page_title: No frills
section_title: No frills filling stations
hierarchical_section_title: No frills / No frills filling stations
caption_attribution_description: Tinq gazstation, Delfgauw, 8 november 2005
context_page_description: A no-frills or no frills service or product is one for which the non-essential features have been removed to keep the price low. The term "frills" originally refers to a style of fabric decoration. Something offered to customers for no additional charge may be designated as a "frill" - for example, free drinks on airline journeys, or a radio installed in a rental car. No-frills businesses operate on the principle that by removing luxurious additions, customers may be offered lower prices.
  Common products and services for which no-frills brands exist include budget airlines, supermarkets, vacations and used vehicles.
context_section_description: In the Netherlands and other European countries, you can find no frills filling stations. These are petrol stations that consist of a series of self-service petrol and diesel fuel dispensers that you pay with a bank card. There are no other facilities on-site like kiosks, toilets, car washes or water & air pumps, plus many don't have loyalty programmes. If there is a problem, drivers are to call a hotline using an on-site telephone where the station owners will be alerted to the site, and if needs be cut the fuel to the pumps. Due to the nature of these sites, they are usually opened 24/7, except in the Dutch Bible belt like Urk where due to local by-laws they must closed on a Sunday.
  Notable chains includes Dutch chains Tango, Q8 Easy, TinQ, Firezone, Esso Express & Shell Express, and the Austrian chain Diskont.
caption: An example of a no frills petrol station, this one is a TinQ in the Netherlands.
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