Budget Family Travel in France, Episode 440
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Bonjour and welcome to a new episode of the Join Us in France Travel Podcast! Today, Annie Sargent and James Olsen explore a topic that many families will find both valuable and exciting: budget family travel in France. If you're seeking an affordable yet memorable French vacation with your loved ones, look no further!
#budget, #travel, #podcast, #familytravel, #slowtravel
Table of Contents for this Episode
- Intro
- Today on the podcast
- Podcast supporters
- New Patrons, Thank you!
- Slow Family Travel, trip report
- When did the trip take place?
- 90 days in the Schengen space
- The gîte system in France
- Airbnb vs gîte
- France with with your kids is different than France without your kids
- South Normandy
- Same price for locals as for visitors
- Small town markets
- Favourite activities – Collioure Beach
- Kayaking in the Dordogne
- Favorite food
- The pears in Normandy
- The Salvador Dali Museum, Figueres Spain
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Baillou, The Tapestry
- Loire Valley
- Lessons and Mistakes
- Speeding tickets and driving
- Don’t be too timid
- Learn to negotiate
- Don’t take things too personally
- Copyright
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The This is |
| 0:20.0 | This is Join Us in France episode 440, 440, 4 |
| 0:20.0 | 434, 434, |
| 0:22.0 | Béjoule I'm Annie Sergeant, and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:28.0 | Everyday life in France, great places to visit in France, French culture, history, gastronomy and news related to travel to France generally, but not today. |
| 0:39.0 | Today I bring you a trip report with James Olson about slow family travel in France because they had plenty of time. |
| 0:49.3 | They saw a lot of France and I think there's going to be something of interest to all of you. |
| 0:54.0 | He was great. He made specific recommendations, things he would avoid next time. |
| 0:58.6 | You is a fantastic guest, I think you like it. |
| 1:01.0 | This podcast is supported by donors and |
| 1:03.3 | listeners who buy my tours and services including my itinerary |
| 1:07.2 | consult service and my GPS self-guided tours of Paris on the voice map app. You can browse all of that at my boutique |
| 1:15.6 | join us in France.com for slash boutique and you can of course get those tours |
| 1:21.6 | directly from the voiceemail app from your phone. I am on |
| 1:26.1 | vacation this week so this is going to be a shorter episode than normal with no |
| 1:32.0 | magazine part of the podcast but I do want to thank new patrons |
| 1:36.3 | this week Sylvia Hillary Schultz Catherine T Jill, Jill, Bonnie Cusack and Ashley Atkins. |
| 1:47.0 | Your dedication to keeping this podcast going is wonderful. |
| 1:51.0 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:52.0 | Thank you also Mark Sampson for editing your pledge up. |
| 1:56.0 | Much, much appreciated. Bonjour James Olsen and welcome to join us in France. |
| 2:12.0 | Bonjour James Olsen and welcome to join us in France. Bonjour, Bonjour. |
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