Is it awful to borrow a friend's national trust card to get in free

[Twiglett]

to national trust places

when it is obviously a charity

or is it payback for the disgustingly foul and overpriced food they sell at such places?

By lending them my card i would be paying for their visit, wouldn't I?

Scummy, it's not really about the cards getting "a bit of use" though. It's not even about using the card yourself all the time - it's about the fact that the money that's raised by membership cards and entry to the properties is ploughed back into buildings and landscapes to protect them. The more people who borrow cards to get in free, the less money to put back into maintaining the properties and the landscapes.

But getting in free isn't the point of membership - it's a bonus!

you'd be no more paying vor their visit than you would be paying for your train ride if you used someone else's season ticket

It doesn't look like it, fio, but if you join online and pay by DD you get 3 months free (and a coolbag!) atm.

Poor you, fio! I got dragged round a few too many too- thank goodness you couldn't get family memberships when I were a lass! Do totally agree that heritage stuff needs funds, btw. But couldn't bring myself to say no to a family who wanted to see a castle or something and didn't have much dosh if i had a card sitting there doing nowt that they could borrow. Same for things like Kew Gardens, London zoo etc. They're great days out, charities and massively pricey. If I had cards I would lend them. I'm not otherwise dishonest- gave £5 back to the man in the sarnie shop when he gave me too much change yesterday. He couldn't believe it!

Well is it's just a bonus and not the point why does it matter if you loan your bonus to someone else for a change?

IF not is

I'd just like to point out we didn't .. I was just wondering

we did go to Bodiam castle (NT site) but it was past closing time and walked around the outside and fed the ducks (but that's all we wanted to do anyway .. we were viciously waylaid by the pub en route )

I don't really understand the elitist aspect when people talk about the national trust as it actually seems to me more equal than sky tv, gyms or theme parks in the opportunities it offers for low income families

would have been £11.50 to go in btw .. which is a lot of money in my opinion .. especially as its a derelict ruin

that's why it is value for money to get a membership..but also bear in mind that ruins require very expensive conservation

I know i live in one

warwick castle:
Adult £17.95

Senior £12.95

Student £12.95

Child £10.95

Family £48.00

and may I just add .. f'kin' 'ell that's bloody outrageous

preserving it for the people My Ass!!!

exactly i have only been able to afford to go to warwick castle twice in 20 years!

that was a family ticket .. doesn't seem so bad now tbh ... but it wasn't open anyway so we did it for free

Warwick Castle is part of the Alton Towers/Tussauds/Chessington type circuit though, isn't it? A theme park!

I don't know what it's like, I've never been, but it's marketed the same way as the theme parks and charges similar prices - I'm guessing it isn't a charity anyway