My recent overseas jaunt reminded me of a longstanding issue and I thought I'd see how others cope.
Being over 50, I need to pee more than once a day but that's not always a straightforward thing. Charging an entrance fee to the toilets started, I believe, in Belgium some years ago but it's now spread to just about everywhere. I don't mind having to pay but
Most motorway services charge 1 euro or maybe 80 cents. That needs coins and they need to be readily available because I might well be in a hurry and I'll need to negotiate several layers of interlocking garments.
Some places allow contactless card payments but not necessarily any of the cards you have with you.
In Germany some service areas offer only parking and WC - which is free. Other service areas, see above.
In some places peeing in the bushes is still a possibility but not, for example, in the Netherlands where the entire country is constantly neat, tidy and polished and I can't believe they ever pee outdoors anywhere.
Does everyone just keep a bag of euro coins and change with them?
Being over 50, I need to pee more than once a day but that's not always a straightforward thing. Charging an entrance fee to the toilets started, I believe, in Belgium some years ago but it's now spread to just about everywhere. I don't mind having to pay but
Most motorway services charge 1 euro or maybe 80 cents. That needs coins and they need to be readily available because I might well be in a hurry and I'll need to negotiate several layers of interlocking garments.
Some places allow contactless card payments but not necessarily any of the cards you have with you.
In Germany some service areas offer only parking and WC - which is free. Other service areas, see above.
In some places peeing in the bushes is still a possibility but not, for example, in the Netherlands where the entire country is constantly neat, tidy and polished and I can't believe they ever pee outdoors anywhere.
Does everyone just keep a bag of euro coins and change with them?