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My husband and I have caravanned all over Europe for thirty years and am now contemplating buying a motorhome and I've spent some time browsing forums. I have to say that when I see some of the totally uninformed venom from some members it does make me think whether I want to be a member of this community.
You for instance refer to CC sites as 'Stalags'. I've stayed on many sites most of which have a barrier at the entrance, which is there for the security of the people using the site. This barrier however goes up and down, you're not trapped there! Referring to just club sites a some kind of prison is silly and vindictive. Sites in many places are hit and miss. Not with the CC though. They are all well run with first class facilities and whenever we've had a problem the wardens couldn't have been more helpful.
But to get to the main point, which is your latest post. You clearly have no idea whatsoever of the CC's constitution, its business model and its finances. The CC is not a business. It has no shareholders and has never paid a dividend. Every penny made goes back to the club to pay for new sites, refurbishing existing ones and promoting its CL network from which by the way, it doesn't take a penny from the farmers and landowners who take in caravans and motorhomes.
What you're obviously also unaware of is that the CC makes very little money from its sites and sometimes posts a loss. Its main source of revenue is selling extra services such as insurance, ferry bookings etc. Prices on sites vary because some are owned by the CC but others are rented from landowners, sometimes at high prices. Chatsworth is one such site.
I don't think I've ever read such nonsense as in this thread. One member says a guest house will be cheaper. Really? Show me a guest house that will take three adults and three children in Easter week for £140 or show me one that will take two adults for under £20, which is typical in low season.
Let's also put to bed this rubbish about 'They're not clubs'. Yes they are. The CC is member led. All major decisions are taken by committees of caravanners and motorhomers. The paid executives do the bidding of the members. And as a couple who have been a member of a local centre for twenty years please don't tell me that I'm not in a club. We've enjoyed countless rallies both in the UK and abroad.
I'm not sure what has upset you but I'm sorry to have to say that your views on the CC seem to be engendered by some kind of hatred rather than by real facts, all of which are in the public domain so there's really no excuse for stating such things such as the club having a separate company just to sell sites, this is simply not true and I challenge you to prove that such a company exists. The club's accounts are published each year for all to read. You've obviously never seen them.
I'm sorry that my first post is so long but reading some of the ill-informed and biased comments in this thread has had me spitting feathers. Having said this it may be my last post but I think that what I've said needs saying.
& from us in Wales.