Bip&Go

Thanks for all the input folks.

I ordered a Bip & Go with Italy added too as we plan to go there later this year. I got 4€ off as well as a member on another forum gave me his account reference as a referral code. He also got a 4€ credit so worth remembering if anyone is planning to get one soon.
 
We used to use Bip&Go, changed to another supplier, but forgot to add Italy, so were left to use the tolls with cash/card. They were all different, different machines, no English instructions, couldn't reach the money slots (between slot heights) on one, the last going west into France. Big queue behind. Wifey got in a real panic, hit the panic button, the guy just shouted louder and louder Italian which didn't help. She thought he had said just go, a receipt came out of the machine which turned out to be a 80 euro fine. We'd had to wait a good few minutes before going through while an old guy ahead of us on a motorbike had fisticuffs with another old guy in a car, who was slamming his car door against the motorcyclist (got it all on my dashcam). When we realised it was a fine we thought "goodbye Italy!!") and decided just to pay the fine. So next time we go to Italy, we will definitely add Italy on our bipper. The roads are so bad, bad drivers too, so we would still use the autostrada. They're still bad but with less blind bends.
 
barge1914 said:
Going to France and Italy this year (inshallah) and maybe Spain next year. Has anybody used the Bip&Go badge payment system and can give some feedback?
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saw a similar question else where and this was mentioned Emovis tag as it works in Italy as well.
 
barge1914 said:
Where did you read it works in Italy, I can’t see anything on EMOVIS site that says so?
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Sorry can't remember which site I read it on just spent 30 mins looking for it but what I posted was copied from site then pasted here. While looking found this
www.telepass.com

Offers for New & Existing Customers | Telepass

Discover Telepass offers for mobility: choose the plan that best suits your needs and nothing will stop you. Mobility just a click away!
www.telepass.com www.telepass.com
 
Also found this
Yes you can use your Liber-t tolltag in Spain, Portugal and Italy!
Here

Can I use my Liber-t toll tag abroad? | SANEF

Are you planning to travel abroad Europe and wonder if you can use the Liber-t toll tag? We tell you everything here!
www.sanef.com www.sanef.com

who also operate Bip & Go linked from the bottom

Your Liber-t electronic toll payment subscription | Bip&Go

Bip&Go electronic toll payment: your Liber-t pass delivered anywhere in France in 48 hrs when you subscribe online to our plans
www.bipandgo.com www.bipandgo.com

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witzend said:
Also found this
Yes you can use your Liber-t tolltag in Spain, Portugal and Italy!
Here

Can I use my Liber-t toll tag abroad? | SANEF

Are you planning to travel abroad Europe and wonder if you can use the Liber-t toll tag? We tell you everything here!
www.sanef.com www.sanef.com

who also operate Bip & Go linked from the bottom

Your Liber-t electronic toll payment subscription | Bip&Go

Bip&Go electronic toll payment: your Liber-t pass delivered anywhere in France in 48 hrs when you subscribe online to our plans
www.bipandgo.com www.bipandgo.com

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...but the answer also says that This option is provided by Bip and Go

...and when you click on the link it takes you to the Bip &Go page below

Your Liber-t electronic toll payment subscription | Bip&Go

Bip&Go electronic toll payment: your Liber-t pass delivered anywhere in France in 48 hrs when you subscribe online to our plans
www.bipandgo.com www.bipandgo.com

...which as far as I know would be a different beastie to the Liber-T tag.

All very confusing!
 
witzend said:
saw a similar question else where and this was mentioned Emovis tag as it works in Italy as well.
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Just had a web chat with Emovis and they Do Not do Italy after looking at several forums over the last 48 hrs I think a lot of people think All tags are Emovis/Sanif like all diggers are JCB
 
From the LiberT reference it looks like you end up with BipandGo anyway if you want to cover all including Italy.
 
My new Bip&G arrived the other day, around 3-4 days after ordering it. I got the once covering France/Spain/Portugal/Italy. Italy was 4€ extra.

Just a tip if anyone wants to order one, then if you use an existing members code - mine is 081573370 - we both get 4€ off (you off your first order and me off my next bill). Please feel free to use it with gay abandon!
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What success have users of BIP and GO had setting up the direct debit? I get as far as IBAN box and it says bank not accessible to SEPA payments. Nationwide uses an intermediate bank for foreign transactions (Midland) but there is no way I can find to enter details of this (BIC) on B&Gs form. Bank says IBAN works, computer says NO!
 
I did it no problem when I set my B&G account up last month. I just used the IBAN number from memory. I am with Lloyds.
 
Well the answer seems to be if you want Bip&Go don’t use a Nationwide account or any non international clearing bank that uses an intermediary bank for SEPA or SWIFT transactions. On line on B&Gs site or EMOVIS there is only space to fill in IBAN number, nowhere for BIC for intermediary bank. You can email them, and we’ll done if you ever get a reply…I didn’t. Having run out of time I had the bright idea of going to Agence Telepeage at St Omer on the A26. ‘ave you a French bank account?’ non… ‘c’est impossible!’ Whereupon she said apply on line in UK….Arrrgh…there’s a hole in my bucket!
So the Co-pilot continues to dangle out of the passengers window wafting a credit card…but of course the slots are all too high or too low.
 
Depending on where you are heading, I have used an ATMB tag for France for several years now, linked to my Starling euros account. However the Starling card didn’t work when trying to register for account linkage to Portugal at one of the border crossings. Had to pay by card last time we were in Spain.

May not be the solution you need, but perhaps a Starling account would work for you with the added advantage of good exchange rate and no ancillary charges.

Davy
 
I forgot to update that I used our new B&G tag on the way down to Spain in January, with no problems. The barrier raised 100% of the time with no dramas.

Interestingly I was also carrying my old Liberte Tag (which I need to return to them) and it registered some tolls even though it was in a closed compartment in the cab of the MH! I now have it in an aluminium pouch to shield it and have checked my bills and have not been charged twice.
 
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We have successfully used the Bip&Go tag now in Italy now too. If anything we found it to be even more efficient as the barrier sails up when we are only just in the detection zone enabling us to go through at around 20kph! These are not even lanes that are signposted as quick flow lanes either. Usually in France we have to stop (unless we are in the 30kph lanes).

The offer of a 4€ discount is still there if anyone takes out a Bip&Go tag. Drop me a message with your full name and email address and I'll gladly set you up (y) (I get it too btw).
 
We found some of the French barriers were a little lethargic when being activated by the Bip&Go and we had to actually stop at several of them including the 30KPH ones :mad:

It`s not like the tag hasn`t got a clear line of sight view to the receiver because ours is a low profile with no overhang :unsure:

They did all go up but we had serious doubts about some of them and looked at each other because we had no payment choice handy o_O

Spain was a totally different kettle of fish though and they bipped and went up as we approached the lane so we just drove straight through however the money for them only came out 2 months later (y)
 
I got charged TWICE with SANIF before :mad: , maybe not there fault. Went onto the FR motorway automatically OK, at the end gate wouldn't open, At night raining hard, heavy traffic nice que of happy French drivers behind me ;). There was a real person there! who eventually walked over to see the problem, I explained, she wouldn't let me through until I paid the toll. Paid up and then got home to another bill for the same section from SANIF. They said sent me the receipt and they'll credit it, but I had not receipt to give them, wasn't given one.
 
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Wooie1958 said:
We found some of the French barriers were a little lethargic when being activated by the Bip&Go and we had to actually stop at several of them including the 30KPH ones :mad:

It`s not like the tag hasn`t got a clear line of sight view to the receiver because ours is a low profile with no overhang :unsure:

They did all go up but we had serious doubts about some of them and looked at each other because we had no payment choice handy o_O

Spain was a totally different kettle of fish though and they bipped and went up as we approached the lane so we just drove straight through however the money for them only came out 2 months later (y)
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As our tag isn't fixed in its holder, for years I was holding it up the windscreen the wrong was around. I was having the face with the name on it facing the windscreen when logically it should be the other way around (as if it was fixed in its little holder). After being a fool and then changing how I held it, I noticed that barriers were a little quicker to raise! :D
 
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