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If you go to France you will no doubt at soe stage go on the toll roads, these are very good and an effective way of getting across the country quickly. They also offer good stop over points for the night. However when you come to pay there are different routes to take the cash option or via credit card, the latter usually does not have as many ques, however if you go via the credit card route, your costs will be calculated automatically based on your vehichle size/ wieght. If you have a MH this works out much more expensive, however if y go tot he cash desk, then present your card, you will get the same rate as per a car. I have recently come back from a trip to Strassbourge and tested both options, the differnece was alarming, on one section it was only € 11 with cash, whereas it was nearer € 35 for credit card.

So be warned, use the cash desks - they classs a MH as a car and you get that tarrif and not the commercial rates

We always pay cash at the peages. The disadvantages of using a credit card include - having your card "eaten" by the machine if it cannot recognise it, and - credit card companies in general are now charging a lot more for foreign currency transactions.

Another tip is always to try to use a "ticket gateway" that you have seen in use.  We pulled up at one last year, my wife grabbed the ticket from the machine, and the barrier failed to open. Mayhem ensued, as a queue developed behind us (3 caravans, 2 motorhomes, and several private cars) all of which had to reverse out.  It's very difficult to reverse a motorhome with a trailer within the close confines of a peage alley!

If you go via the cash/maned desk then they will put you through as a car, my MH is 8m long and a twin rear axle. One of the gates that I went upto on my recent visit automatically came up with a price, but the cashier looked at it hit a few keys and reduced the level down to that of a car.

WRT credit cards, do not use them, get a Nationwide FLEX account, they do not charge you for using it abroad and give a very good exchange rate, got something like 1.265 Euro to £ last week