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Toll charge gadget for Spain and France
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This would be suitable for France and Spain. I used the French Libre T and it worked fine. Makes life so much easier.
Emovis tag
Emovis Tag, the French motorway operator has now extended its Liber-t automatic toll payment service to UK motorists
www.leshuttle.com
Just had to obtain an Emovis tag myself as France is in the process of removing cash and card payments at toll booths.
On the autoroutes that have the new system payments can only be made on the Internet or by having a tag or in person at some tobacconist, shops and service areas etc.
Emovis require you to purchase two tags
Liber-t for France and
Via-t for Spain and Portugal.
Other tag providers are available but Emovis is best for UK residents
as they direct debit in pounds sterling as opposed to euros.
Most UK banks don't allow direct debits in euros.
CAMC have an offer on Emovis tags if you are a member.
On the autoroutes that have the new system payments can only be made on the Internet or by having a tag or in person at some tobacconist, shops and service areas etc.
Emovis require you to purchase two tags
Liber-t for France and
Via-t for Spain and Portugal.
Other tag providers are available but Emovis is best for UK residents
as they direct debit in pounds sterling as opposed to euros.
Most UK banks don't allow direct debits in euros.
CAMC have an offer on Emovis tags if you are a member.
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Been using it for 3 years, DB easy to set up can be used for parking as well
I'm not sure if anyone is still checking this feed, but what happens if you do not have a tag fitted to your car, is it just a case of using your card on a chip and pin device at the toll? I looked at the Emovis Tag and if I am reading it right, it'll cost over £20 before I even set off?
Yes you just pay at the toll booths, some are manned and at minor exits may just be pay machines. The benefit of the tag is you just drive straight through so no queuing. But lots of French motorists just pay at the toll. A few autoroutes mainly in northern france have no booths as they use ANPR and you pay online within 72 hours. You just go on the autoroute operators website and enter your registration then pay. Google Free flow Autoroutes or SANEF.
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Thats a pretty long haul, and its going to cost you a fair bit! I just did Rouen down to Le Mans and then a few miles East. The Peage cost (class 2 so a car) was €54 😱) I have just checked on the viamichelin route planner website (very useful resource) , the toll cost for Caen to Santander is €103 and its certainly not going to save you €103 in fuel cost but will save you (some) time. Work out the cost of the ferry to Caen, fuel (at €2 a litre for diesel) peage (€103 each way) accomodation cost and time for that journey and compare it to the Plymouth/Portsmouth to Santander ferry and there certainly isnt that much difference, its far more relaxed and quicker, and makes a pleasant start/finish to any trip.
As for queues I have never encountered more than a few minutes worth, but in the height of the season, on busy weekend holiday routes I understand they can sometimes be horrendous.
A toll tag is very useful if you are on your own (ticket/payment machines on UK passengers side) but if you have a passenger then, other than the possibility of avoiding any queue its just as easy to pay as you go. You take a ticket as you enter the Peage, put it into the machine as you leave and swipe your card to pay (no pin reqd) BUT on more than one occasion we have had "issues" with UK cards being accepted on French Peage routes, French Aires, and fuel stations in Belgium, so do make sure you have a decent amount of cash "just in case" as you cannot "escape" the Peage until you have paid.
As for queues I have never encountered more than a few minutes worth, but in the height of the season, on busy weekend holiday routes I understand they can sometimes be horrendous.
A toll tag is very useful if you are on your own (ticket/payment machines on UK passengers side) but if you have a passenger then, other than the possibility of avoiding any queue its just as easy to pay as you go. You take a ticket as you enter the Peage, put it into the machine as you leave and swipe your card to pay (no pin reqd) BUT on more than one occasion we have had "issues" with UK cards being accepted on French Peage routes, French Aires, and fuel stations in Belgium, so do make sure you have a decent amount of cash "just in case" as you cannot "escape" the Peage until you have paid.
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When I had my Saneef Tolling tag, yes you paid the €20 up front, the tag was replaced at 5 years old, and when I eventually returned it after 10 years the €20 was returned straight away.
The different paeges had different costs, getting cheaper as you went south or east.
They charged you the following month and averaged out the exchange rate.
I found it was well worth the time saving once away from the major cities.
The different paeges had different costs, getting cheaper as you went south or east.
They charged you the following month and averaged out the exchange rate.
I found it was well worth the time saving once away from the major cities.
I would always avoid toll roads and allow the time for a more leisurely trip. But I noticed, the last time I did this towing from Rouen to Calais took longer than expected as all the towns along the route had increased their traffic calming. Looked to me that the French were trying to push motorist towards the toll roads.
Don’t know if this is widespread.
John
Don’t know if this is widespread.
John
Coming up from the south we decided to leave the autoroute near Evreux and take a N road. Never again, it was wall to wall trucks. So for us it was autoroute or D roads, but mainly autoroutes given to where we preferred to stay and holiday length. .
....with that itinary I wouldn't use any toll roads. You won't see much of the real France from a toll road!
I would purchase a Crit'Air sticker from the official French government website before travel as only costs €4.....may save a fine.
Le site officiel de la vignette Crit'Air (certificat qualité de l'air) - Ministère de la Transition écologique
Le seul site officiel à délivrer la vignette Crit'Air (certificat qualité de l'air), établie en fonction des émissions polluantes du véhicule.
www.certificat-air.gouv.fr
I did that, no idea what glue the critair uses but it melts into the windscreen! Good idea ‘just in case’, though we never ventured into a monitored area.....with that itinary I wouldn't use any toll roads. You won't see much of the real France from a toll road!
I would purchase a Crit'Air sticker from the official French government website before travel as only costs €4.....may save a fine.
Le site officiel de la vignette Crit'Air (certificat qualité de l'air) - Ministère de la Transition écologique
Le seul site officiel à délivrer la vignette Crit'Air (certificat qualité de l'air), établie en fonction des émissions polluantes du véhicule.
John
When we drove through Czech Republic en route to Poland we had to stop at the border and buy a Vignette. I went to stick it to the windscreen but it had a life of its own and finished up somewhat mangled. Impossible to remove and straighten it as it just shredded. So we had to buy a replacement which second time around i applied very much more carefully. Though times have now moved on and it’s all electronic. You purchase one in a machine by entering your registration details then pay. That’s it. No physical vignette any longer, ANPR and police cars do the monitoring.
Like you, when we went to Prague, we purchased a vignette at the German border. I don’t remember that being any problem, but we traveled along an empty’ish motorway to Pilsner. The road then directs us through the middle of the crouded city, took hours. Then, back onto an empty motorway. We could never understand why they did not think to build a ring road before the motorways.
John
PS, just looked, they now have a ring road.
John
PS, just looked, they now have a ring road.
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It's a good idea to carefully check the reception opening hours for each of your booked sites. They all normally close quite firmly at lunchtime in France, and may not open again to enable checkin until later than you expect, sometimes 3pm.
That's increasingly common at smaller sites in the UK - I normally try to find somewhere to stop for lunch near the site we're heading for and then book in early afternoon - when I checked the site for our next Highland trip, they don't book in until after 3pm so it looks like a long lunch somewhere.
