B&B owners in France receive music royalties bill for premises Gîtes de France body demands clearer guidelines on who is liable and how it will be enforced
Odd guests and bad reviews - eight tips to running a B&B in France We spoke to a Danish couple who moved to France for a quiet life but started a five-star ‘chambres d’hôtes’ instead
From chateau to treehouse: How Covid changed our French B&B business Andy and Natalie Solomon share their story of how the pandemic transformed their hospitality business
practical Covid-19: Travelling through France to UK Reader question: We need to travel through France from Spain to the channel tunnel. Are B&B hotels open and are we allowed to leave the motorway for overnight stops?
Does the French health pass requirement apply to gîte and B&B owners? Health passes are required in venues offering shared facilities or meals but it is unclear who will check the owners’ passes
Behind the scenes at Gîtes de France's new B&B project Carole and David Movrel run Gîtes de France’ s best city break chambre d’hôtes , in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes. We spoke to Carole about how the project came to fruition.
Make holiday visitors to French home ‘wifi happy’ The holiday season is approaching fast and whether you’re looking forward to welcoming friends and family into your home, or paid holidaymakers into your gîtes or chambres d’hôtes, you’ll want to be ready to receive them.
Do we need to register our new B&B as a business? We are starting a chambres d’hôtes at our farm and are unsure about just declaring the small income or registering a business (eg. micro-entrepreneur ).
Do we need to register our new B&B as a business? We are starting a chambres d’hôtes at our farm and are unsure about just declaring the small income or registering a business (eg. micro-entrepreneur ).
B&B with WW1 garden trench Some people joke about living on the front line. When Avril Williams says that, she means it literally.
TV licence fee break for B&Bs Chambres d’hôtes open for less than nine months a year and people watching TV on a computer fitted with a TV card have won licence fee cuts.
What is our B&B worth? We run Bed and Breakfast from our home and have decided to sell. Our B&B is well run with a good reputation and website and we have plenty of bookings. How do we calculate the value of the business for a sale? L.D.
What you need to open your own chambre d’hôtes We are thinking about offering bed and breakfast and we notice there are various labels that are attributed to these... can you explain the differences and the rules? Is it obligatory to have a label? J.K.O Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed