... likhom.com website, for finding gites and/or chambres d'hotes. I've used it before, and was really happy with the results. It gives you a brief rundown of each place (you select the town or area, and it shows you various properties near that area); if you're ... more

... m trying to rent a gite in Alsace ... ... the response I got from "Gites de France" "I am sorry to hear that your insurance doesn't cover your acts while you are on holiday. It must exist english insurance which may cover you. We have many english customers which are ... more

... contract for a short-term gite rental in France. Our home insurance does not cover this. After a lot of Googling and telephoning (to our home insurers, who couldn't offer any insurance 'add-on' or advice, the British Insurance Brokers Association, who couldn't help, and property agencies in ... more

Thank you - I eventually reached this conclusion. It's a shame that the owner of the gite couldn't have told me this, as it would have saved me a lot of anxiety and googling! Thanks again! ... more

... ripped off (and believe me, gite owners have just as many problems as their guests in this respect) rent through Gites de France. It may cost more, but at least you will have a third party in case of disputes, and the paying proceedure is easy. The way to avoid ... more

... home around southern Brittany. Ideally with a pool and somewhere to go in the evening with the children who can play with other children. I Dont want to rent a private house/gite and be sitting at home in the evening with just ourselves. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Diane ... more

Here are the gite resources I recommend: http://www.fleursdesoleil.fr/ http://www.cheznous.com/ http://www.vacationfrance.com/ http://www.gites-de-france.fr/ http://gitelink.com/ http://www.francelodge.fr/ http://www.babfrance.fr/cadre1/cadre1.htm http://www.chambre-ville.com/ Many families operate gites which develop ... more

... that can be out in the sticks or right close the beach - ive been on many a holiday with my family rentign gites for a couple of weeks and its been greta fun - alot of the time they can coem with bikes and other things to keep the kids occupied ... more

... that the most child-friendly gites (i.e near a beach, or with a pool) can work seriously expensive during peak season. Cheaper ones can be rustique and quite isloated - cue bored and whingeing kids! In my experience, camping under canvas or in a mobie is generally cracking value for ... more