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My APRR/Fulli tag is Fr/Esp/Pt. I can upgrade to include Italy but they would need to send a new device. Just the one I believe but it probably has an extra RFID chip that speaks Italian.
 
Ye – I think it is different in the hardware.
Hopefully the replacement one (with Italy options) will be here mid August.

In Italy you generally pay only twice, getting in and getting out.

In France you pay every 50 meters... even though I drove from London mostly on B roads... I did some stretches of motorway and had to get out/in the car multiple times and made me reconsider getting a - very low - sportscar at 43. :D
 
My APRR/Fulli tag is Fr/Esp/Pt. I can upgrade to include Italy but they would need to send a new device. Just the one I believe but it probably has an extra RFID chip that speaks Italian.

Just swapped mine as the battery finally died in my old APRR tag

the old hardware was humongous, this is the new Fulli tag for 4 countries

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I generally avoid Switzerland if I can

Only been to Austria once on the bike and didn’t realize I needed a vignette until I’d left :blast

There are digital vignettes available but I’ve not tried myself

I've had one before and need t get another one in 10 days time for a week.
 
I've had one before and need t get another one in 10 days time for a week.

Swiss or Austrian?

From this month, for Switzerland, you can get a virtual e-vignette. No sticker required. 40 CHF (annual only) https://via.admin.ch/shop/dashboard

For Austria, buy at the border or most petrol stations, 10 day job about 5 euros.

Only need these if using a motorway.
 
So that was a frustrating exercise -
Fulli - application ‘froze’ when I tried to ‘accept the conditions’
Ulys - doesn’t have an “Ireland“ option when entering your address
Emovis - ditto

So I’ve gone with Bip&Go which doesn’t have any offers :rolleyes:
 
I used a Ulys Classic for the first time on this years trip to France and Italy, but you can get Spain and Portugal added to it.

€8.90 to get it inc postage, and €2 charge for the month I used it, with no charge when it wasn’t used.

It worked on every occasion except one, but then I noticed a specific ’motorbike sidle through’ lane alongside the gate… just a bit different at that particular toll.
 

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I used a Ulys Classic for the first time on this years trip to France and Italy, but you can get Spain and Portugal added to it.

€8.90 to get it inc postage, and €2 charge for the month I used it, with no charge when it wasn’t used.

It worked on every occasion except one, but then I noticed a specific ’motorbike sidle through’ lane alongside the gate… just a bit different at that particular toll.
It’s worth adding that I had absolutely no success trying to use a Nationwide Building Society account for the toll tag with any of the various companies despite providing the correct IBAN details.
After many frustrating days I opened an account with Lloyds and it went through without a hitch first time.
 
There was a big thread about toll tags, but I thought this might be helpful to some… This was similar to the offer I got a while ago when it was called Mango.

You need a bank account capable of handling SEPA direct debits - I opened a Wise account online which was really easy to do and just gets funds sent to it when I know a bill is due.
 
Just entered Spain using an Emovis tag and I had to hand it to the person in the booth.

Seems odd.


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Just entered Spain using an Emovis tag and I had to hand it to the person in the booth.

Seems odd.


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Did you get it back?

The trick I found is not to approach too fast. If you do the sensors don’t have time to read the tag.
 
There was a big thread about toll tags, but I thought this might be helpful to some… This was similar to the offer I got a while ago when it was called Mango.

You need a bank account capable of handling SEPA direct debits - I opened a Wise account online which was really easy to do and just gets funds sent to it when I know a bill is due.
Thank you for Posting this. Although I am an uneducated type on all things toll tags, can somebody confirm that this is indeed, the best offer there is at the moment?

Thank you.

Seem a good enough for this times, when you are in the group of riders and your canny mate (no names) has stashed a TollTag in his pocket and sails through the barrier, shouting "Come on you faffing twat!!". Meanwhile one does dick about with gloves, coins and/or credit/prepaid card, that may or may not be accepted by the soul free apparatus, that is a contactless pad. Naturally, this only does add to the frustration of being charged to use the motorway network. Do these European Bas****s pay to use the Great British roads?
 
I think you will struggle to beat the Fulli offer now. I have had one since 2018.
 
I think you will struggle to beat the Fulli offer now. I have had one since 2018.
Than you for confirming, Wessie!

I will get one ordered. I hardly ever use toll roads, purely because of the faff involved without having a tag on you. But if having one and not being charged for using it, then it is a no brainer I guess.
 
Just entered Spain using an Emovis tag and I had to hand it to the person in the booth.

Seems odd.


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Yes, in recent years, NE Spain has been the only troublesome place. It didn't work at all on the new AP-8 motorway south of Bilbao that bypasses the traffic infested A-8. On the way back from San Sebastian in pissing rain, the tag did not register at the eastern end of the AP-8 so I had to take a ticket. I presented the ticket at the staffed booth and as she read the ticket in the machine, the barrier went up and the toll was charged to the tag. Very weird. I had the tag in the front pocket of my tank bag as I had used earlier in the year in France.
 


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