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Experience of Spanish motorway toll tags (Via-T)?
bowlhead99
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I'll be driving down to Spain in a couple of months and will have a toll tag for the French motorway network from Sanef - much less hassle when driving a RHD car and only a nominal annual fee.
I see the Spanish equivalent isn't sold direct to Brits, but you can get one via Tolltickets.com. They have a short term or long term option, which is either 25c/ day after the first 3 weeks or a flat EUR 35 / year depending on the option you pick. They invoice your credit card a 7% premium over the actual cost of the tolls, and you keep getting invoiced at the day rate or year rate.
I'm just wondering if I can be bothered getting the Spanish one or if there are any other suppliers with a better deal. I'll only be in Spain for a week or so and not on the motorway every single day, and may or may not be back next year.
Anyone got any experiences to share? I see tolltickets also do the Telepass for Italy on the same sort of deal but will only be in Italy one or two days so definitely won't be getting that.
I see the Spanish equivalent isn't sold direct to Brits, but you can get one via Tolltickets.com. They have a short term or long term option, which is either 25c/ day after the first 3 weeks or a flat EUR 35 / year depending on the option you pick. They invoice your credit card a 7% premium over the actual cost of the tolls, and you keep getting invoiced at the day rate or year rate.
I'm just wondering if I can be bothered getting the Spanish one or if there are any other suppliers with a better deal. I'll only be in Spain for a week or so and not on the motorway every single day, and may or may not be back next year.
Anyone got any experiences to share? I see tolltickets also do the Telepass for Italy on the same sort of deal but will only be in Italy one or two days so definitely won't be getting that.
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I really wouldn't bother, lots of Spanish motorways are toll free anyway.0
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Personally I've never bothered with these - I just use my fee-free card to pay in the card payment lanes (I can just about reach far enough from the driver's side of a RHD car to put the card in). The card payment lanes don't usually have a queue, so it's almost as fast as having a tag.
Most of the time it's not a big hassle as you only pay when you join and leave a toll road. However, it's a bit of a pain around Barcelona where I had to pay a separate toll for each junction.Let's settle this like gentlemen: armed with heavy sticks
On a rotating plate, with spikes like Flash Gordon
And you're Peter Duncan; I gave you fair warning0 -
iainscomputer wrote: »I really wouldn't bother, lots of Spanish motorways are toll free anyway.
Yes. Here's a map, and suggestions for avoiding some of the tolls
http://about-spain.net/travel/map.htm0 -
This is a money saving site, just pay cash, I have a friend who lives in Spain & he got rid of his as he said he was charged for journeys he didn't make, with no way to prove his innocence.0
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