http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog Gites, bed and breakfast in France, Vendee, La Rochelle Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:19:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I find promising that, from October, Mia, an electric motor car produced by Heuliez, a bus manufacturer, in Vendee,  will start selling on the French market. You can already book yours on the heuliez-mia.com site. A German  Company, Conenergy, will be part of the joint venture. Some technical details: Autonomy  range: ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=25   Just look at the picture here on the left: the writing in French  says: "who will get the summer job?". Indeed the most popular resort on France's Atlantic coast, Les Sables d'Olonne in Vendee, just decided to hire a couple of youngsters to spread tanning cream on the upper shoulders ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=24 We still don't know how the drama of the water pollution and the quotations of the Louisiana and the Florida is going to end. Nevertheless we are all concerned, even us workers of the tourist industry on the Atlantic Coast of France. Without putting all the blame on the oil industry, it ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=23 - Stop believing what the specialized press tells: you can't make a living with a gite or bed and breakfast. Know that it asks time, personal investment. Always providea warm welcome - If you're enticed by the earnings, you'd better abstain - Provide a very high level, of comfort, presentation, kindness, ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=22  We continue our interview with the managers of holiday cottages and bed and breakfast for the simple reason that their answers are always interesting, sometimes edifying, never commonplace. Question: can you make me some examples of particularly nice customers? The answers of the members: I remember a little small English boy 3 years ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=21  In Vendee,  the owners of gites and bed and breakfast share their greatest satisfactions with their customers  - exchanges, divisions, social diversity - to meet nice new people - the contact, meetings, the sharing of a large house… - this activity breaks the monotony of my solitary daily life, enabling ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=20 I had some huge customers and when I saw them arriving, at once, I thought "Oh, my beds!" and then, I have laughed a lot - beds resisted, and the customers returned, and return this year. - When my lawn mower broke down, an Englishman repaired it and finished my job. ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=19 Vendee: is still too early to criticize. However, in our beautiful country, grumbling often contributes to help one's cause. That's why, without being hostile to our president, I raise a preventive protest.  Just in case the response of the French government to Xynthia would look like that of George Bush ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=18 Question : What is the funniest situation that you have ever managed to live? The answers of hosts: - First year, some Belgians, 1 couple and 3 children came on holidays in Vendée one week before reserved period (signed Contract, and paid stay). We thus welcomed them as a matter of urgency ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=17   The Melusine pass card assures a particularly warm and privileged welcome at numerous tourist partners members'. Concretely, it allows to enjoy reductions which sometimes exceed 10 % on numerous local products, leisure, restoration  and accommodation activities. It demonstrates, once more, that, even if free market needs a certain amount of ... http://www.welcome-vendee.com/blog/?p=16