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Can anyone help me we are off to France for the first time on Wed and have just bought an electric hook up mains unit. Do I need to have a converter to be able to use this abroad.

Many thanks

It does vary from site to site, although over the past few years, most sites we have used have had the UK style hook-ups. It is probably still a good idea to have a converter just in case, although you may find that if a site has the older type connecter, they can lend you an adapter.

when we went to france they asked what we had and then for a deposit gave us a converter.

hope that helps

happy hols

Yes, take one if you intend using the smaller Municipal sites, especially in the out-of-the-way areas. They're the ones still using the older plugs.

We found 2 last week. One charged 8 euro/night, the other 7/night, both including EHU !!

Many thanks  I think we should be ok then.

Cheers

Just returned from France, used 3 sites. Only one had the same connector as we do. These were all four star sites.

Also out of the three only one had reversed polarity. So out of three sites, one was standard fitting, one needed adapter with reversed polarity, the other just needed adapter. Not really consistent.

We have just returned and out of the four sites we used, half needed the adaptor. I did notice that they had some behind the receptions though. Have a great holiday.