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Van parking in Paris?
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Treadway1
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Morning all,
Currently organising a London to Paris cycle ride for my friends and I for later in the year, for which we'll have a driver in a van supporting us. It's not a huge van, just a standard Ford Transit sized thing, but I'm struggling to find anywhere to park it securely overnight near the Eiffel Tower, where our hotel is.
Does anyone have any recommendations or advice, please?
We'd prefer secured parking as opposed to anything on street, as the van will have about £20k worth of bikes in the back of it!
Many thanks in advance.
Currently organising a London to Paris cycle ride for my friends and I for later in the year, for which we'll have a driver in a van supporting us. It's not a huge van, just a standard Ford Transit sized thing, but I'm struggling to find anywhere to park it securely overnight near the Eiffel Tower, where our hotel is.
Does anyone have any recommendations or advice, please?
We'd prefer secured parking as opposed to anything on street, as the van will have about £20k worth of bikes in the back of it!
Many thanks in advance.
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Treadway1 said:Morning all,
Currently organising a London to Paris cycle ride for my friends and I for later in the year, for which we'll have a driver in a van supporting us. It's not a huge van, just a standard Ford Transit sized thing, but I'm struggling to find anywhere to park it securely overnight near the Eiffel Tower, where our hotel is.
Does anyone have any recommendations or advice, please?
We'd prefer secured parking as opposed to anything on street, as the van will have about £20k worth of bikes in the back of it!
Many thanks in advance.
Presumably you'll be restricted from a number of 'normal' places by height.
As it's not an unusual thing for cyclists presumably one of the cycling forums can come up with suggestions
Alternatively it's a case of park the (empty) van and sleep with the bikes1 -
Wonka_2 said:Treadway1 said:Morning all,
Currently organising a London to Paris cycle ride for my friends and I for later in the year, for which we'll have a driver in a van supporting us. It's not a huge van, just a standard Ford Transit sized thing, but I'm struggling to find anywhere to park it securely overnight near the Eiffel Tower, where our hotel is.
Does anyone have any recommendations or advice, please?
We'd prefer secured parking as opposed to anything on street, as the van will have about £20k worth of bikes in the back of it!
Many thanks in advance.
Presumably you'll be restricted from a number of 'normal' places by height.
As it's not an unusual thing for cyclists presumably one of the cycling forums can come up with suggestions
Alternatively it's a case of park the (empty) van and sleep with the bikes
Sleeping with the bikes has been considered though.
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We did exactly as you’re planning. I was the van driver. Yes we agreed secure parking with hotel, but made sure we hired a van that fitted.Btw it’s uncomfortable driving a RHD van in Paris unless you have a lookout in the passenger seat. You simply can’t see left properly at some junctions.1
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Ridiculous to even think about leaving £20000 pounds worth of bikes in a van. I have always found a place for my bike inside whether that is in a secure area or my bedroom. Personally I only book somewhere once I know I can store my bike inside either by just looking at the photos on booking.com or contacting the hotel directly.
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On-the-coast said:We did exactly as you’re planning. I was the van driver. Yes we agreed secure parking with hotel, but made sure we hired a van that fitted.Btw it’s uncomfortable driving a RHD van in Paris unless you have a lookout in the passenger seat. You simply can’t see left properly at some junctions.
Unfortunately though, there are 11 of us riding, so hiring a smaller van wasn't possible, otherwise that defo would have been the better move!
On a separate note, as you have experience driving a van in Paris, did you need a clean air certificate/sticker in the windscreen to drive the van in to the city. I've been reading up about French driving rules to keep our driver on the right side of the law and that was one of the things that popped up. TIA0 -
We had about 15 cyclists. But only around half of them put bikes in the van overnight. The rest just used the private courtyard of the hotel. Maybe that’s something you could ask about. The van was more for breakdowns and luggage than bike storage.I don’t recall the clean air stuff. I was just the driver not the organiser. Sorry.We had a great time though! And so much food….0
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Can you make contact with any cycling organisations in France that might offer advice0
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Wow £20K of bikes. They can have the bed and I will sleep on the floor.Past caring about first world problems.0
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Or the driver can sleep in the back of the van to keep an eye on the bikesITS NOT EASY TO GET EVERYTHING WRONG ,I HAVE TO WORK HARD TO DO IT!0
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