The Camping and Caravanning Club has launched a new, value-for-money Wi-Fi pricing structure ahead of the 2010 season.
In partnership with Wicoms Ltd, The Club is now able to offer wireless broadband on the majority of its Club Sites.
But, after listening to member feedback about price and usage, and having since negotiated a new deal with Wicoms, two simple tariffs have been introduced.
A 12GB Membership Access Voucher, costing £42, offers 12GB data allowance whenever you choose across the Site network (96 Sites), within a 12-month period after first log-in.
That should give users the ability to send 1,000 emails or surf the internet for 100 hours every month.
Alternatively campers can buy a One Hour Metered Access Voucher for just £5. This offers complete flexibility in that the user can log on and off for up to one month for a total online time of 60 minutes (each session is rounded up to five minutes).
Marketing & Communications Director Matthew Eastlake said: “Having listened to our members, the new passes represent a much improved and simplified offering.
“We always want to make the experience of staying on a Club Site a positive one and we are continually looking for ways to develop our on-site offerings.
“Hopefully, this new price package will help enhance that customer experience and amplify our Club Sites as must-go places to camp.”
Wi-Fi passes can be purchased via the Contact Centre when making a booking or on Site itself and will be available for the start of the season.
‘GREEN’ RECOGNITION FOR QUARTET OF CLUB SITES
Four of The Camping and Caravanning Club’s Sites have been honoured with a David Bellamy Conservation Award for 2009.
Inverewe Gardens in Scotland and Verwood Club Site in the New Forest were awarded a gold level of excellence whilst Horsley (Surrey) and Delamont Country Park in Northern Ireland both picked up silvers.
The Sites were recognised by David Bellamy, who is also The Club’s President, after its Holiday Site Managers and Assistants highlighted to assessors the great lengths that they undertake to help protect and enhance Britain’s natural environment.
All four Sites leave areas ‘rough’ or ‘wild’ to encourage wildlife, control grassland to enhance the growth of native wildflowers, manage plans for any different habitats, use peat-free compost, monitor energy consumption, encourage waste management, as well as control noise levels.
Sites Director Bob Hill was understandably delighted to see the Sites recognised.
He said: “As a Club we are committed to environmental excellence and want our members and non-members to have a holiday full of natural enjoyment.
“Camping and caravanning is great for families looking to reduce their carbon footprint and has always been a ‘green’ holiday choice.
“The popular pastime is compatible with the environment, a supporter of local goods and services and based around non-permanent structures; whose removal immediately returns the area to its natural state.
“I am pleased to see that the Sites’ efforts have been rewarded.”
The David Bellamy Conservation Award Scheme is one of the longest running green tourism awards in the UK, and is a joint partnership between the Conservation Foundation and the British Holiday & Homes Parks Association.
