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Originally Posted by whitehall
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Parking rules can be confusing in Europe, sometimes due to language, custom and variances among communities. But the same can be said right here in the US. One trend that is making things better for all of us is the use of parking apps on your smart phone. We have found them helpful in the US. And last month, while in St-Malo France, we were having some difficulty figuring out where to park in the middle of a busy construction zone. Then we noticed a familiar parking app logo, Whoosh, that we sometimes use. We opened the app. It immediately located us and even the parking station where we were. It already had our credit card; all we had to do was enter the license plate of our rental car. We weren’t sure how long we would stay, but, as with most apps, it gave us a warning and an ability to extend from the restaurant where we were eating. Look for more areas to be covered by such apps.
Originally Posted by xcountry
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whitehall -- thanks for mentioning Whoosh. It's an app I am not familiar with and will certainly try it out. We had the misfortunate of getting towed in Aix last fall. This despite reading the signs, asking the people on the street and others parking. But to no avail, we got towed. It turned out not to be too big of a deal, more nerve wracking then anything because we were flying home the next am and all our luggage was in the trunk.
You don't have to go to Europe for confusing parking signs, just come to DC if you want confusing signs. We are notorious for having signs that contradict one another. I can't imagine a non-English speaker figuring half of them out. Forgot to mention we thoroughly enjoyed Poligano a mare. |
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@ AJPeabody: Great sign - thanks! :tu:
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The credibility issue of a poster is not usually because of the initial complaint or incident. We all know things happen: tickets for driving in a forbidden area, cars broken into, unhelpful ticket agents, police, airline reps, etc.
The poster loses credibility when, after writing about the specific incident, they then embellish with mostly irrelevant, personal opinion stuff like the town being drab, fake stuff made for tourists, etc. and advise against visiting the whole town. If they were writing a trip report, then that stuff would be interesting commentary, but it does nothing to garner any sympathy for what happened to them. Recently, another poster had their car broken into in Pisa and posted that no one should visit Pisa. When I lived in Boston, I consistently ignored limited time parking and got enough parking tickets to paper a wall. It does not matter if the city is nice or not, if policeman care or not, or if parking rules were annoying and inconvenient. It would be stupid to tell people that Boston is terrible and they should not go because I was fined for my own mistakes. |
Talk about unintended consequences...
I have never looked at this part of Italy for myself, since I am not particularly interested in cruises. I have been looking at photos and now I want to visit. Also, I don't tend to wander onto other travel boards--gotta draw the line somewhere. But this link from yours is really pretty great. https://community.ricksteves.com/tra...-angry-version |
So a good 'Fodorite' should always be nice towards OP's who just come to rant, show off, insult whole municipalities or countries ?>
Definitely - like 'when they go low we go high' No reason to be rude as so many were - you can upbraid someone politely and make a better impact - the OP was all you charge but why be like some one like that in your retorts? |
@ PalenQ: No reason to be rude to Fodorites, either.
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To all
I think I should have titled my post differently, something like "Cheesy town with a parking scam". The rest stands. To all who now want to visit Polignano: I sincerely wish you everything you will bring upon yourself. End of story |
Thank you for your nice words, you prove unwise the comments of those who say we should be nice towards one time ranters.
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Cheesy? Using “cheesy” on a forum where not everyone is a native English speaker seems ah cheesy. I don’t even know what it means. You mean like a Celine Dion song?
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Some people are never wrong, despite any facts to the contrary. Obviously it must be somebody else's fault.
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To xcountry
Your question is 100% legit, I should have thought about it. here is the info from a dictionary: Cheesy cheap, unpleasant, or blatantly inauthentic."a big cheesy grin"synonyms:tacky, cheap, tawdry; trite; informalcorny, cornball I guess you are one of those people? Projecting much? |
justtourist - please just go away - you've had your rant and you are contributing nothing to this forum. It's been pointed out to you, not just here but on other websites, that you might just be wrong and that it your own inattention to detail and ignorance that got you the fine, not some mass conspiracy against you.
For what it's worth, I've been to Polignano a mare. It was a perfectly pleasant town, the erosion of the sea cliffs make it interesting. We had an excellent lunch there, and somehow didn't manage to get a parking fine. Nothing there suggested cheesy, tawdry, inauthentic, tacky or cheap. Aesop's tale of sour grapes springs to mind |
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