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Not my experience
We have extensively used French Aire's and the most we have ever paid is 7 euro per night and no day charge and this was by the coast. Inland we very rarely need pay.
Our experience is that coastal areas have a charge, most around 5euro to 7 euro and inland are free or up to 3 euro.
Maybe we just know where the free aires are
I must add that I think that more French aire's are starting to charge.
Back to the aire in question.
I think the 5 per night is ok, but I would not be daytime feeding the meter and as mentioned by a previous poster, if you arrive mid afternoon there would be a further charge.
Considering the council are trying to encourage M/Hs to frequent the resort and spend our money, (as they have said we are big spenders) they have certainly turned me off going.
The night charge should include from mid afternoon and run to at least midday! Then you have a chance to spend some money
And don't forget, there are no facilities for this charge. I am sure these prices would increase if and when they offered water and dump facilities! Too expensive!
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Tramping the Dream
Graham
Personally I wouldn't knock it. Whilst a fiver would be sufficient for 24 hours, at least a council is doing something; hard enough to achieve in the UK.
saluti,
eddied
I agree, they are doing something and I am sure they will be monitoring this thread (well they should be), but they are not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts and have said that they are doing it as we M/H,ers have a good disposable spending power!
We should not be giving a cap in hand approach to the council, but should be pointing out what we think is reasonable to give us the incentive to visit and spend, which is what they want.
For the Council, the parking charges are secondary to the spending they expect to help the local businesses.
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Tramping the Dream
Graham
I think 9.30 is a bit steep for 24hrs without facilities. From memory I think that Fylde council said that if the scheme was successful they may consider putting in facilities but would they increase the charge even further for this I wonder?
I suspect that we will probably pay the 5 for overnight & then drive the 1/2 mile or so up the road (in the direction of Blackpool) & park for free on the road by the dunes during the day.
It's great to see a council making provision but when it's an area shared with cars and without facilities it's suitability becomes marginal I think. Maybe useful in desperation.
The price, which is higher than it would cost on a CL or an aire with facilities, almost seems to have been pitched to discourage us from using it. If we don't it will be considered a failure and discontinued.
If I was being sceptical I might think that it had been deliberately arranged that way by some in Fylde who perhaps don't want it to succeed.
On balance I don't think I would use it but I might email the council and thank them for having considered us then go on to explain why it's not suitable for me.
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