Avoiding tolls but not sacrificing much time in France?

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Afternoon all, we're taking out MH to Catalunya this summer, via the Millau Viaduct and Andorra, I'm planning to do Euro Tunnel to Millau in a day, is there any routes that won't hurt time too much, but save me some money on tolls please? For reference our MH is 7.3m long, 3.3m high and 2.3m wide, I don't ideally want to be going through any tiny villages after some terrible directions from a local in Finale Ligure Italy last year.

Thanks for any responses.
Aaron

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It'll be a long day and 12 hours is what I had in mind, I did that going to Morzine last summer, so not unfamiliar. Key difference is step daughter is bring her best mate this time, so hopefully that'll make the journey easier, how bad could 2 12 year old girls be!

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Thanks for the replies, I think I'm convinced stay on the autoroutes and just suck up the mundane nature of the drive and the extra costs.

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Google maps seems to be taking me to the A75 to finish the trip, from A71 and some other A's I can't remember.

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littlebasher said:

HarryW said:

Being over 3m in height it will push you into the class 3 toll, most Motorhome’s are class 2 ( cars are class 1). Class 3 is approx triple the class 1 charge.
I’ve heard tell that if you press the assistance button at the toll if it rings up class 3 and say you are ‘camping car’ some operators will drop it down to class 2…

This is why i've avoided adding aircon to the roof of our motorhome. It'll probably push me over 3 meters - class 2 is expensive enough!

I didn't think the tolls where considerably more than a car, granted my car drive is only ever to the Alps and the MH is to the south or Italy/Spain etc. I believe there's different operators, so maybe different costs.

Fortunately ours has a bed over cab, so the AC sits happily behind that.

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I'm definitely decided on the Autoroutes now. We have campsites booked and I can't be bothered to change the bookings to accommodate a more leisurely route. Ultimately if I did that we'd have less time at the places we really want to be. I think the more scenic routes will have to wait 20-25 years when I retire!

Thanks everyone for their inputs.