Drivers are being ripped off when parking at the seaside, as councils eat into family summer savings with extortionate costs, Britain’s biggest motoring organisation warns.
Parking at some seaside spots now costs between £20 and £30 for six hours, with councils effectively clawing back savings the Government has given families in the form of its Great British Summer Savings scheme.
A third of drivers encountering parking charges of £20 to £30 at the seaside would either leave the resort immediately or vow never to come back, according to new analysis of 10,594 AA members.
Councils are also trialling higher peak-season summer parking fine
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