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  • tommys
    tommys Forum Participant Posts: 11
    edited February 2017 #63

    SORRY MISSED A WORD OUT ON THE LAST DISCUSSION.

    EUREKA I KNOW THE REAL REASON FOR THE CHANGEcool

    REMEMBER THE LAST NONSENSIBLE ANTIC OUR HIERARCHY PERFORMED........THE COMPETITION, WHERE SOMEBODY, WHO SHOULD BE NAMELESS, RUINED HIS EXPENSIVE CARAVAN DOING SOMETHING A BEGINNER WOULDN'T HAVE DONE???
    YES HE'S PROBABLY GOT A MOTORHOME NOW!!!!!!! sealed

    OH YES! I HAVE JUST STUCK AN OLD STICKER ON BACK OF MY CARAVAN. LOOKS GREAT WITH THE CHEERY RED PENNANT!

  • chasncath
    chasncath Forum Participant Posts: 1,659
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    edited February 2017 #64

    Our younger grandson is a great fan of Lego Batman and therefore, so are we. Every time I look at the new logo, I see Batman's head with his cloak flying out behind him! Can't shake the image nowfrown

    Chas

  • Metheven
    Metheven Club Member Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #65

    I see this

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  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited February 2017 #66

    I just hope the caravan club got permission from walls ice cream to use a version of their logowink

    or can we now book sites where we see the signsurprised

  • chasncath
    chasncath Forum Participant Posts: 1,659
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    edited February 2017 #67

     

    Algida Romania

     

    I see what you mean!

  • Gloucester1
    Gloucester1 Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited February 2017 #68

    I would of thought that with a bit more thought, and consultation with the members that a better logo could of been chosen,  may be some one was eating a nice scoop of walls ice cream at the time !.

    How come nothing was said In advance, first I heard about it was at the first day at the show, then at midday an e mail,  shouldn't the members had  a chance to have there views heard. May be if we all had time to go to the AGM, may be we would of found out or not.

    As I have not received my March magazine, may be this is the new look club, things going wrong ?

  • huskydog
    huskydog Club Member Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #69

    Can I have a 99 with a flake in it laughing

  • tedddybear
    tedddybear Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited February 2017 #70

    Sorry Harvglenn but most of the motorhomes I have seen do have cars with them along with canopies that extend just as far as awnings.What about the "drive-away" awnings that motorhomers use ??

     Seems to me the answer is in your own hands  ----- buy a car and caravan !!! 

  • geoffeales
    geoffeales Forum Participant Posts: 322
    edited February 2017 #71

    until this thread began, I was blissfully unaware of the bitterness some caravanners seem to have against motorhomers and vice-versa. Come on folks, we all have one thing in common, it's just that some like to drive their home-from-home and others prefer to pull theirs behind them. Can we not just celebrate the great outdoors and enjoy our great hobby together?

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited February 2017 #72

    There is not any bitterness towards Motor Caravans(proper name) i think a lot of the feeling of inferiority is since the name was morfed by "marketing" a motor caravan as a "home?",motor caravans have been welcomed into the caravan club since 1962 as part of the caravan fraternity ,which as the majority on ct and facebook cannot understand the need for a "re brand"

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  • GTP
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    edited February 2017 #74

    Anyone else noticed that the new site directory cover has a photo of a single motorhome (sorry motor caravan)....not very inclusive !!...

    And to be clear (using the current trending phrase)..The only bitterness I have towards Motor Caravans is when one parks up aside me, blocks out the sun all day and then up sticks at 6-0am the next morning...

  • Metheven
    Metheven Club Member Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #75

    Anyone else noticed that the new site directory cover has a photo of a single motorhome (sorry motor caravan)....not very inclusive !!...

    Yes it's been noticed by many and does it really matter to your enjoyment!

    The only bitterness I have towards Motor Caravans is when one parks up aside me, blocks out the sun all day and then up sticks at 6-0am the next morning...

    Find a field on your own, this is a club for all leisure vehicles and I'm sure caravans can equally block sunlight and uproot early hours also. Just why the animosity towards Motorhomers! Same idea just a different way of touring where one sets down for longer and the other moves on more frequently.

     

  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,135 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #76

    Bitterness? For goodness sake!

    I am sick of seeing anti MH posts. I find it offensive so intend to start reporting them. 

    Thankyou for your straight speaking, Dave. Some people are so self centred. 

  • JayEss
    JayEss Forum Participant Posts: 1,663
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    edited February 2017 #77

    It's not the club that needs to change is it?

    I've reported a few already as I've done with the anti caravan ones. 

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited February 2017 #78

    When/If I get a new handbook (.................coming soon I am told ... ) I would not really think 'Oh look it has a motorhome on the cover'. I would just notice a leisure vehicle.

    Caravan, motorhome, trailer tent ? What does it matter?

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,857 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #79

    I think there would have been little point in the Club changing its name to the Caravan and Motorcaravan Club because the potential customers it is trying to attract own a motorhome. OK it might be a play on words but all hobby related magazines refer to them as motorhomes as do all manufactures. I think the sooner we accept that the quicker we can move on. The Club in deciding to use the term motorhome is not only accepting the status quo but looking forward not back. If we are trying to be inclusive, which I imagine the rebranding is all about, people arguing that it should be called a motorcaravan are not really helping the situation.

    David

  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,829 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #80

    The Youth Hostels Association (YHA) years ago decided to  keep the same name and brand and badge,  but changed its hostels enormously - the condition of them, their rules and regulations, and the way they were staffed and run. As a result they have radically broadened their customer base.

    Instead of making those changes the Caravan Club has changed its name and logo. Just that. 

  • JayEss
    JayEss Forum Participant Posts: 1,663
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    edited February 2017 #81

    This is exactly what I've been thinking but haven't come up with an example. Thanks 

     

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited February 2017 #82

    Indeed change the product and then the name. If no change in product the name change matters little and to me not at all.

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,857 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #83

    Perhaps I am being overly optimistic but surely we should see the rebranding announced on 21st February as a first step? If in a year's time nothing of note has changed that is the time to start demanding firm answers. As a motorhomer two simple things would go a long way towards satisfying my demands, 1) an acceleration in the installation of the new style motorhome waste points and 2) The ability to be able to book a hardstanding pitch. I appreciate the the first one does not offer anything to caravanners but the second point would be a benefit to all.

    David

     

  • EJB986
    EJB986 Forum Participant Posts: 1,153
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    edited February 2017 #84

    The rebranding was due to be completed on 1st April but the IT team, true to form, got it wrongsurprisedsmile

  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,829 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #85

    DK.  Wait and see is one thing, but  an announcement from the Chairman or the Director General of the direction of change and a broad outline of the way ahead would be welcome. That's what the company you used to work for has done very recently.

    It's all very well  the PR people proclaiming that "This is the new us..." but that doesn't  cut much ice. I am waiting for a professional explanation of what the management, backed by the Board, has in mind to broaden the customer base and take the business forward. I presume they have a plan. Set it out. 

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,857 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #86

    ET

    I much prefer hard facts and reasons rather than fluffy PR as I appreciate being treated as a grown up and would prefer hard headed facts and reasoning. I don't have concerns about the change of name which I think is a good idea. However the Club have made their decision and the point I was making is that we will have to wait a while before we can really judge how successful it has been. Looks as though this year's AGM could be quite crowded!!!

    David

  • JayEss
    JayEss Forum Participant Posts: 1,663
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    edited February 2017 #87

    As club members we've all become accustomed to waiting....

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited February 2017 #88

    It has not been at all successful David. Whether it will be is another matter

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited February 2017 #89

    You motorhomers are all the same David!! Want, Want, Want!! laughing

    Seriously I think many of us no matter our outfit David would wish to book hard standing, And yes the motorhome waste ought to be tackled within 12 to 24 months as the funds are there.

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited February 2017 #90

    Well one thing has been "succesfull" and is continuing to be, by the way things are going , is that the overheads are being "reduced" with the amount of sites that have closed or left the network  ,and if the trend continues as some  recent posts mention come true, then maybe thats where the money for the "ice cream re brand"is coming fromundecided

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited February 2017 #91

    Good post and yet another example of an internationaly known and respected organisation that has moved forward without losing its identityundecided 

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