then it's invaluable. While you can always find equivalent priced sites, the ACSI discound get you a much higher (expensive) site, swimming pools, free wifi etc. Obviously if these are not
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The last ACSI site I went to - La Palombiere at Les Mathes in September 2016 - had a restaurant, a campsite shop, and a swimming pool, but they were all closed. So was one toilet/shower block, and for much of the day the reception area too, and the morning bread deliveries had stopped. Reduced prices for reduced services and reduced facilities.
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This year, due to having to cut short our holiday we just saved enough to cover the cost of the card. The last time we used the card to pay for a full stay,three weeks, on a site was in 2015 at Bella Italia on Lake Garda.
The saving for the same period in 2016 would have been €416!
BI used to take Camping Cheques and on our first stay had a deal which meant we used only 17 cheques for 21 nights and this made the cost per night £6.87 against a gate price of €32.
One year the saving we made by getting an ITX fare with cheques and ferry and then staying at BI was just a few pounds short of 50%.
We have never had a situation where the pitches offered where inferior but do accepr that, due to the early season aspect some facilities may not be available.
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We were introduced to ACSI by a fellow caravanner in a boarding queue at Dover and have used it for several years now - we tend to travel abroad in September and the advantage is only for 'off peak' periods. It's to be expected that during off peak times,
facilities may be limited, but if like us, you don't want the pool, restaurant etc.,etc, it's well worth using. Savings will vary site to site - last September we stayed on a site where the saving was only €1 per night whereas on the next site, we paid €17
per night against a usual €45 - 1 night therefore, more than covered the cost of the ACSI membership. Yes, there are many sites, particularly in France, that are even cheaper than the ACSI prices and we have used many of them over the years, but you have to
be aware - prices and standards are variable! With ACSI you know the price in advance as also, the likely standard.0 -
Er.. no. You know the price in advance, but not the likely standard.
They aren't all good.0 -
My son who is a member of the 'friendly club' has just ordered from them the 2017 ACSI books and card for £11.99 post free. Currently the books and card are not available from the Caravan Club at any price. Why?
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My son who is a member of the 'friendly club' has just ordered from them the 2017 ACSI books and card for £11.99 post free. Currently the books and card are not available from the Caravan Club at any price. Why?
Your son has ordered them, and so could I - from any number of sources - but until they are printed and delivered neither he nor I will get a copy.
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