Camping-Car Park

[Harrers]

OK - a word of warning if you are thinking of using these aires for less than 24 hours. I know it might not be common for most people to stay on them for less than an overnight stay. Where I park my van during the winter since I stopped working has no electricity supply and we planned to use the van to stay near the family house where we were going to celebrate Christmas. This again would have no electricity and I needed to make sure our Truma was going to work. I decided to spend some time checking the heater and found it needed a better than just 12 volts to get started. I decided to visit our nearest Camping-Car Park so I could work on the heating with the habitation batteries on charge.

The attached correspondence is self-explanatory. We subsequently decided to stay on the same aire for several days before Christmas to ensure we had plenty of charge for the festive night!


I visited the aire at Codolet on 11/12/2024 from 14.16 to 20.52 then 12/12/2024 from 16.10 to 19.20 These were two separate visits. 6 hours 36 minutes on 11/12/2024 and 3 hours 10 minutes on the 12/12/2024. I have been charged for 2 days. Please amend your records and refund the difference to my card XXX XXX XXX. Many thanks.



Thank you for contacting CAMPING-CAR PARK customer service.
We have just regularized your stay to bill your stay as follows: 1 period of 24 hours for the stay of 11.12.24 and a period of -5 hours at €6 for the stay of 12.12.24.
You now have €13.42 on your card balance.
I hope I have answered your questions.
Looking forward to seeing you again at the CAMPING-CAR PARK network areas.



Hi again

Sorry but this is still wrong.

I only stayed for 6 hours and 36 minutes on 11/12/2024 NOT 24 hours. I think you need to refund a further sum for my stay on 11/12/24.

Looking forward to hearing from you again.



Hello,

Thank you for your feedback.

After 5 hours on a site, the billing is by default a 24-hour time slot.
As a reminder, here is the pricing on the stopover areas as follows:
- from €5.50 to €7 from the hour of entry until 5 hours of presence on the site, which corresponds to the use of the services.
- 1 night, from the 6th hour of presence (i.e. 5 hours and one minute) until the day after the time of entry on the site.
- 1 additional night per 24-hour time slot. Each 24-hour slot started is due.

We look forward to seeing you again on our CAMPING CAR PARK sites.

Kind regards.

 

[TJBi]

OK - a word of warning if you are thinking of using these aires for less than 24 hours. I know it might not be common for most people to stay on them for less than an overnight stay. Where I park my van during the winter since I stopped working has no electricity supply and we planned to use the van to stay near the family house where we were going to celebrate Christmas. This again would have no electricity and I needed to make sure our Truma was going to work. I decided to spend some time checking the heater and found it needed a better than just 12 volts to get started. I decided to visit our nearest Camping-Car Park so I could work on the heating with the habitation batteries on charge.

The attached correspondence is self-explanatory. We subsequently decided to stay on the same aire for several days before Christmas to ensure we had plenty of charge for the festive night!


I visited the aire at Codolet on 11/12/2024 from 14.16 to 20.52 then 12/12/2024 from 16.10 to 19.20 These were two separate visits. 6 hours 36 minutes on 11/12/2024 and 3 hours 10 minutes on the 12/12/2024. I have been charged for 2 days. Please amend your records and refund the difference to my card XXX XXX XXX. Many thanks.



Thank you for contacting CAMPING-CAR PARK customer service.
We have just regularized your stay to bill your stay as follows: 1 period of 24 hours for the stay of 11.12.24 and a period of -5 hours at €6 for the stay of 12.12.24.
You now have €13.42 on your card balance.
I hope I have answered your questions.
Looking forward to seeing you again at the CAMPING-CAR PARK network areas.



Hi again

Sorry but this is still wrong.

I only stayed for 6 hours and 36 minutes on 11/12/2024 NOT 24 hours. I think you need to refund a further sum for my stay on 11/12/24.

Looking forward to hearing from you again.



Hello,

Thank you for your feedback.

After 5 hours on a site, the billing is by default a 24-hour time slot.
As a reminder, here is the pricing on the stopover areas as follows:
- from €5.50 to €7 from the hour of entry until 5 hours of presence on the site, which corresponds to the use of the services.
- 1 night, from the 6th hour of presence (i.e. 5 hours and one minute) until the day after the time of entry on the site.
- 1 additional night per 24-hour time slot. Each 24-hour slot started is due.

We look forward to seeing you again on our CAMPING CAR PARK sites.

Kind regards.

To be fair, the pricing of 5-hour periods and 24-hour periods is pretty clear from the CCP website. It does make a visit for services only very expensive!

 

[Harrers]

To be fair, the pricing of 5-hour periods and 24-hour periods is pretty clear from the CCP website. It does make a visit for services only very expensive!

Yes I realize that now but at the time they charged me for 2 complete 24 hours, the second of which they partially refunded. I still use them although will try and find a cheaper alternative.

When I visited the Charente in 2015 I was looking to buy a house. I parked in an aire next to the Super U car park in Rouillac. I walked into the town and visited the local estate agents. One of them had 3 properties in my price range and whilst staying on the aire, which was free but you needed tokens from the super market to use the services, I was able to see all 3 properties. I subsequently selected one and put an offer on it. 10 months later I picked up the keys to my house. I think the local commune has done quite well out of offering me a free aire!

Since then, however, the aire has become a recycling area and the borne has been removed. There are signs forbidding the overnight parking of camping-cars. There always was a municipal site in Rouillac but it has now become a CCP aire. Other areas in the town have the similar signs re overnighting. I have noticed though that some camping-caristes simply park in the Super U car park.

 

[Moped]

Super U as a default allow overnight motorhome parking in their parking areas unless stated otherwise. Many have service points. They like to think you get your morning baguettes from them.

 

[Harrers]

Super U as a default allow overnight motorhome parking in their parking areas unless stated otherwise. Many have service points. They like to think you get your morning baguettes from them.

Ah yes I always get my fuel at Super U in Rouillac not sure about their baguettes though. They do have a baguette vending machine on their forecourt but never tried one of those or a pizza vending machine either.

I do use supermarket car parks a lot. I do remember on one occasion, I think it was Intermaché at Juan les Pins or Antibes where the manager tapped on the window and told us we couldn't park there. He said it was "chez lui!" I don't think he personally owned the car park. He was very rude and didn't even say "Bonjour!" We had achieved our objective by staying the night and left after breakfast. We decided that as he had asked us to move we shouldn't hang around and use the shop!