NT membership: If I pay by direct debit, will it come out monthly?

[mrsotter]

Or is it a one off fee?

Mine comes out annually, on the anniversary of the first payment.

Mine comes out as a one off payment.

I pay our National Trust for Scotland membership monthly (it's around a fiver iirc). You can also pay annually though.

We're no longer members but from memory, it was a one-off, annual payment by direct debit.

It's a one off annual payment.

Mine is annual. Pita as I forget and get worried about where the money's all gone]

So dc are 4yo and 1yo.

Does this mean dh and I just need a joint membership?

And what happens when she turns five in November? Do we have to buy a whole new family membership or can we upgrade to family membership (ie just pay the extra?)

Annual but last year they had a problem with a batch and we were asked to pay by cheque much later. Not sure whether we ever got membership cards as a result One year they took it twice - decided when we upgraded to family membership mid year that the regular one was a "donation".

That's shocking LIZS. Did you get a refund?

We got it back eventually, took a bit of arguing though and somehow we got 3 months "free" as we upgraded in April and then weren't charged until July following year.

Not very reliable then! Glad you got it back

As long as your DCs are under 5 it is just you and your DH.

Our membership always renews in May and this year we will have to upgrade in July when DD turns 5.

But I still think it is money well spend.

I have cancelled our NT membership because they always offer special incentives to get people to join and don't offer these incentives for existing members. So I will rejoin this summer because it will probably be cheaper.

The direct debit is annual BTW.