water rat Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 If anyone's interested we have just acheived 3 epis with Gde F and we are v happy!!W Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Well done and very nice it loks too. I particularily liked the painted flowers in the bedrooms, they must have taken for ever to paint. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 From what I could see on the site , you really deserve the 3 épis , well done !Really nice region it seems, and the mill+ millhouse look fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Beautiful and .. bravo! toutes mes ficelles de calecons! (= toutes mes felicitations). Hope to make it over one day- after our big move is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babbles Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Well Done, lots of time and effort look to have been spent, it seems that they noticed[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juleyandpaul Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hi and congratulations,Firstly I apologise if this has been covered elsewhere but I cannot find anything.How did you find the whole process of getting registered etc. with Gite de France. Was it fairly painless?We are considering going down that route with our B&B but wondered what we may be letting ourselves in for!ThanksJuley and Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water rat Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 We have been trading as a CDH since 2004 and business was building gradually with just word of mouth and the local tourist office,but last summer was a disaster !Our friends who have a CDH in the Creuse 23, our neighbouring dept said how easy it had been to join GDF and recommended we at least try. We live in the Indre 36 and I must say ,we seemed to have to jump through many more hoops! But it has been totally worth it.If you want the french to stay, I don't think you have a choice as it's their bible and they seem to like holidaying in their own country.We liive in a lush and green area and were surprised to get many southerners and westerners who were escaping to the country to get away from the tourists. We're also about 4 hours from Paris and they love to take short breaks here.So, I don't think you'd lose anything by trying,but I think it depends on which dept you're in. Perhaps in a popular area they have enough accommodation and it would be harder,but give it a go!!Bon CourageW Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Water Rate - I sent you a PM, did you get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water rat Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 yes, sorry I did get it and did reply ,but through the wrong channel. I was going to try again, but have been a bit busy preparing for the telethon. Thanks for your suggestions and I will get back to you after the week end.w Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franglaise Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Congratulations Water Rat and well deserved, your house looks wonderful and very 'cosy' too. We got our 3 epis yesterday too and we're very pleased with that as well (we might go for 4 epis eventually but I'm not sure I want to jump through hoops to get them and I'm not sure if it is really worth it). I have no idea if GdF brings more guests (I have my doubts) but we needed them to get our grant and I suppose they can be useful to get advice (they are also nice people here in the 66). Anyway all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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