ACSI Card for lone travellers?
My new caravan will arriving in May, and after becoming a full member of the Caravan Club, I plan to set off for France in early June. Is it worth me getting an ACSI card? I understand that the discount is for two people, and I'll be travelling alone.
Many thanks in advance for your advice.
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id say yes, nigel....it really depends in how the site prices non-ACSI stays for singles....
for €12 what have you got to lose?
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AFAIK, the card will cover the pitch and UPTO 2 people, plus showers and ehu (upto a certain level...)
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I am alone and use ACSI for off season - sometimes I am allowed to count one dog as a person and only pay for the other dog if that is what is stated! I haven't tried without the card but what little I know is that the card will save me money. You could
always research more but the book alone even without discounts is worth the information to me.0 -
Plus the book is a good sites guide in itself if you are travelling unplanned. Which in France through June up to typically the 14th July you can do with very little concerns in finding spaces to spare. The only slight proviso to this is sites used by the CC can be busier with Brits or if as we have experienced you are very unlucky a rally Brits or Dutch, we have had both, moves in.
Have a good break France is camping as it should be, particularly with the ACSI book in the glove box and card in your wallet.
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Nigel, you'll find that many sites in France have a 'standard' fee for a pitch, and this usually includes the pitch, your 'outfit', electrcity and two people. The ACSI Card gives you this 'package' at the discounted price. There may be sites where the pricing is differrent - pitch/per person/electricity - and in this cases it may be cheaper to pay the standard tariff with just one person.
Sites in France don't usually have a 'singles' policy, and are happy to accept single people - and it will be no different using the ACSI Card.
If you haven't already got your ACSI Card and guides, then there is one advertised on another forum for just £8.00 including postage. There is also one on another forum which is being offered free of charge - again I have the details. Both are genuine offers, this year's guides and card, unused and unsigned. Both were people who received two copies in error. Email me on valdaathome@gmail.com if you're interested.
Have a good trip!
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Nigel, whether you get the ACSI card depends on the sort of campsites you intend to use. I have mapped out in my mind our own probable route from Cornwall to Provence and back in June - and none of the sites we are likely to call at are in the ACSI discount scheme. They are all either smaller privately owned sites, or municipal sites, which fall below the ACSI radar. But other people differ.
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as well as web site access (with loads of info...) you can download the ACSI app (must be the one with CC camping card logo NOT the one with the ACSI logo....there are both on Appstore....) for free and then load in data for the areas you will visit....this is a euro or two for france and spain and italy and germany...
this can then be used offline and can provide most of the detail from the website including satnav directions.....
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