hi Pejoy,
Don't worry about the campsite situation as you are probably getting your info from english resources. You should get onto vicarious books in Kent and get an ASCI book. There have beeen lots of threads mentioning this Dutch organisation but inside the front cover is a card which pops out. this intitles you to various nightly discounts in the low season, ranging from 11 euros,throught 12 up to 15 euros per night with electric. These sites are situated throughout europe but FRance has a whole page to itself. Most sites are open till the middle of October, especially those further south even into Spain and Italy. Coupled with the fact that the motorhome Aires are unlikely to be oversubscribed and once you get your confidence about them you will wonder what all the fuss was about. Security? well don't use the aires and rest stations on autoroutes, it is best to come off and look for a village aire. If you haven't used the french website: www.campingcar-infos.com then you should, as it will give you a wealth of information and although in french it is dead easy to navigate. You can get a CD/rom from them with all the information on it which makes day to day planning much easier. In fact,quite often with us tea-time to Aire
Don't worry. If you don't like the feel of the aire then there is another close by. We have been doing this for 25 years and very rarely plan ahead, more, roughly where would you like to go today my love?
Have agood time.............. Ned
Don't worry about the campsite situation as you are probably getting your info from english resources. You should get onto vicarious books in Kent and get an ASCI book. There have beeen lots of threads mentioning this Dutch organisation but inside the front cover is a card which pops out. this intitles you to various nightly discounts in the low season, ranging from 11 euros,throught 12 up to 15 euros per night with electric. These sites are situated throughout europe but FRance has a whole page to itself. Most sites are open till the middle of October, especially those further south even into Spain and Italy. Coupled with the fact that the motorhome Aires are unlikely to be oversubscribed and once you get your confidence about them you will wonder what all the fuss was about. Security? well don't use the aires and rest stations on autoroutes, it is best to come off and look for a village aire. If you haven't used the french website: www.campingcar-infos.com then you should, as it will give you a wealth of information and although in french it is dead easy to navigate. You can get a CD/rom from them with all the information on it which makes day to day planning much easier. In fact,quite often with us tea-time to Aire
Don't worry. If you don't like the feel of the aire then there is another close by. We have been doing this for 25 years and very rarely plan ahead, more, roughly where would you like to go today my love?
Have agood time.............. Ned