Membership renewal premium
In my recent renewal notice I see that my fee has gone up from £46 per year to £48 per year. This is a 4.35% increase. When inflation is running at 0.3% this makes for an increase that is 14 and a half times that of inflation. And yet there apparrently
is no need for an explanation of this hike in the renewal premium. Can anyone give me an explanation before I put pen to paper with an official complaint.
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I think you need to factor in the increase in the National Living Wage....
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Not everything is linked to the rate of inflation, sometimes market forces prevail. If a company thinks it can charge more, and people are still willing to pay, then it will push the boundaries. But you could always withdraw membership, and stay as a none
member on those sites that allow none members. Or, do as we do, pay up, but use the freebies and special offers via Great Days Out, to get back your membership fee?
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There's another thread on here somewhere. It was done to death some time back.
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This has been discussed before. What must be recognised is that the official inflation figures are based on many things totally unrelated to the Club's cost base. The increase in the NMW has had a major affect on Club costs so that, I am sure, is a major
influence on the membership fee. At the end of the day the total membership fee is less than a pound a week and only you can decide if that provides you with value for money?David
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Thanks for both of your responses; neither of which are very convincing.
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The national living wage is merely an attempt to pay employees a half-reasonable wage. However it is often used as an excuse by unscrupulous employers to put up prices.
It has also been put forward by some as an excuse for the huge price hikes in CC site fees, but that has been disproven here too.
The fact is that the CC see the 'membership fee' as a means to cover their excessive admin costs. It brings them in millions of pounds, for no obvious benefit to members.
They are simply milking members, in order to pay themselves high salaries and to over-staff their offices.......in my opinion.
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Sorry! Are you really complaining about an increase of £2?
You pay less than £1 per week for the CC membership. I am not sure what else you can get for that sort of money; a chocolate bar perhaps!
As previously said, you have a choice of paying the increase or leaving the CC and paying a premium each night to use sites as a non member.
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So tell me, Ian, why do you belong to CC if the sites are so dear you never use them?
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I'm with Ian on this. I pay my subscription for a service and not to be a servant to the CC like many posters. It is normal for bill issuers to give an explanation for above inflation subscription increases. And if the CC were to do this I would be happy. But until that time I am not going to sit back and admire the emporers impressive (invisible) gown without complaining. If the do gooders want to continue to pay regardless of getting no better service so be it,
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Sorry! Are you really complaining about an increase of £2?
You pay less than £1 per week for the CC membership. I am not sure what else you can get for that sort of money; a chocolate bar perhaps!
As previously said, you have a choice of paying the increase or leaving the CC and paying a premium each night to use sites as a non member.
Write your comments here...I think you may be missing the point. You'll probably find that CC membership has gone up 14 and a half time more than a bar of chocolate in the last year.
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Greetings from a rather wet Slovenia. Now "listen very carefully, I shall say this only once!"
Nobody forces anyone to be a CC member - there is no law saying you must join the club! In fact I've heard it rumoured that some non CC sites are actually better than CC ones.
So, for heaven's sake, man up, people! If you don't like it the answer is in your own hands!
Apologies, must just nip back to the bar now for another blueberry brandy before closing time!
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must just nip back to the bar now for another blueberry brandy before closing time!
Whilst at lake Bled we purchased 5 bottles of blueberry liqueur after being given a free one after our meals, bit of a habit now after anything to eat
Tis' loverly
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must just nip back to the bar now for another blueberry brandy before closing time!
Whilst at lake Bled we purchased 5 bottles of blueberry liqueur after being given a free one after our meals, bit of a habit now after anything to eat
Tis' loverly
Funny you should say that, Dave. We were at Bled today and enjoyed a free Kreminstka - the local cream cake - delicious!
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Greetings from a rather wet Slovenia. Now "listen very carefully, I shall say this only once!"
Nobody forces anyone to be a CC member - there is no law saying you must join the club! In fact I've heard it rumoured that some non CC sites are actually better than CC ones.
So, for heaven's sake, man up, people! If you don't like it the answer is in your own hands!
Apologies, must just nip back to the bar now for another blueberry brandy before closing time!
Thanks for your refreshing post. And I hope that you are now enjoying your blueberry brandy. I hope the weather cheers up in Slovenia (and England come to that) soon.
But I must say i don't warm to your "man up" comments. By definetion CC is a club. I can afford to pay the subscription increases but as a member of "the club" I want to told the administrators accountble. If they want to hike the prices above the rate of inflation, no probelm, just tell me why.
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Greetings from a rather wet Slovenia. Now "listen very carefully, I shall say this only once!"
Nobody forces anyone to be a CC member - there is no law saying you must join the club! In fact I've heard it rumoured that some non CC sites are actually better than CC ones.
So, for heaven's sake, man up, people! If you don't like it the answer is in your own hands!
Apologies, must just nip back to the bar now for another blueberry brandy before closing time!
Thanks for your refreshing post. And I hope that you are now enjoying your blueberry brandy. I hope the weather cheers up in Slovenia (and England come to that) soon.
But I must say i don't warm to your "man up" comments. By definetion CC is a club. I can afford to pay the subscription increases but as a member of "the club" I want to told the administrators accountble. If they want to hike the prices above the rate
of inflation, no probelm, just tell me why.Well I do have some sympathy with you on that. The problem is that you don't have to look very far afield on CT to find members arguing that the "club" should no longer behave like a "club" but seek to emulate various commercial holiday chains. Not a view
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Sorry! Are you really complaining about an increase of £2?
You pay less than £1 per week for the CC membership. I am not sure what else you can get for that sort of money; a chocolate bar perhaps!
As previously said, you have a choice of paying the increase or leaving the CC and paying a premium each night to use sites as a non member.
Write your comments here...I think you may be missing the point. You'll probably find that CC membership has gone up 14 and a half time more than a bar of chocolate in the last year.
..Yes but has the club got smaller as have the chocolate bars and still got more expensive
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In the nearly 20 years that we have been CC members the fee has only increased from £35 to £48. I dont think thats at all bad. Yes we also use some non CC sites and yes some are slightly better and also slightly cheaper. But we also use a lot of their other services as well and on occasion their swift and excellent advice over the phone has been invaluable.
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for someone who (say) has 50 nights away a year across a variety of suppliers, ans say 10 of these are with CCC, 30 with commercials and 10 with CC, the site nights for both the clubs (where an approx £50 membership sub is paid) it will add £5 to each night
away.....thats quite a difference.so, although one might describe the fee as a pound a week, it really tramslates into £x per site night where this varies with usage and low users pay quite heavily for the privelige...
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Thanks for both of your responses; neither of which are very convincing.
Write your comments here...do yourself a favour & don't sign the renewal , the CC is clearly not for you it's already got it's share of regular moaning so called members
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Greetings from a rather wet Slovenia. Now "listen very carefully, I shall say this only once!"
Nobody forces anyone to be a CC member - there is no law saying you must join the club! In fact I've heard it rumoured that some non CC sites are actually better than CC ones.
So, for heaven's sake, man up, people! If you don't like it the answer is in your own hands!
Apologies, must just nip back to the bar now for another blueberry brandy before closing time!
Write your comments here...the choice is a very simple one vote yourself out......
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Thanks for both of your responses; neither of which are very convincing.
...If you do not want to pay the annual sub which not only goes towards the cost of the monthly magazine(it was bi monthly in the past)but also helps pay towards the services that are only available members,and also saves £12 per night if staying on club sites,and the cl network that is also by law only available to members,the choice in everyones hands IN or OUT
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For goodness sake! Anyone who doesn't like the fee has the option of not renewing. If you want to find out the reasons behind the increase ask CC as there's unlikely to be an answer on the forum.
Remember, too, the ferry booking service, insurances, Mayday, Red Pennant, day out vouchers and so on. If you benefit from any of these it becomes a little disingenuous to divide the membership fee by the nights spent on site to achieve a 'value' of the
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In the nearly 20 years that we have been CC members the fee has only increased from £35 to £48. I dont think thats at all bad. Yes we also use some non CC sites and yes some are slightly better and also slightly cheaper. But we also use a lot of their other services as well and on occasion their swift and excellent advice over the phone has been inva
Blimey another contributor impressed by the emperors gown. I have only been a member since 2009 and the subscription then was £37 per year. So it would appear from your explanation that the subscription increased from £35 to £37 between 1996 and 2016. And yet you appear to be happy for the same £2 increase over a 12 month period (2016-12017).. Come on guys. Let’s hold the administrators account us rather than us to them..
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Oh god here we go again....it's down to choice & it's really up to you if you want to pay the current CC membership fee , never mind come on guys , you decide , it's not rocket science
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To be honest I will pay the subscription if it goes up to a £100 a year because I can. I am simply asking those that administor the club to which I subscribe to explain the above inflation increase. I will not be bullied by the do gooders that measure their own contributions by the number of stars against theri name. I will be submitting my complaint letter soon to the CC.
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To be honest I will pay the subscription if it goes up to a £100 a year because I can. I am simply asking those that administor the club to which I subscribe to explain the above inflation increase. I will not be bullied by the do gooders that measure
their own contributions by the number of stars against theri name. I will be submitting my complaint letter soon to the CC.Sefton, I find your manner rather offensive. Why are you berating fellow Club members because the fee has gone up? If you want answers you must ask CC direct as you will not get them by not shouting about it on the forum and having a go at other posters.
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To be honest I will pay the subscription if it goes up to a £100 a year because I can. I am simply asking those that administor the club to which I subscribe to explain the above inflation increase. I will not be bullied by the do gooders that measure
their own contributions by the number of stars against theri name. I will be submitting my complaint letter soon to the CC.Sefton, I find your manner rather offensive. Why are you berating fellow Club members because the fee has gone up? If you want answers you must ask CC direct as you will not get them by not shouting about it on the forum and having a go at other posters.
Sorry - I didn't mean to offend anyone and you are right; I should take my gripe to the CC.
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