European Tour

Popty 51
Popty 51 Forum Participant Posts: 21
edited March 2019 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Hi all, my wife & I are planning a long haul European tour starting end of July (ish) with our motorhome lasting 6/8 weeks or longer, we plan on using the Euro Tunnel then first stop is down the Rhein, St Goar or thereabouts for a week or so, then motoring on to Interlaken in Switzerland, so we can visit Piz Gloria, again a week or so, after that we intend to travel down to Calpe in Spain, via south of France, spend 3/4 weeks in Calpe, before heading across Spain via Pamplona, & up into France for a week or so stay in La Rochelle, before heading back to Calais for the tunnel home.

Can any member offer any advice on this sort of long haul trip, regarding booking sites in advance or go "ad hoc", road tolls, fuel etc

I have done all these places before when I was working as a coach driver, but that was about 20 years ago when I was working, now retired, but still have experience of driving on the right side of the road, (or wrong side if you like)

Should I get breakdown insurance for the Fiat Ducato motorhome, or trust to luck as it has never let us down (yet), we do have personal annual travel insurance for both of us.

Any help much appreciated

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  • Unknown
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  • Oneputt
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    If that is the time available to you just go for it.  If you don't pre-book you can easily change route/itinerary.  As far as breakdown insurance goes, your choice but the what if could be expensive especially if you need to be recovered back to the UK. Good luck and enjoy. 

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  • eurortraveller
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    edited March 2019 #5

    Tolls for that trip - it can easily be  free as far as Switzerland, then 40CHF for a Swiss vignette and about €320 for the rest  of the trip if you are class 2 (more if you are over that  limit) - but toll free roads are still available and allowed. 

    Fuel - much the same price for diesel as here.

    Campsites - all along the coasts at that time of year will be very busy but will you not use Aires ?

    insurances - definitely - all of them - vehicle, breakdown, belongings and medical. 

  • Tigi
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    edited March 2019 #6

    Whether you take out breakdown insurance or not is partly down to how confident you are in obtaining help on the roadside on a Saturday afternoon in rural France. Personally I prefer to know there is some back-up, from in our case Red Pennent.

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