Motorbike tags in France are they worth it ?

[Richie Wise]

Hi all,
I am riding my Harley down to the south of France at the end of the month and to save messing about with money ( cash ) I’ve been looking into getting a tag for the tolls, so my question is are they worth getting and are they easy to cancel once I have finished with it as I’ll only need it for the journey down and the journey back home to the UK, THANKS for your help

[jjones]

Not too arduous to take a ticket and put a card in when time for payment (you don't need to enter a pin). For a one off I wouldn't bother with the tag.

[Richie Wise]

Thanks for the reply but do they charge an admin fee when using you debit card to transfer money’s from £ to € when paying ?

[bogie]

Rode through last month, never bothered. Was only 2 days each way and tried to stay off the tolls as much as possible. Unavoidable twice each way and easy to pay by card.

[jjones]

Richie Wise said:

Thanks for the reply but do they charge an admin fee when using you debit card to transfer money’s from £ to € when paying ?

Get a barclay card premiere, no fees in europe for using the card/cash machines.

[Tebbers]

Or a Revolut debit card works well too.

[Krikkit]

Or a free Monzo card - great rates.

[Andybow]

Go to the manned booths otherwise you pay the same as a car if it’s automated.

[bogie]

Andybow said:

Go to the manned booths otherwise you pay the same as a car if it’s automated.

Yeah, we noted that, so went through side by side a couple of times ....same 4 wheels for same price LOL

[jjones]

bogie said:

Yeah, we noted that, so went through side by side a couple of times ....same 4 wheels for same price LOL

The screen said motorcycle when asking for the payment at the automated barriers. Took 15-20 seconds to register almost like somewhere centrally was verifying via cctv it was a motorcycle.

[bogie]

jjones said:

bogie said:

Yeah, we noted that, so went through side by side a couple of times ....same 4 wheels for same price LOL

The screen said motorcycle when asking for the payment at the automated barriers. Took 15-20 seconds to register almost like somewhere centrally was verifying via cctv it was a motorcycle.

Yeah, maybe our fine is in the post It was only one instance when one of us had lost the ticket we went through together and paid for 4 wheels instead of 2 .

[stut4]

ive used this https://www.saneftolling.co.uk/subscription/ for the past 8 years. really simple and you just get a statement a few weeks later.
was only overcharged on one barrier once, and that was when i was carrying a bike and roofbox on the roof and sensor on one booth thought i was a van (all other booths saw it was a car with roofbox).quick email to the company achieved a refund within 48 hours.
best thing is that during holiday season most of the toll booths are c.30 cars deep in queue, but the far left booths are always empty.
its c.£5 a year for the annual fee, but i wouldnt be without it during holiday season.

[black-k1]

Some of the Old Gits who spend a lot of time in France use the tags and they do save a little bit of time but, while not the majority of cases, it's not uncommon for the bike to be charged the car rate. That can be quite expensive!

If it's for a single holiday I would suggest it's really not worth it.

All the tolls take credit card. Get yourself a Halifax Clarity card and simply use that.