Sanef Toll Tag for France, Spain & Portugal (1 Viewer)

[Barclaybasher]

 

[StephandJohn]

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We used Sanef for France but didn't know you could get it for Spain and Portugal.

 

[Madmag]

Just had my e mail announcing it as well. Will definitely be getting one. They just make life so much easier, no getting stuck between the doors and ticket machines. No dropping money or credit card and no leaving change in the machine because you have an irate driver behind you. Worth the small fee. We haven’t stuck our tag on the windscreen it just gets held in place as we go through the toll, I know that’s difficult if solo but it keeps it out of the way of the dash cam and sliding blinds.

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[Howard H]

Bought my Spain's one this morning ,found the French one removed in my eyes the most stressful part of a French holiday and As we are dipping a toe into Spain as well next year this is a god send

 

[Madmag]

Me too. Just waiting for confirmation e mail.

 

[42208]

Received the notification and about to send off, as I read it, it looks like it is a separate Tag and a separate account, however, all conveniently managed by Sanef, is that how you read it?

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[Madmag]

Yes. Agree. This means it does cost more as effectively have to register and pay again. Overall cost I think is worth it though as find it difficult sometimes to get close enough with M/Home to pay station and invariably are between upper and lower slots which means a scramble out of the door. For the less nimble like myself I am happy to pay to avoid all of this.
Someone will probably find a cheaper way of doing it but I like the way it is all managed for me as well and was just a click or 2 to pay and register for this additional one.

 

[brynric]

I still regret the €10 whipped away by the wind between fingers and slot.
A tag will be first on the list for the next trip to Spain. (We already have the French one)

 

[Howard H]

Received the notification and about to send off, as I read it, it looks like it is a separate Tag and a separate account, however, all conveniently managed by Sanef, is that how you read it?

Yep that’s how I understand it , Sanef have managed my French tag very effectively so I have no doubt they can manage this one

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[Xabia]

I have one from Caixa bank, 20€ a year so I will certainly be handing that back and adding the Spanish Sanef tag to the windscreen.

 

[DBK]

Just need them to do Italy now.

 

[Teuchter]

Ordered mine today - used the French one lots last month - great to just slow down & go through the 30 lane when applicable

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[Speve]

Don't think I'm going to bother as we don't use many tolls in Spain and the ones we use don't cost much anyway, think it might be useful in Portugal if you go there a lot as the tolls are a pain there according to reports from past threads however we don't venture there often and try not to use the toll roads if we do.
We use the French tag a lot which is great.

 

[Madmag]

To be honest it’s not the cost @Speve more the convenience. Just not having the hassle of the acrobatics required to get the ticket/money/ motorhome and me all in the right place without doing myself a mischief! I found in the end that even for smaller amounts in Spain it was often easier to use a card. Also some of the toll stretches are short and the peage stations frequent so that’s when I think it will be most useful.

 

[nicholsong]

It is a pity there cannot be one system for all Europe but there is a huge difference in operation between the likes of France which have toll booths and the likes of Austria, Czech Rep. which have boxes and gantries, and Poland which has both - booths on e.g. the A4, for all vehicles, operated by the toll-road builder, and the box system and gantries on other major roads and M/Ways(only for over 3.5t)

I checked this morning on our route from Besancon in SE France to Katowice, as Basia thought we might be quicker going through Czech and paying for the box, rather than via Dresden. It turned out that there was 1km difference and the Czech route would be 20 mins. longer. So the Germany route, without the hassle of buying a box and returning it, still wins. I know about the German government proposal to charge foreign vehicles for transit, but is being challenged in the European Court, and is not a very high proposed charge for a few days.

Geoff

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[Speve]

the cost @Speve more the convenience. Just not having the hassle of the acrobatics required to get the ticket/money/ motorhome and me all in the right place

I quite agree but as our van is LHD its not such a problem and the cost of the tag and the two months fee would be more than we spend on tolls in Spain anyway.

 

[Hotelman]

It is a pity there cannot be one system for all Europe but there is a huge difference in operation between the likes of France which have toll booths and the likes of Austria, Czech Rep. which have boxes and gantries, and Poland which has both - booths on e.g. the A4, for all vehicles, operated by the toll-road builder, and the box system and gantries on other major roads and M/Ways(only for over 3.5t)

I checked this morning on our route from Besancon in SE France to Katowice, as Basia thought we might be quicker going through Czech and paying for the box, rather than via Dresden. It turned out that there was 1km difference and the Czech route would be 20 mins. longer. So the Germany route, without the hassle of buying a box and returning it, still wins. I know about the German government proposal to charge foreign vehicles for transit, but is being challenged in the European Court, and is not a very high proposed charge for a few days.

Geoff

I had a Czech box, but was unable to find anywhere to hand it back just before leaving the country, travelling in the direction towards Dresden

 

[Stewart J]

Browsing the Sanef website it states vehicle must be less than 3m high and under 3500kg, height is OK on my van but I am uplated from 3500 to 3850kg. So how's do others work around this?

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[Madmag]

It’s Sanef tolling you need. Will try to attach part of e mail I was sent this morning with contact details

 

[Stewart J]

It’s Sanef tolling you need. Will try to attach part of e mail I was sent this morning with contact details

Found it just after posting Madmag so modified my post to a query re weight.

 

[Barclaybasher]

Browsing the Sanef website it states vehicle must be less than 3m high and under 3500kg, height is OK on my van but I am uplated from 3500 to 3850kg. So how's do others work around this?

Lie ?

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[Speve]

@Stewart J There will be others that say don't do it however it's your risk we've had one for four years now and have a 4250kg van towing a trailer and have never had a problem.
Expect we'll get stopped next trip now I've said that.
You knows the risk you takes the chance lots of us do.

 

[Buzzybender]

Don't forget if your motorhome is over 3 meters high, even a tiny fraction ( Auto-trail ) the French tag will not work.
I got caught out . Lets you in, lazer cameras measure height, wont let you out, caused mayhem.

 

[fatwallet]

The new tag for Spain and Portugal works fine we have used it across both countries and it works fine and much quicker than our French one.

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[emjaiuk]

It is a pity there cannot be one system for all Europe ........

It's a pity we can't have a universal system for the UK. It's ridiculous the variation in rules and systems in this country'

Malcolm

 

[Dorwyn]

I still regret the €10 whipped away by the wind between fingers and slot.

I think over the last few years Sanef has cost me a few lost tenners, whipped out of my bank account! But I agree, it does remove the major stress of tolls. Have yet to think about doing the Spanish/Portugal tag. Don't go to Spain much, wifey don't like it.