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It all depends if you pre book or not. I never had a problem when I took a twin to France and Spain but I never left anything to chance.

Some of the municipal or smaller sites may have a problem with fitting you on but the biggest problem is the fear of travellers.

I think it is another one of these things where the rumour of something is worse than what really happens.

Its not a bad idea to get hold of a copy of the Caravan Club European Guide Vol 1 which cover France. Sites which do not accept twin axles are invariably mentioned. Some sites that proclaim no twin axles will often relent if the van is towed by and English car. Some sites will require advance notice. The best option is to e-mail your selected sites just to check. I don't think its a massive problem. 

David

We have never had a problem but it's always best to advise a site in advance because they may not have a pitch big enough or sometimes their site roads are too narrow for turning. As has already been said, the problem is with groups of French travellers so if you ring in advance and turn up with an English car then you should be ok.

Susie

Like Billy says above, problem stems from large groups of travellers, and these can be in the 100's. If they descend on a place, they take over. Because the municipals can't be seen to "bar " certain people, they choose to claim that the site or the access is unsuitable on the gounds of safety, for large vans/twin axles. That being so, theoretically it does n't change things if you are English or whatever.

The problem is usually restricted to sites you may use "in transit", and not the 7 night stay type venues, and as has been said , if you are booking, it is wise to indicate the length of your unit anyway, because some sites are tight on manoevring. If you do have a problem in transit, just be prepared to move on to the next, the restrictions are not universal.

FM

What about we Scots, or indeed the Welsh or the Irish?  Are we not equally welcome?

I must say you lot in England need to remember that we are all BRITISH when it comes to nationality!

BRITAIN is not just England you know.

Quote: Originally posted by jennifernn on 30/3/2008

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What about we Scots, or indeed the Welsh or the Irish?  Are we not equally welcome?

I must say you lot in England need to remember that we are all BRITISH when it comes to nationality!

BRITAIN is not just England you know.

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Nah, we Scots would get onto a French campsite whatever we turned up in. The Auld Alliance, remember?

A french site owner told me the ban is indeed to keep out "les gens de voyages _pikeys!). He had had problems with them making a mess and leaving without paying.He accepted non french outfits by pre booking.

On the other hand we have stayed on municipals where there were travellers who were no problem. (The sites had lots of french campers etc as well!).

A site  we stayed on last year at Verdun charged 20 euros for twin axles!

The sign will say  "Interdit aux caravannes à deux essieu".

The CC european guide does specify if twin axle oufits require prior booking.