Pay parking tickets or not?
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We received a parking ticket in Ireland a couple of years ago. We tried to pay it, but "City Hall" was closed. Didn't know what to do, but the charge showed up on our credit card bill a couple of months later, as we assumed it would.
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You can hang on to it for a while but one way or another you will have to pay for it as the rental car company will get the ticket. If you are past the allowable 20 days you will have fees added on. Let me know if I can be of help.
Cristina in Siena
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Cristina in Siena
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Of course you should pay it! You were a visitor and using the infrastructure of that town. It's like people who sneak on the vaporetto in Venice because often no one checks tickets. That doesn't make it right.
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The parking ticket can be traced back to the license plates of the rental car (Hertz, Avis, etc), so the rental car company would be liable for the ticket. Of course it will eventually be traced back to you if you were responsible for renting on that date.
Ergo, the rental car company will charge your credit card, including whatever penalties incurred.
It actually happened to me 15 years ago in Charleston, SC. A $10 ticket eventually ended up costing me $20. I can envision the same happening in Italy.
Ergo, the rental car company will charge your credit card, including whatever penalties incurred.
It actually happened to me 15 years ago in Charleston, SC. A $10 ticket eventually ended up costing me $20. I can envision the same happening in Italy.