National Trust membership

dazzer68

join the new zealand national trust (google it) and its a bout £20 for a year for a family! and completley legal to use in the uk! i joined last year and had no trouble using the card, and have visited quiet a few places! in fact some of the nt staff mention what a good idea it is!
link http://www.historic.org.nz/
completly safe its not a con!
just ammended, checked the exchange rate, its now about £35 for two adults and two children at school! still an absolute bargain

McKneff

dazzer68 wrote: »

join the new zealand national trust (google it) and its a bout £20 for a year for a family! and completley legal to use in the uk! i joined last year and had no trouble using the card, and have visited quiet a few places! in fact some of the nt staff mention what a good idea it is!
link http://www.historic.org.nz/
completly safe its not a con!
just ammended, checked the exchange rate, its now about £35 for two adults and two children at school! still an absolute bargain

Its maybe MSE but the National Trust in this country need this money for the upkeep of the places they run. If every body did this, the national trust would be bankrupt, no money, no property, no jobs. Everything would just disintergrate. So please go through the proper channels.

Roger_Rampant

Did you see that TV documentary about how the National Trust bully their tenants, make massive increases in ground rent after the tenants spend money doing up a property and then take legal action to enforce it?

Personally I'd go the NZ way, and I don't think the NT are likely to go bankrupt any time soon as they're one of the major land-owners in the UK.

susieb

dazzer68 wrote: »

join the new zealand national trust (google it) and its a bout £20 for a year for a family! and completley legal to use in the uk! i joined last year and had no trouble using the card, and have visited quiet a few places! in fact some of the nt staff mention what a good idea it is!
link http://www.historic.org.nz/
completly safe its not a con!
just ammended, checked the exchange rate, its now about £35 for two adults and two children at school! still an absolute bargain

The only drawback of this is I heard you have to pay to park in the uk NT places, it only gets you entry.

catwoman

Cheaper to join scottish trust if you know someone with a scottish addres

silly_sausage_4

susieb wrote: »

The only drawback of this is I heard you have to pay to park in the uk NT places, it only gets you entry.

thanks for this, Im thinking of buying a NT pass if only to use for the Cornish car parks so will be a UK one for us - will soon recoup the joining fee - and then any NT venues we visit would be a bonus.

McKneff

silly_sausage wrote: »

thanks for this, Im thinking of buying a NT pass if only to use for the Cornish car parks so will be a UK one for us - will soon recoup the joining fee - and then any NT venues we visit would be a bonus.

:T:T:T

The National Trust are not landowners,

Its a TRUST, its our legacy.................

silly_sausage_4

McKneff wrote: »

:T:T:T

The National Trust are not landowners,

Its a TRUST, its our legacy.................

...and I believe that if I wait and buy when in Cornwall the money goes to the Cornwall part of the NT (I think?)

dazzer68

i live in devon, and have a few nt carparks, and have used the nz nt card when parking there too! no problems.
as for the nt uk being bankrupt? why over charge people who live in the uk in the first place, i would willing join the uk nt if it was equal to joining the nz one!
if your happy to pay nearly twice as much for the same ticket,thats upto you!.at least im more likely to buy something in the shop and have alunch there, when ive got in for a fairer price.
After all it is OUR heritage why should we pay over the odds to see it?

lcrp53

If you are going to use your card just for car parking - then buy a junior membership - about £15/16 - with Quidco about 12 quid - and also get free gift.
This little trick was suggested by NT car park attendant.