The same Club, just better...
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"I was a member of the caravan club nineteen years...now I'm in the caravan & motorhome club"
"Really old chap...don't blame you for jacking them in, I did several years ago, started attracting the wrong sort, what what ! "
PS does this mean I won't be getting my twenty years sticker
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This is their official page.
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Very unlikely to have been his caravan. There are apparently "staff caravans" available. Could be where the dealers get these year old caravans from - the ones that look like they have seven years use.
What I don't understand about that debaucle is his comment about "having over a thousand pounds of Wedgewood in there". At around 500kg that must surely have put the poor 'van well over its towing load limit.
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Rochelle, maybe to help ease the very many unhappy members of our so called "club" YOU SHOULD PUBLISH THE FEEDBACK YOU CLAIM YOU HAVE HAD FROM MEMBERS AND LET US ALL SEE WHAT WAS ASKED. I doubt you can do this as like me so many MEMBERS have not seen or heard of the Feedback..... as they say up north"Put your money where your mouth is " LET'S HAVE THE EVIDENCE....
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The simple logo's carry a lot of weight in the world of marketing and advertising. You only have to look at the power of the McDonalds and Apple logos.
Rebranding isn't a bad thing and lets face it, this campaign had got everyone talking, even bickering. Which makes me chuckle.
Yes there will be some re-branding costs, but I'm sure that this will have been carefully considered.
We have been both caravan members and now more recently motorhome members. The club is still heavy weighed towards caravan owners. Motorhomes don't have the option to use multiple waste or even fresh water points thorough ought most sites, but we still like the club. We hardly ever use the toilet facilities and so try to use more CL's these days.
Anyway nice to recognise both Caravan & Motorhomes equally.
Happy holidays.
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Oh dear. Those clever marketing people can be very persuasive.
Trendy re-branding was the last thing we expected from the Caravan Club
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You can see they've tried (and failed) to be cool and trendy with the logo, while binning over one hundred years of the red flag and name, clever marketing wouldn't ignore that.
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I expect I'd like you, too, Whirlwind.
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think the logo is naff,
genuinely looks at a first glance as a new Macdonalds version of it's logo.
had the colours remained as red/green it would have been better.
Frankly a waste of time and especially my share of the money involved.
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Motor homes and caravans and their members have always been welcome and part of our big family but I too think what a big waste of money. All the club flags to be replaced and for a love heart in the middle of a cracked egg as a logo. Wonder who got the mega bucks for conjuring up that. Very disappointed too. A reduction in our membership fee would have been more welcome if they had money to burn.
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So sad there wasn't any consultation with the membership. If we are truly considered to be so " vital" to the club leadership this would have taken place. I've been a member off the caravan club for 25 years so not a newbie. Not happy. Reminds me of the launch of consignia!
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Next Question Please, far too complicated to answer that one.
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further thoughts on logo.
How many members are going to spend time and money peeling off old caravan club stickers and decals from their outfits, and polishing off the marks to add the new one?
or do I buy a new re branded outfit to place the sticker on?
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What a complete and utter waste of money.
One wonders what lies behind it.
Is the plan to go the way of the AA and RAC, sell off to a conglomerate?
Or is there so much floating about the management is looking for ways to spend it !
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Ok guys, I have read and posted enough responses to clearly see that my fellow members are in the main extremely unhappy with this sorry mess, despite what the head is the sand responses are from club officials
The point is what can we do about it. Some posts mention organisations who have had to reverse actions implemented by their management after feedback from their members
Here are some ideas, any additions welcomed
1 Form a petition against changes. How to we do this?
2 Vote out all committee at next AGM - too far away and we may end up voting out people who were not necessarily fully committed to name and logo change. Continuity of other projects may suffer
3 Demand a retrospective vote amongst members on this major constitutional change
4 Request an extraordinary AGM to be held, with sole motion to reverse decision to change club name/logo. I for one would certainly attend
Please feel free to propose any other ideas
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But just think how many more motor home points could (should?) have been put in rather than wasting it on a re-branding process that no one from the active membership as far as I can see from the conversation here asked for.
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Hope this isn't a prelude to a sale of the club - on the style of the RAC. . .
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The new logo has been compared to other iconic logos such as McDonalds. There is, however, one glaring difference. We AREN'T loving' it.
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An on line petition would be the way to judge how everyone feels and send the strongest message, although I'm not entirely sure how you set one up! The Club could set one up through the magazine or the web site if they are as concerned as they should be with the feed back.
I am not hopeful that the hierarchy would listen to the members, given we weren't asked in the first place, though!
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A simple form with a legally binding referendum posted out with the new annual book with a simple yes to keep the old logo/name or bin it and use the new name/logo. we would all probably invest in a stamp.
That way all members get a chance to respond,
Not just those who spend their time on line, had I not received todays letter of welcome to my new club I honestly would not have known about it. I would have been with my camera in the great outdoors amid the glory of nature, inspired and dressed in red and green.!
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Absolutely no need for this silly, expensive name change. Whether trailer caravan or motor caravan we all use caravans - so "Caravan Club" is/was a short, snappy and descriptive name. I look forward to it being brought back by popular demand.!
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