Skip to main content ↑ ↓
Topic: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club? (Read 680 times) previous topic - next topic

Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

I'm beginning to wonder if the Motorcade Club is losing Foretravel sponsorship, and might be on the decline.  Maybe it's time to get the FMCA Foretravel chapter reactivated?

Here are my views:

This forum has no link to MC on the Links tab.

I can no longer find a link nor any mention of MC on the FOT website.

Going to the actual MC website is possible via a Google search.  Once there, I find dead links and outdated information.

Barry's site is a little better, but there is not much going on, and lots of outdated information.

About all that's left are a magazine, some events (getting fewer and fewer), and discounts at FOT (we'll see how long they last).

I hope I'm misreading the signs, but this doesn't look good in my view.
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #1 –
The MC club is self sufficient now. IT is under fore travel website as owners club but is password protected.

The forum and the club have no connection other then having members in common who all like Foretravel coaches.  The site is not updated by the club but rather by whoever runs FT website. That being said, their website is weak on its own so to expect the MC to have a stronger one is not in the cards right now.
2025 Wanderbox Outpost 32 on F600 Expedition Motorhome
2015 Born Free Royal Splendor on Ford 550 nonslide version  for sale
Former Coaches  covering. 360,000 miles
1999 34 U270
2000 36 U320
2001 42' double slide U320
2018 Jeep Rubicon

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #2 –
OK, where did they hide the owner's club link? I clicked on every visible tab and link, and came up empty.

Looks like a lost puppy to me.

They really do appear to be hiding it under a rock.  Hard to believe when CM himself bought Travco mostly to get his hands on Motorcade.  Times (and the FT customer base) appear to have changed.
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #3 –
Here you go
Foretravel Motorcoach : Motorcade Club
2025 Wanderbox Outpost 32 on F600 Expedition Motorhome
2015 Born Free Royal Splendor on Ford 550 nonslide version  for sale
Former Coaches  covering. 360,000 miles
1999 34 U270
2000 36 U320
2001 42' double slide U320
2018 Jeep Rubicon

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #4 –
But where is the link you can click on, directly or indirectly from the FOT site, to get here?
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Tom Lang –
But where is the link you can click on, directly or indirectly from the FOT site, to get here?

You got my curiosity up - I had to go look.

It's not on FOT's site (I'm guessing because that's sales, parts, and service), it's on the Foretravel corporate site Foretravel Luxury Motorcoaches

I notice there isn't any update regarding the recent Grandvention, new officers, etc. though.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #6 –
Hi Tom,

If you go to  (Foretravel Luxury Motorcoaches)

Foretravel Luxury Motorcoaches

The Owners Club is right there.

There are lots of place to navigate to but many are dead ends.

I read somewhere on the forum in the past few days that someone thought about going to the Driving School but it was too expensive.  That is too bad because that is an important skill building event that way too many folks don't think they need.

We wanted to go to the GV in OK but timing just didn't work.  I was surprised at the cost, thought it was a bit high but that wouldn't have stopped us. We are going to try hard to make the '15 GV in Indiana.  Our local chapter has had some inviting get togethers and they seem less expensive.  Maybe not quite as a big production either but that is more our style any way.

We have met other FT owners who have had exceptional experiences on motorcades.  If they work for you then go. We are a bit more on-our-own types but we sure have had a lot of fun meeting other FT owners, mostly connected through the Forum and hope to meet many more.

We are all here on this forum, driving and enjoying our Foretravels and proud to own one of the truely great coaches because of Foretravel's passion for quality and coaches that are great to drive and live in. We all like to add those personal touches and adaptations that make them especially ours. We are lucky that Foretravel is still here, doing as well as it is and working hard to get better. The more we encourage that and help make it happen the better for all of us.

Roger
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #7 –
Quote from: Michelle –
You got my curiosity up - I had to go look.

It's not on FOT's site (I'm guessing because that's sales, parts, and service), it's on the Foretravel corporate site Foretravel Luxury Motorcoaches

I notice there isn't any update regarding the recent Grandvention, new officers, etc. though.

Then I suggest adding the corporate website to the links page on this forum.
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #8 –
Quote from: Tom Lang –
Then I suggest adding the corporate website to the links page on this forum.

I guess I don't understand why it would need to be?

ETA - I just checked and the corporate site is in the links.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #9 –
Nevermind.  It's just not one of the top sites, so doesn't appear on the main links page.
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #10 –
The driving school is just $470 which didn't sound like too expensive to me.  I think that sounds consistent with the pricing on other driving schools?  It'd be nice if they had more than one class a year though, seems to sell out fast.

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #11 –
Quote
Maybe it's time to get the FMCA Foretravel chapter reactivated?

Tom, Not gonna happen.  The FMCA Foretravel International Chapter is controlled by Foretravel Inc.  and they will not even discuss membership as they wish to keep control.

Likewise, FMCA has a strange relationship with Foretravel and they have no desire to allow anyone not a MOTORCADE Member to be a FMCA Member.
I know it is strange but that is the way it is.
Even stranger is that by being a member of the Motorcade you are also a member of FMCA Foretravel International but no MC member has any input to the FMCA Chapter.  As far as I was ever able to determine in the old FT Days FMCA Granted FT special membership in return for the advertising revenues that they gained from FT.
No one at either FT or FMCA seems willing to even discuss this situation so I gave up.
As far as forming a FOREFORUMS Chapter it could be done but last time we tried no one but a very very few wanted to participate as an officer.  Given that and the fact that FMCA Requires a minimum of 15 participants to form a chapter I don't see it happening.
Gary B

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #12 –
I feel like I am following a rabbit down a rabbit hole.

Gary, are you telling me that my FMCA membership, that I have had since 1984 and with a Revcon and Winnebago, is now at risk?  Since my FMCA membership is with a Foretravel, if I fail to renew my Motorcade membership (which I am not even considering), then FMCA would toss me out the door?
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #13 –
Quote from: Tom Lang –
Gary, are you telling me that my FMCA membership, that I have had since 1984 and with a Revcon and Winnebago, is now at risk?  Since my FMCA membership is with a Foretravel, if I fail to renew my Motorcade membership (which I am not even considering), then FMCA would toss me out the door?

Not Gary, but no, your FMCA membership would not be in jeopardy.  Rather, the "Foretravel International" chapter of FMCA is a pseudo-placeholder for Motorcade Club.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #14 –
Tom, No you will still be a FMCA Member.
Main contention with Motorcade FMCA Relationship is that FMCA allows ( encourages ) members to visit other chapters, and of course the Motorcade does not allow that.
If you ever figure out the cockamamie relationship between the Motorcade, Foretravel and FMCA please let me know.  I tried everything I could to figure it out when the Foreforum was contemplating forming a chapter.
Gary B

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #15 –
Quote from: Gary Bouland –
Tom, No you will still be a FMCA Member.
Main contention with Motorcade FMCA Relationship is that FMCA allows ( encourages ) members to visit other chapters, and of course the Motorcade does not allow that.
If you ever figure out the cockamamie relationship between the Motorcade, Foretravel and FMCA please let me know.  I tried everything I could to figure it out when the Foreforum was contemplating forming a chapter.
Gary B

One good thing to come out of this...I think you come up a name for our no host, no organization, non-rally in Quartzite come January... cockamamie
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer
 

Re: Just how healthy (or not) is the Motorcade Club?

Reply #16 –
Tom, To muddy the waters some more.
As a FMCA Member you are encouraged to belong to as many FMCA chapters as you wish.  BUT, FMCA Foretravel International Chapter is restricted to MC Members only.  Seems to contradict FMCA's rules but that is how it goes.
Gary B