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Website design for gites - 2 - 156 days ago
This is part 2 in a series describing how to create your own website - see Gite websites for others.Getting everything set up readyOK you’ve spent your hard-earned money and got a decent website name - or perhaps you already had one. You’ve... Topics: Gite Websites

Does your villa exist - 158 days ago
A lot of you will have heard of the recent scandal in Spain where someone had advertised villas for holiday rental which didn’t really exist. They took the bookings on the non-existent properties then disappeared with the money.This makes everyone.. Topics: Gite business

Sorry, I didn’t hear that - 159 days ago
I’ve avoided talking about the Tour de France this week, because I know that 99% of readers will go off and have a nice cup of tea instead, but today there is an experiment in the competition that is interesting even if you couldn’t care less. Topics: Cycling in France

What is everyone looking at - 269 days ago
I hear a lot of questions about how well holidays in France are booking this year, and I know that while some rental properties are as booked as usual, others have significantly less bookings than they would expect for the time of year. So the big... Topics: Money matters

What’s in a name - 271 days ago
If you were one of the 90 or so inhabitants of the place in northern France called ‘Y’ (pronounced ‘e’ ‘rather than ‘e-grec’ if you are interested) would you (a) move house (b) spend happy hours trying to explain. Topics: French language






