In November, motorists have to dig deeper into their pockets

Maintaining a car is not cheap. Increasingly expensive fuel prices, insurance costs and regular repairs make the set of wheels a cost guzzler. In addition, motorists have to dig deeper into their pockets elsewhere in November: the business with the business goes up by 30 cents.

If you drive on the motorway and need to go to the toilet, you can hardly avoid Sanifair. The subsidiary of the market leader Tank & Rast operates the toilets at the many service areas and petrol stations that meander around the German motorway network. So far, a visit to the toilet there has cost 70 cents, but prices will increase sharply from November.

Sanifair: More expensive toilet use and new voucher model

From November 18th, 2022, going to the toilet will cost 1 euro – a whopping surcharge of 30 cents. This was confirmed by Tank & Rast when asked about GIGA. First had the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported the price increase.

At least that will be the case in return Value voucher model revised. So far, Sanifair customers have received a voucher worth 50 cents for 70 cents when they visit the toilet. That will change in the future: the new voucher model works according to the “customer-friendly 1:1:1 principle”, according to Sanifair.

For every Sanifair visit that costs 1 euro, customers receive one value voucher back in the same amount. The voucher can then be redeemed when shopping in motorway service stations. However, always only one voucher per item. This is a major disadvantage compared to the previous model, in which several vouchers could be combined.

the old vouchers According to the Sanifair operator Tank & Rast also keep them beyond November 18, 2022. Within the calendar year in which they were issued and in the three following calendar years, they can be redeemed under the “conditions valid when the old voucher was issued”.

Important to know: The systems will be converted from the key date. According to Sanifair, this takes time. Until all locations have been converted, there will be locations with a 50-cent voucher and a 1-euro voucher.

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