Paphos Life

Polly wrote: ↑Sun Apr 16, 2023 6:40 am Does the sms method work with pay as you go?

Yes, it is just the same as sending / receiving any other SMS. Just make sure you have enough credit on your PAYG phone.

At the moment there is the option to use the App, use the SMS system or insert a coin. The coin method is being phased out.

More detailed information about the Smart Parking Terms of Use in this link:

https://pafos.org.cy/smartparkingtermsofuse/

i agree... first time you use the app its awkward fiddly and you're probably in a rush..

But one soon gets used to it...

I used the sms number for parking on Monday, very easy and you get a reminder 5 minutes before your time expires giving you the option to extend your parking time. Prefer this to the app as I’m not down in Paphos very often.

Yes, I use this system too, as you say very easy, can be done with any mobile phone. No need to use the App or a smart phone.

Dee

So, if I go to Paphos in the morning, where do I find what to enter in my phone

As Louise said earlier…

“…… You send a message to number 9191 mentioning the parking lot number where you are parked. You get a confirmation and also another message when your parking time is nearly finished.”

So, what does the message need to say.?? The car park space number ? And the car registration ?

Just the space number painted on the ground in each space.

Ian

Thanks for that Ian..

Not much use if you are a tourist with a UK mobile as the message won't send. The other machine took cash if you have €1 change.

For the first time today, I used the SMS system.. I tried to get a ticket from the machine and the 1 euro coin for 30 minutes went straight through the machine..
So, I sent an SMS with just the number on the car parking space.. I got a message saying I had been charged 1-17. I got another message after 25 minutes saying to drive away or pay more money.
I assume the 17 cents was for using the money on my phone

Can the smart parking app be used by tourists with a UK registered mobile phone, loaded with pounds sterling...?

Probably not... much simpler to put a1 euro coin in the slot at the meter which gives you 2 hrs parking.

trevnhil wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:16 pm For the first time today, I used the SMS system.. I tried to get a ticket from the machine and the 1 euro coin for 30 minutes went straight through the machine..
So, I sent an SMS with just the number on the car parking space.. I got a message saying I had been charged 1-17. I got another message after 25 minutes saying to drive away or pay more money.
I assume the 17 cents was for using the money on my phone

'These include via SMS, with an agreement made with Cyta, Epic and Primetel, whereby a message sent to 9191 will enable the cost to be tagged onto customers’ mobile phone bills at a €1 charge,'
https://cyprusdriving.net/paphos-gets-s ... prus-mail/

This is a quote from an article dated July 2022, so the charge by the phone company if you use the SMS system may have changed in the meantime.

Kili01 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 4:48 pm Probably not... much simpler to put a1 euro coin in the slot at the meter which gives you 2 hrs parking.

But the point today was that the meter was not working. I put a one-euro coin in and it just went straight through. Also, it was 1 euro for only 30 minutes, so no two-hour parking where I was

Kili01 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 4:48 pm Probably not... much simpler to put a1 euro coin in the slot at the meter which gives you 2 hrs parking.

Thanks for replying, I'm led to believe that
the coin meters are being phased out, does anyone know when that will happen....roughly..?

trevnhil wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:16 pm For the first time today, I used the SMS system.. I tried to get a ticket from the machine and the 1 euro coin for 30 minutes went straight through the machine..
So, I sent an SMS with just the number on the car parking space.. I got a message saying I had been charged 1-17. I got another message after 25 minutes saying to drive away or pay more money.
I assume the 17 cents was for using the money on my phone

Don’t think so Trev, unless things have changed since the launch last summer, see the long post of mine in the thread I’ve linked below, you were charged 17 cents for parking and €1 from the mobile operator for using the SMS function on your mobile which should show on your next monthly or from your PAYG balance depending on whether you have a pay monthly or PAYG service. So if that had been me using the app, it would have cost only 17 cents.


viewtopic.php?t=17278

Ian

I will have to check up but it will have to be another day

trevnhil wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:16 pm For the first time today, I used the SMS system.. I tried to get a ticket from the machine and the 1 euro coin for 30 minutes went straight through the machine..
So, I sent an SMS with just the number on the car parking space.. I got a message saying I had been charged 1-17. I got another message after 25 minutes saying to drive away or pay more money.
I assume the 17 cents was for using the money on my phone

If your coin goes straight through the meter again just rub it on the ground it should then hold

Trireme. I tried to use the test method with my uk registered phone and it wouldn't send the message.