2022 ACSI Books
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Hillhead also has 45 price periods and 7 different price bandings....
even with the price fluctuating so many times, what happened to low, med, high?
it also has serviced pitches for two adults at £54.50 a night!
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Brings to mind one of those annoying acronyms you hear about design principles on trendy management courses…..KISS!
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The multitude of price bands, for those sites with mid week discount, is a bit daunting for anyone new to the website. It’s four and a bit pages on my pad. I’m sure it would be easier to quote a midweek discount percentage between certain dates and leave it at that. I would imagine most will do a dummy booking to check the overall price, rather than add up all the elements.
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As I have posted previously we were on FM off peak march? and we had three hired motor caravans in our area all non members and they were very impressed at how reasonable the prices were including non member per night it was I think about £41
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"So, is the 'three hired motorhomes' story going to be wheeled out when discussing prices as often as the 'lone dissatisfied Hymer owner' one when discussing Continental vans?"
could i suggest that if you are prepared to cover the cost of renting a MH, you are probably not too bothered about a few quid to rent a pitch
maybe they were just out to savour the experience afterall we all started somewhere 
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Agreed, they didn't know much about pricing but were prepared to take the hit as part of the try out.
as they move forward (should they decide to) they'll soon realise that £40+ isn't a necessary fee to pay for a proper decent site...
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Do other companies, particularly those associated with the holiday / leisure industry, publish hard copy price lists? In my experience, the best you are going to get is a guide price and a dummy booking will be required to get anywhere near the true value. At least the CAMC does publish very comprehensive, easy to find, price lists on its web site. They are to my mind over complicated, but they are available if you want them and can be bothered with the adding up.
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It is as those who have experience of real life in this modern world costs and quality which it seems you have little by your comments ,, and my comments are just from,one person,, whereas others who tend to not accept the real modern costs and quality that is not just a UK phenomenon
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I very much dought what you have posted is anywhere near my experiance in touring both the UK maybe probably overseas but then the days when we were there there was not the facilities that those who go and are cosseted by these days
We are not wedded to one operator in the Uk either
And why would I need an acsi book the same as other posters on this thread
unless it would help with our 5day Eurostar trip to Maastrict in July if OH I up to it
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Ferry Meadows in March at £41 per night. Reasonable? Very debatable IMHO. All depends on previous experience of sites and standards of facilities/amenities provided. What experience did these people have of non CAMC sites to compare with FM? It's all relative, the cost of hiring a MH is far from cheap, so on the face of it £41 per night may look ok in that context, but I'm sure that in March these people ccould have found somewhere much less expensive than £41 per night, as they had to pay a non-member fee on top of the usual fee for the privilege of staying on a CAMC site.
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Motorhomes are self-sufficient in a way that caravans are not. That often explains the reluctance of motorhomers to pay for stuff they don't need. For many motorhomers, the requirement for up to three days or so is merely a relatively level place to park that is reasonably secure and quiet.
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I own a caravaner and use it the way I want to, which is not being self sufficient. However if I wanted that holiday lifestyle I can't see anything that would stop me being self sufficient. My experience in particular this last year whilst in Cornwall, is that most of the Motorhomes arrive on site and remain there, as the roads must have appeared daunting to them to venture out, or the rigmarole of breaking camp off putting. I forget his name, however the biggest supporter I think of self sufficiency, off grid and Safefill is a caravan owner. Anyone can be self sufficient if they want to, it just depends on what they want out of their chosen recreation.
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The USP of the ACSI scheme is that you get a known quantity at known reasonable price. The USP of the CAMC was the ability to book a year ahead with no deposit. Which made the prices acceptable, at least to us. Once that USP is gone, that is no longer the case and we will certainly be using them less. Covid permitting, we may be looking at going over there for both our tours, rather than just the one.
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Prior to this debate, it never occurred to me that booking a year ahead with no deposit was a USP. I’m only interested in booking the sites that suit my needs. In my head ACSI is a discount scheme for continental touring, too insignificant in the UK to bother about. Either way the changes will make no difference whatsoever to my behaviour.
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Plenty of other folk appear to plan well ahead on CAMC sites, as is our preference. Wether this will continue to the same extent following the introduction of deposits, remains to be seen. Personally I suspect at all but the most popular times and sites, it will result in a significant reduction in far advanced bookings.
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Folk will always complain JV, they may find a mess that has carried over for near 24hrs, no fault of staff but a mess none the less I doubt cosseted would be the reason. Cosseted folk go for 5 ⭐️ hotels not out of season camp grounds I’m thinking👍🏻
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Locations, from destination sites to aires to impromptu stopping places vary immensely in their 'cosseting' level...
some sites certainly are 5🌟 in the camping world with incredibly high standards of facilities and cleanliness (way above typical Club fare) and some are at the other end of the amenities scale..
campers can be as cosseted as the feel they need to be....when pulling over for the night (or two) we are 'cosseted' by our van and the location we have chosen.
as Rocky says, there are always good hotels, ships etc where you can be treated as well as your pound takes you...
...but for £40-£50 a night I expect far more than the Club will offer...
ACSI allows tourers to enjoy top line continental sites at prices maxing at €22 i think, that's terrific 'cosseting scale' value....
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Many of the Reviewers ,as posted would not cope ,with what were the usual type of facilities , and some sites in the 1960s, as I posted , these days site users are cosseted
Mind you some Cls we have used in recent years are not much better than the standards of the 1960s
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We did send off for the ACSI books a few years back and then couldn't use them. There were a few sites in the UK but none that appealed. Are you offered good pitches with ACSI when travelling abroad or are some less pleasant than expected?
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