Making a living out of season

[Will]

A gite complex near here seems to be keeping open out of season by laying on English entertainments etc for the not-inconsiderable English-speaking population in its immediate vicinity. It is advertising regular curry evenings, quizzes, football matches on Sky TV etc. It's not my particular bag, so we haven't been, but judging by comments on other forums it seems to be a success.

I mention it as a suggestion about a way that other gite owners might be able to survive a bit more comfortably during the off-peak season.

It does beg all sorts of questions about licences, or how British satellite sports broadcasts can be legally shown publicly overseas - the park's web site seems to avoid mention of these topics, or Siret numbers. But it is obviously possible, and does well.

[Miki]

As you say Bill, it could certainly open up a can of worms.

Some gîte complexes will certainly still be running on the old amateur style of business, i.e paying through CMU but still declaring for tax, in the normal manner.

That in itself, as long as their region are still OK with that, is

above board but.....selling food, beers or literally anything along

those lines, will be strictly interdit and that goes for allowing the

public to watch TV without the correct payment of ones  redevance.

Now let's say he is registered at the C de Com purely as gites, then

the above will still hold but they might have registered somewhat

differently to the normal gîte complex and we know of a few who have

just about everything that a tourist centre would register, within

their own registration and therefore all should be fine.

So who knows, he may well have a licence 3 (or minimum grande licence

to be able to sell drink with food), he may have paid up front to show

TV to clients and even have a resto licence and also been inspected etc

to enable them to sell food to off road clients (and that includes even

when just advertising in the press or on the net) although a snack type

affair is some what looser in terminology and can be added on OK

Whatever Bill,  It certainly would need a siret/siren number to do all that,  that's for sure.

[fionaj]

Some gite owners in our area do link with French immobliers to cater

for house hunting guests particularly the Dutch contingent who have a

long break over Christmas. The English I am told start looking for

houses in earnest in February, so this could keep Gite owners busy all

year round!

[The Riff-Raff Element]

[quote user="Miki"]

Whatever Bill,  It certainly would need a siret/siren number to do all that,  that's for sure.

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In any case, shouldn't that siret / siren number be displayed on

publicity, note paper, websites, etc? I'm sure someone around here had

their head nailed to the floor (first time offence, you see) for

failing to do this.

[0zeb100ddMMyyyy0Falseen-USTrue]

Hello

Does anyone really care? I don't,good luck to anyone who shows a spark of enterprise.

Regards

[The Riff-Raff Element]

[quote user="zeb100"]

Hello

Does anyone really care? I don't,good luck to anyone who shows a spark of enterprise.

Regards

[/quote]

You might be surprised how many people can suddenly take an interest if

a box has not been ticked. Mind you, that's true practically evrywhere

now, particularly where provision of food and drink is concerned. It's

not conducive to enterprise, I would agree.

[Miki]

I guess others won't but those that like to know these things would love to catch them and put a nice few bob in to the coffers !

But seriously, an important part of doing something like wine and grub under the counter and

not being registered, is that any guests/clients, falling foul of

delhi belly will not be covered by the hosts insurance and boy if the person

complains to the right body, all hell will break loose on them for not

having the correct insurance.

Even the smallest table d'hôte establishment must have the correct

insurance. Apart from that, there is the point, that a local resto

paying high cotisations will not be too happy to know that a local Brit

enterprise is pinching potential clients and do not have the

neccessary label to do so. Food and drinks are well regulated, ask

anyone who has opened a resto or run one  in France. There are two

chaps opening one in Villebois Lavalette (Bazzer is a member on here )

ask them !