Rallies 2023
If you're interested in rallies many of the lists are out for 2023. Maybe find a venue or event you haven't tried before and also a price that doesn't seem too expensive, I've noticed a rally on a nice commercial site on the coast for under £15 with EHU and plenty more for a lot less in some good spots. The Bristol Balloon Fiesta is worth a try.
End of advert...here's the link to the centres and their web sites to find out more. https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/membership/local-centres/centre-contacts/
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Thanks brue. How did you find that rally at the coast? Did you have to go through each centre's rally programme?
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I feared that was the case. It would take me for ever to sort out some to visit and by the time I did manage that the EHUs would probably all be taken!😁
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Yes, thanks for this list.👍
I've considered rallying with CAMC but I find the documentation too disparate.
with the C&CC THS/Meet set up there is a coherent overview via an app which you can filter by date or location.
it's only after you've selected one that you get to realise which 'centre' is organising it.
starting with the centre and then going through each rally list is, to me, too cumbersome to plan a tour of these places, especially as the durations tend to be far shorter than the THS sites.
Nellie, have you tried a few nights non-EHU? Do you have a solar panel? Loads of folk stay for many days on the THS meets and don't need a hook up. For some reason I'd have you down as the outdoor, 'roughing it' type...not that non-EHU is roughing anything...just a bit different use of fuels. Certainly opens up a load more camping opportunities in and close to towns and at £10-12 a night what's not to like.A lot of these CAMC stays are quite short (a few days) compared to the C&CC THS which are often a month or so in duration.
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They are different YT but offer a variety of venues and events. In fact both clubs often use the same places on different dates. I find it quite easy to look up what individual centres are offering. We're not regular users but appreciate these alternatives and the people who organise them.
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I got our centre rally booklet and with some excitement, went through and circled one per month that I'd like to attend. Then I started trying to book the first one. That was when I realised that you have to send a tear-off slip from the book with a cheque to a postal address. I asked about online booking, but that apparently isn't possible. I no longer even have a cheque book and haven't missed it in the 9 years we've been back in the country. I really don't want to order one, just to send a handful of £2 cheques. Anyway, a nice lady let me book without paying the deposit. I wheeled myself a mile and a half each way to our nearest post office, after work one day, posted the slip, and thought I'd got it sorted. Arrived on site to find it largely not accessible. It was very pretty and it was near family, so it didn't matter really, but we couldn't attend the social stuff and we'd have been better just staying on the local club site with accessible facilities and concrete paths. I was a bit disappointed but I guess I know now that rallies are not for us. On the plus side, at least I haven't booked and paid deposits on all the ones I circled in the book. Not being able to do it online might have saved me a little bit of money, ha ha!
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That's a shame Finnberrys although most rallies usually offer a bank payment system so that usually works well.
We aren't frequent rally users but I've got one booked in March, just a short weekend break. Firstly online contact via the rally sec to see if there was a space for us then on line booking and bank payment.
You don't often have to send off forms most are easier than that and things are done on line.
You might find THS with C&CC easier as for some you can just make a late phone call, however popular breaks with both clubs fill up. I'm on the waiting list for one at the moment.
Generally you can phone someone to ask about access etc. Quite a few are on actual sites, so access should be OK and costs a lot cheaper.
Frustrating for you after all your efforts.
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Interesting to read about access. If a rally is on a campsite be it club or otherwise there has to be an access statement available to view. Each club site has, it's a pdf next to the site plan.
JK
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Tried last week and prompted by this thread again just now but, and it may be me, the search facility does not work on my windows laptop, so had to download the list and red through that.
Seems that the booking system is not the only issue when trying to interact with the club.
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I must be missing it then. I did look but I couldn't find it. Of course, that should have been the first alarm bell.
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It's possible that East Yorkshire haven't moved into the 21st century yet. I've done CCC rallies and THSs before and really enjoyed them. I left that club though, as their club sites aren't as good as CAMH ones for us and we had a few negative experiences. These things are always fluid though. Just given up on BritStops so might rejoin CCC.
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I think the main thing to remember is that all centres are volunteer run. We belong to a centre in the SW which is BACS operated and everything can be done on line but centres also offer phone contact etc to help everyone get the best from a centre break. We have a weekend break coming up soon with a different centre in a place we haven't visited before, even though it's early March the venue is fully booked.
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