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[ShiftZZ]

Stayed at some lovely sites, but, last night we turned up at one and it was a mess, old cars, rubbish, stuff all over the place, dirty. We didn't stay. We will advise French Passion.

It then got me wondering, we place our 'trust' in these places, but, we know nothing about them. You could turn up, be attacked etcetera and unless you told someone where you were going , you could dissappear.

It may be a good idea to let someone know your destination.

Also, if your not comfortable, drive on. We found a nice free aire using camper contact, best £5 I have ever parted with

 

[Shrimp]

We belonged to Passion for one year ages ago, we tried to find places-failed, found one once, drove in, failed to find anywhere obvious to park, bit of a yard with machinery everywhere, failed to raise anyone at house although house door open-moved on to an Aire.
Never bothered again now we just use Aires, usually free ones but always try to spend in the Ville!

 

[chaser]

This was our first one but as it looked like our sheds at home . No problem

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[chaser]

Further to my last post, we have been on scores and never been disappointed

 

[The Wino]

We belonged to Passion for one year ages ago, we tried to find places-failed, found one once, drove in, failed to find anywhere obvious to park, bit of a yard with machinery everywhere, failed to raise anyone at house although house door open-moved on to an Aire.
Never bothered again now we just use Aires, usually free ones but always try to spend in the Ville!

Same for us we have stayed at a couple recommended by the local tourist info we weren't in passion but they weren't bothered.

 

[chaser]

Anyone in France passion disappointed with their first stop , I can only say stick with it, read the description in the book and you will find some wonderful places.

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[The Happy Hooker]

Anyone in France passion disappointed with their first stop , I can only say stick with it, read the description in the book and you will find some wonderful places.

I agree Chaser, we have stayed on several brilliant places on this trip, it was such a disappointment though to see what a dirty state that one was in yesterday. They sold milk, cheese & hams apparently, but it was so grubby looking that I wouldn't have bought anything.

 

[Gaston aires]

France passion is a real mixed bag of sites. Some brilliant some rubbish. Problem is you don't know till you turn up and some are well off the beaten track.
Phil

 

[two]

If you'r squeamish about these places, don't use them. You don't need the extra tension when you're trying to relax. It will also leave more space for those who are not that way inclined. They often provide an opportunity to 'look behind the scenes' and discover how real French people live.
Some locations are difficult to find and can difficult to get to (awkward roads/turns) but GPS coordinates now help. As there is no obligation to part with money, many owners have little interest in meeting you. We stopped at a vacant one a few years ago, only to find a sign to the location we should have been at pointing the other way as we left. At the other end of the scale, some are so popular that there may be no space left and others where you may feel under pressure to buy something you don't need.

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[Snowbird]

Having been a member of France passion for over 20 years and visited literally hundreds of there sites in that time, some poor, some good and some excellent, I have learned one important thing. They are FREE, so why complain if you get a poor one. Its not as if its a campsite and charging you to stay there. You cannot expect 5 star camping from some old boy with a few goats hoping to sell the odd cheese to a campingcarist. Many France Passion sites are in deepest rural France, with one or two pitches in a corner of some smallholders yard. One can hardly expect hard standing, hot showers and a swimming pool provided by a smallholder free of charge when he is struggling to make ends meet himself.

 

[ShiftZZ]

Right, neither myself nor Lorraine are squeamish but this site was awful, there must have been at least 20 cars dumped in what appeared to be a lagoon of mud, there was household rubbish and old kitchen white goods all over the place, it made Steptoes's rag and bone yard look like the Ritz. It was filthy, and when I looked at the French Passion website, there were zero comments, so I suspect not many, if any, have stayed there. We parked that night on a free aire and looking st some if the other vans parked,one or two may have also visited that French Passion site.
No one on this forum can defend this pitch, you can defend French Passion, as we will continue to do do, but as you were not at this site you can't.

I'm so concerned that I intend taking photographs off my dashcam and posting them to French Passion, it WAS that bad.

 

[Alistair33]

Anyone in France passion disappointed with their first stop , I can only say stick with it, read the description in the book and you will find some wonderful places.

Seconded

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[chaser]

Right, neither myself nor Lorraine are squeamish but this site was awful, there must have been at least 20 cars dumped in what appeared to be a lagoon of mud, there was household rubbish and old kitchen white goods all over the place, it made Steptoes's rag and bone yard look like the Ritz. It was filthy, and when I looked at the French Passion website, there were zero comments, so I suspect not many, if any, have stayed there. We parked that night on a free aire and looking st some if the other vans parked,one or two may have also visited that French Passion site.
No one on this forum can defend this pitch, you can defend French Passion, as we will continue to do do, but as you were not at this site you can't.

I'm so concerned that I intend taking photographs off my dashcam and posting them to French Passion, it WAS that bad.

Dont think anyone is arguing, just letting others know they earnt all like that

 

[chaser]

Would be handy to know which one it is though so no one else goes for it.

 

[ShiftZZ]

Dont think anyone is arguing, just letting others know they earnt all like that

As we have stated.

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[WynandJean]

Oh! This thread is about places to stay. Disappointed after reading the title!

Wyn

 

[dabhand]

Right, neither myself nor Lorraine are squeamish but this site was awful, there must have been at least 20 cars dumped in what appeared to be a lagoon of mud, there was household rubbish and old kitchen white goods all over the place, it made Steptoes's rag and bone yard look like the Ritz. It was filthy, and when I looked at the French Passion website, there were zero comments, so I suspect not many, if any, have stayed there. We parked that night on a free aire and looking st some if the other vans parked,one or two may have also visited that French Passion site.
No one on this forum can defend this pitch, you can defend French Passion, as we will continue to do do, but as you were not at this site you can't.

I'm so concerned that I intend taking photographs off my dashcam and posting them to French Passion, it WAS that bad.

Some of the French like to take the piss as well you know ShiftZZ!

 

[movan]

Right, neither myself nor Lorraine are squeamish but this site was awful, there must have been at least 20 cars dumped in what appeared to be a lagoon of mud, there was household rubbish and old kitchen white goods all over the place, it made Steptoes's rag and bone yard look like the Ritz. It was filthy, and when I looked at the French Passion website, there were zero comments, so I suspect not many, if any, have stayed there. We parked that night on a free aire and looking st some if the other vans parked,one or two may have also visited that French Passion site.
No one on this forum can defend this pitch, you can defend French Passion, as we will continue to do do, but as you were not at this site you can't.

I'm so concerned that I intend taking photographs off my dashcam and posting them to French Passion, it WAS that bad.

If I feel nervous ever I phone a friend and tell them the registration number of the van parked behind me in a layby ...... so if I am murdered they have a clue who might have done it.
@irnbru.

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