Acsi card

John H said:
As others have said, it is an essential item of equipment if you travel a lot in Europe off-season. <snip>
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Only if you stay on campsites. We got one the first year that we had the motorhome and used it once - for one night. Haven't bothered with it since.
 
TJBi said:
Only if you stay on campsites. We got one the first year that we had the motorhome and used it once - for one night. Haven't bothered with it since.
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I think it was implied in the original question that sites would be used-you don't need discounts for wildcamps :)
 
Thanks for all the replies, we have decided to lash out £16.50 and buy a card.
As we are away for over 2 months we will be using some campsites (sorry for the bad language) and thought it may come in useful.
 
LeeLinda said:
Thanks for all the replies, we have decided to lash out £16.50 and buy a card.
As we are away for over 2 months we will be using some campsites (sorry for the bad language) and thought it may come in useful.
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It's worth paying the extra few pounds for the app as well so you can quickly filter out sites based on their opening dates, prices and any requirements that you may have, it works offline.
 
I buy one direct from Acsi and pay by direct debit for that and my camping carnet, it works out a lot cheaper that way.
We have stayed on a few sights and saved money, one site in the South of France which was not a member of the scheme agreed to give me a discount if I showed him my card, he had a special offer on for motorhomes for 18 euros but he charge us 14 so it is worth it
 
LeeLinda said:
We are going to Spain in January/ February is a Acsi card useful or not?
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Most of you are aware of my hatred of campsites, I avoid them like the plague, yet even I invest in an ACSI card.

I look at it this way, it's a bit like insurance, if something happens & you're stuck on a campsite for a few days, you're covered.

Also, I love to visit Barcelona & no-one in their right mind would wild-camp near the place, the site I use has a free bus into the city.
 
We've had an ACSI card for 2 years now and in that time we have travelled through Spain for 5 weeks, right down to Costa de la Luz, and umpteen trips into France and we have yet to use our card, mostly because we very rarely stay on sites and mostly because we do not need any facilities that a site can provide. The only times we thought we may use the card recently was on a French trip of 6 weeks, and when we got to find the ACSI sites they were closed for the winter! Total cost for that trip by the way, for water and overnights was something like €10, so we really do not have a lot of need for a ACSI card by the look of it. Other people's opinions clearly will vary.
 
spigot said:
Most of you are aware of my hatred of campsites, I avoid them like the plague, yet even I invest in an ACSI card.

I look at it this way, it's a bit like insurance, if something happens & you're stuck on a campsite for a few days, you're covered.

Also, I love to visit Barcelona & no-one in their right mind would wild-camp near the place, the site I use has a free bus into the city.
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Agree with most of your post but I have overnighted in the Eixample district without any problems . Of course I am madder than mad Jack Mcmad the madman
 
We stayed in France for 5 weeks last year and may have used some more sites if we had an acsi card.
 
I've backtracked and bought ACSI again this year as we will be heading down early in the year. Thought about it and realised that we are likely to spend a few more days on site when we go again. You do gain a few €'s if you stay for a day or two and especially in Spain when you want to empty and do washing etc. So I will keep a check on how much we save.
Thinking about it - may work in South of France as well as some of the basic Aires are quite expensive and for a few €'s more you can go on a site with a pool etc
 
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There was a serious problem with their website/front office recently: I ordered a book and card two weeks ago and it has only just been despatched.
John
 
jennyp19 said:
I've backtracked and bought ACSI again this year as we will be heading down early in the year - so maybe able to travel . Thought about it and realised that we are likely to spend a few more days on site when we go again. You do gain a few €'s if you stay for a day or two and especially in Spain when you want to empty and do washing etc. So I will keep a check on how much we save.
Thinking about it - may work in South of France as well as some of the basic Aires are quite expensive and for a few €'s more you can go on a site with a pool etc
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One doesn't always save money on ACSI,

Couple of years ago we met up with some Spanish tugging friends at Santa Pola campsite to watch "El Classico" on the telly.

Went to pay, offered cash, didn't want a bill & it worked out 50 cents per day cheaper than ACSI,
 
We`ve used the ACSI sites less than a dozen times but we`ve saved money every time.

I always go and look at the tarrifs board and whilst some are only in French you can still work it out.

The savings work out at roughly 3 or 4 euros per night but on 1 site we saved 11 euros per night and we stayed there 2 nights which more than paid for the years subscription :dance:

This year we bought it direct from them along with the ACSI Club iD which worked out cheaper.
 
siimplyloco said:
There was a serious problem with their website/front office recently: I ordered a book and card two weeks ago and it has only just been despatched.
John
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I ordered and paid for ours in October and got an email saying the 2016 version would be dispatched on the 5th December.

We received it the second week in December no problem.
 
never had a asci card, has no one hear of negociating, if you don't ask you wont get ! if you don't like move on ,but there again its not a major expense ,the savings are miserable! so each to their own
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jake said:
never had a asci card, has no one hear of negociating, if you don't ask you wont get ! if you don't like move on ,but there again its not a major expense ,the savings are miserable! so each to their own
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FACTS
Camping Jávea

Site charge €25.81 (Not negotiable but reduces for longer stays )
ACSI €17.00

Savings € 8.81

Is that a miserable amount????? However as you have never had a card then little value in your comments
 
shortcircuit said:
FACTS
Camping Jávea

Site charge €25.81 (Not negotiable but reduces for longer stays )
ACSI €17.00

Savings € 8.81

Is that a miserable amount????? However as you have never had a card then little value in your comments
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We normally only stay on ACSI sites for 1 or possibly 2 days to have a proper scrub down, do some laundry and clean everything out.

The reduced rate for longer stays will never apply to us so the ACSI card / book is well worth it in our opinion :dance:
 
This is typical that i find out about this once im in spain lol
 
stevieb808 said:
This is typical that i find out about this once im in spain lol
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Hi.
English language Acsi Camping Card and site books are available to buy in Spain, look on their website for stockists.
Bd..
 
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