90 new Camping Car Park aires in 2022

Lenny HB said:
I wouldn't mind them if they charged €5 or €6 and then another €5 or €6 if you want EHU & WiFi. But I've yet to find a decent one.
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We've used a lot and only found one bad one. Most have pictures on the app so you get an idea whether it's nice or not.
It would be good if ehu could be optional rather than included but might be difficult to implement, perhaps a card reader on every hookup point. The WiFi is a no cost item to them as needed for the entry barrier to work and rarely covers much of the aire unless it's a titchy one.
 
Google Chrome automatically translates, I was going to create an account but couldn't find UK in the list of countries, anyone created an account, is it worth it?

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Trevor Wbm said:
I've had reason to phone them - they were happy to converse in English, and the gate machines have English as a choice.
You can get a card from the machine when you first visit, but then to be able to book in advance you need to buy one of their packages, and regsister for an account that is then linked to your card.
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That sort of defeats the whole point of motorhome touring for most people, when you come across a nice village or town and think, ah, this will be a nice stop to explore for a night or three only to find it looks only half full but has been booked up in advance by motorhomes that don't really "tour" and some of them will find a nice place en route to the aire you just found fully booked and some of them won't bother turning up or even have the courtesy to cancel just like they do with some club sites, CS's ,CL's, in this Country..... Just sayin...
 
gwyntaxi said:
That sort of defeats the whole point of motorhome touring for most people, when you come across a nice village or town and think, ah, this will be a nice stop to explore for a night or three only to find it looks only half full but has been booked up in advance by motorhomes that don't really "tour" and some of them will find a nice place en route to the aire you just found fully booked and some of them won't bother turning up or even have the courtesy to cancel just like they do with some club sites, CS's ,CL's, in this Country..... Just sayin...
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Fair point but if the french aires are not maintained they very rapidly become dumping grounds and tatty, broken services etc.
As for booking ahead. With CCP you pay to reserve first and arrive second so if you don't turn up you lose your money. Normal commercial T&Cs.
Even in the idillic French countryside things are changing, at least there are a vast number of aires, many of which are still free so all is not lost.
 
I don't know how I managed to miss CAMpRA but I've registered now. Look forward to using it this season.
 
Kups said:
I think that you should be able to read the site entries in English if you set google translate in Chrome to "always translate French "
Tap on any "P" icon and you should get the list of aires in that location. Example.
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I think all the airepark locations are on the Searchforsites app/website.

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emjaiuk said:
Each to his own, but you seem to have exceptionally high standards when it comes to Aires.. we’ve used them a lot for several years and always found them good value for money.
I also wonder how members on here would react if their local authority used ratepayers money to provide subsidised facilities for foreign campers.
I like something for nothing as much as the next person, but I don’t consider it my right. Finally for those who object to their overnight fee including EHU , I have the perfect soLutron, don’t stay there.
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Well said, we all have a choice and France in particular give us a very good choice. It simply a free choice for so many and those days would have probably ended without CCP given time.
 
Reallyretired said:
We've used a lot and only found one bad one. Most have pictures on the app so you get an idea whether it's nice or not.
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I think they move the crappy ones to where we want to go. :LOL:
The one at Nantes is OK others we have found were rubbish.
 
Can I throw France Passion into the debate?

Stayed at only two last year so maybe didn't get value for money.

One champagne house and a cheese makers. Both decent. Nice friendly hosts.

Hard standing and free (no EHU but loo when they were open) but with a code/expectation that maybe overnighters would buy some of their product.

It was a British registered van that arrived late and cleared off early.... Free!

Maybe CCP are cheaper in some areas than a nice chunk of cheese or a bottle of bubbly?
 
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CCP suits us...expanding into Spain too...there is a similar scheme in operation in some regions..6.05€ a night..
 
Lenny HB said:
That is more sensible than the €10 to €12 in France.
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Is €10 really such an issue to so many of us? Speaking for us we're much more interested in the location and view, and if we can get what we want and it only costs €10 then thats a bargain we're happy to take. Many people on UK sites are paying 3 times that to be stuck behind a hedge in the middle of nowhere.
 
We used an Outdoor-Routes site in Portugal. These appear similar to CCP and are run by the Outdoor-Routes company and the local council.
It was a new site, previously a being a free-camping spot I believe.It was right next to a dam in a National Park ( freecamping in the park is not allowed, although some did).
It was €4 including 6A EHU, Toilets and showers. The showers were cold, but the facilities and services were spotless. The loos even had toilet roll and paper towels We were alone on the site and a local council worker came to open the ehu terminal and toilets.
We will definitely use these sites again, especially where freecamping is banned.

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jongood said:
Is €10 really such an issue to so many of us? Speaking for us we're much more interested in the location and view, and if we can get what we want and it only costs €10 then thats a bargain we're happy to take. Many people on UK sites are paying 3 times that to be stuck behind a hedge in the middle of nowhere.
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If we stopped on one every night that would be £1500 out of our small pensions. But it's not so much the cost as having to pay for things you don't want or need, the point of a Motorhome is to be self contained so I don't need EHU or want to pay for it. The Aires they have taken over didn't have EHU so why go to the expensive of fitting it then charging everyone for it.
 
Lenny HB said:
. The Aires they have taken over didn't have EHU so why go to the expensive of fitting it then charging everyone for it.
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I expect its their business model plus they need electricity for the card machine, barriers and WiFi so no issue to put it to each pitch. You are not forced to use it as you are not forced to use the water and waste facilities.
 
MichaelT said:
I expect its their business model plus they need electricity for the card machine, barriers and WiFi so no issue to put it to each pitch. You are not forced to use it as you are not forced to use the water and waste facilities.
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But you have to pay for it.

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jongood said:
Is €10 really such an issue to so many of us? Speaking for us we're much more interested in the location and view, and if we can get what we want and it only costs €10 then thats a bargain we're happy to take. Many people on UK sites are paying 3 times that to be stuck behind a hedge in the middle of nowhere.
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To us the ten euros is no problem, you don't need them every day, so Lenny HB will be paying less than a third of his 1500 if he is not using them everyday, my argument with these places are that they are gradually taking away your choice and soon they will all be 10 euros, then they will not stick there they will keep going up till they are as much as campsites, and it's no use saying you won't pay it if they do because you won't have any choice as they will have taken all the free ones away.
It also doesn't stop there , when these places have taken over you will find you won't be able to park in the villages any more as they will bring in parking restrictions to push you on to these things.
As I have said many times on here for what bit of time I have left in motorhomes it doesn't.ake the slightest bit of difference to me so I am not on a personal vendetta, just thinking of the young ones who are coming through and what they will lose out on.
And for myself if we go again, as long as they are still a tenner including electric I am going to set our van up to use as much electric as we can and save on gas.
But believe me it won't last.
 
MichaelT said:
I expect its their business model plus they need electricity for the card machine, barriers and WiFi so no issue to put it to each pitch. You are not forced to use it as you are not forced to use the water and waste facilities.
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Yes it will be. Also the Marie will probably get a higher rent from CCP if they install EHUs. The Marie staff and politicians are obviously not interested in visitors who don't want services, they will be well aware of the wildcamping locations in their area.
 
Lenny HB said:
If we stopped on one every night that would be £1500 out of our small pensions. But it's not so much the cost as having to pay for things you don't want or need, the point of a Motorhome is to be self contained so I don't need EHU or want to pay for it. The Aires they have taken over didn't have EHU so why go to the expensive of fitting it then charging everyone for it.
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I agree with you on the ehu, it seems like an unnecessary investment to us also. But I do like the way they have improved the ease of use of the former municipals that theyve taken. We stopped off at Chateau Renault for a break and used the former municipal - up to the barrier popped the card in and happy days, nice and spacious and close to town and €10 Ehu was worth it in January as it was 16a and happily ran the heating.
 
Lenny HB said:
If we stopped on one every night that would be £1500 out of our small pensions. But it's not so much the cost as having to pay for things you don't want or need, the point of a Motorhome is to be self contained so I don't need EHU or want to pay for it. The Aires they have taken over didn't have EHU so why go to the expensive of fitting it then charging everyone for it.
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Because there’s a demand for it. They’re running a business so I would assume they wouldn’t go to the expense of installing EHU unless they were reasonably sure of getting a return of their investment. why on earth should they allow people to stay who don’t want to contribute to their costs. How much of your small pension went towards making your MH power independent? Like I’ve said, there’s a simple solution.
 
I believe the ehu is only 6A. Enough for the fridge and water heating on low 900w. The amount of gas saved per day is not going to balance the cost though.

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