We are on one of their Aires at the moment and my physical card still worked fine. I only ever top up by the amount needed to pay. Like other Aires they all differ in size and design, some are former campsites. Usually, you can sit out and use them in a similar way to campsites and often space is more generous.
You do not have to write. I simply didnt make the payment on the renewal date and the add on was cancelled. No money was taken from the balance on the account either. Maybe there is an option not to auto renew but I cant remember. If I renew now I get a full 12 months from the todays date.
As I understand it, existing cards are not withdrawn but no new cards are issued.
We have used them in France, a variety of locations, Loire Valley, and quite a few in the south Aude. They do supply good electricity and decent service points, there is a barrier to get in which is probably excluding some and restricting numbers. You only need to put enough Euros on the card to pay for the night, orever long you decide to stay, you can top up any time. Recently we have used them in the autumn so the elctricity was very handy! We will see how it goes when we visit this summer. It is a relief from the grossly overcrowded aires with barely enough space to open the habitation door.Is this the company that is gradually taking over lots of the municipal sites in Europe?
A couple of years ago we wanted to use one of their sites in Belgium. I think it said there weren't many spaces so we tried to book. We had to download their app and add lots of things we didn't want, all of which meant that the first night was going to cost more than €60, so I just gave up with it.
So, is it worth using them? I'm wary of anything where you have to load it with money up front rather than pay the actual cost.
We are in Europe for 3 weeks after Easter and a 6 week trip in September, so maybe I should be looking at them again. But I would like to know what others think of them first.
I don't understand why you support them when they use such restrictive practices?
We have stopped in lots of CCP Aires where there is also a municipal Aire. We have also arrived before noon and left 23 hours later for just the one day charge. That was Calais, we booked when we left Incheville. Never had a problem.
Me neither. Like all monopolies they'll keep jacking the prices. There's one near me now, 18.50euro a night. In France? GTF.
Where is that one? Is it in a high tourist area?
My mistake, 16.50 euro. In Hossegor, very touristy. My main gripe with them is pressuring the Marie to stop any other MH parking in any location they set up. Although I thought this had been stopped, as the French Camping Cariste's took it to the government as discriminatory. The French are far less amenable to being ripped off than we are.
I use them when there is no alternative. One of our local towns had a big free aire when we started living here. CCP took it over, and so we are forced to use it when we shop and stay over. By contrast, the town in the other direction, Remiremont, opened a paying aire some years ago and last year stopped charging!!
You left within the 24 hour period from arriving. I booked, and paid for two days. They started day 1 at 12:00 and closed day 2 at 12:00, 48 hours later. Because I arrived before the booking, they started a new stay which was charged as a 5 hour stop, and so I I was charged 6 euros. Their system presumably stopped my stay after 10 minutes, in order to start my booked stay of 48 hours. A software oversight on their part maybe. But a their failure to respond to my written complaint, led to me cancelling the Privileges subscription on the 3rd year renewal.
By continuing to use them you are helping CCP retain monopolies.
I hadn't heard of them so I did a search - it only came up with something in Leeds.
Cropping up all over France now.