Dear Editor,
We own a property in the Algarve which we visit quite a few times through the year and although we much preferred the A22 prior to the introduction of tolls, we would not object to paying a nominal fee just to avoid the EN125. The problem is the complications of actually trying to make a payment with a hire car! On our summer visit this year, we had friends and family over to stay and had to visit the airport a number of times to collect and return – 12 runs back and forward.
The rest of the holiday was spent finding and queueing in post offices to pay, as someone had left a debt on the car before we hired it, so the little pay shops couldn’t separate the transactions.
What a nightmare! Then, when returning home, we had to find someone willing to trek into town two days later and queue to pay for our journey back to the airport. Surely there must be a simpler way to collect the tolls.
If we could either register a credit card temporarily to the car or buy a transponder which could be registered to us which we could transfer between vehicles, I’m sure things would be a lot easier and people would pay instead of just leaving the debts.
Mira Baia
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Not returning to Algarve. Blame the tolls!
Dear Editor,
I have been to the Algarve for the past 10 years for my holiday. We always hire a car for the duration of our stay, usually 10 nights.
The toll fees on the A22 have put us off and we will not be returning to the Algarve until toll fees are scrapped all together.
I know of other people who are also put off from visiting now. The government needs to listen.
Keith Thomas
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