2023-08-18 12:33:17
This Wednesday followingnoon, the parking lot is filling up little by little. Valentin Régniez left Valenciennes in the North two days ago with his wife and two children and decided to stop in Charente before heading to a campsite in Biscarrosse, the final destination of their summer journey. “Holidays in a motorhome are a big first for us”testifies the thirty-something, a bit relieved not to have hung the vehicle rented for the occasion. “To find out where to sleep, we rely on the Park4night application which lists the different places where we can park. What we are looking for is above all quiet places like here and we find them thanks to the comments left by other users. »
A human-sized area
Like them, more and more of them stop at this small area ” at Human scale “ managed by Dominique Joubert, 68, former territorial technician at the town hall of Angoulême. Open since September 2021, the infrastructure is the result of a project matured over several years. “During the trips with my husband, I became aware of the enthusiasm around the motorhome. We saw more and more of them, but when the confinements came out, the phenomenon really amplified. The Covid was a revealer and I decided to start »testifies the retiree.
Two euros a night is really nothing. Even at six euros it would still be reasonable.
After having studied the technical methods, having learned regarding the specific needs of camper van owners and obtaining the necessary authorisations, she therefore decided to set up a reception area for converted vehicles on a family plot, in La Tourette. However, the choice of this core location imposes some constraints. “The site is Natura 2000 classified, which entails certain obligations such as having permeable soil or the ban on lighting in the evening”specifies Dominique Joubert who plays on word-of-mouth and dedicated applications to make himself known.
Travelers from all over Europe
“Initially, it was a local motorhome owner who listed us on Park4night. Today, we are registered on four sites and the number of visitors is on the rise”. After a slow start, the area recorded the passage of 530 motorhomes in 2022. Travelers from all over Europe. “ Belgium, Germany, Spain… On average, one out of two vehicles comes from a border country. But we also receive students or people in training passing through Angoulême”. If the area is modest in size, it nevertheless has some advantages that seem to attract motorhomes.
“It’s the kind of place where we’re not on top of each other. You can easily talk to your neighbors and meet people. This is an important dimension of motorhome travel,” testify Natalia and Didier Philippon, a couple of retirees from Toulouse traveling the roads of France in their vehicle equipped for twenty years. Beyond the calm and charm of the Tourette plateau described by Internet users, the two motorhome owners admit that they were also seduced by the displayed price. “Two euros a night is really nothing. Even at six euros it would still be reasonable”.
An amount to which must be added a tourist tax of 50 cents per adult as well as 50 cents per half hour for access to electricity and two euros for filling a 150 liter tank of water. All in autonomous operation. “It was a desire on our part to empower users. I come once a day to make sure everything is going well but I can’t check remotely that everyone has paid. At the moment, people are playing the game”, smiles Dominique Joubert who wishes in the future to install an information room at the entrance in order to promote the outings and activities to be done in the aglo. A solution, perhaps, to encourage these one-night travelers to finally stay a few more days in Charente.
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