Let’s be honest. Why would anyone start a new website from scratch on a topic that has been around for years? There are literally hundreds if not thousands of websites offering lists of villas, cottages, bed & breakfast or chateau accommodation. Just go the Google and search for any combination of the aforementioned keywords and add ‘France’ so that you get only websites related to France. So far so good. But if you go through a couple of these sites, you’ll notice that most of them are nothing but lists of accommodation facilities. In many cases the websites mix offerings from the whole world and they are hard to navigate. They are so complex that you need to be a computer expert to find what you are actually looking for. So I decided there must another way to present the information to occasional holiday travellers. Being a professional web designer for almost 10 years I have enough experience and knowledge to start, develop and maintain a website which has no smaller ambitions than being a No. 1 source of information for France holiday makers. Although a brave statement at the first sight, I am quite confident. At this moment I am not sure about the final look of the website. Definitely there are going to be many changes in structure and graphics over the course of time. The website starts as a blog but this is not for good. When I get to a point where the blog functionality won’t suffice to support the functions needed to serve the purpose of the website, I will switch to a regular web application. But that’s far ahead.

What can you expect for the future? First of all, we need to make up the list of places of interest in France. Next we add more information about each place with references to other website that cover the particular place in more depth. As the content expand we will need a way to organize and search through it. What I am missing most on other websites is a thorough in-depth info on organizing the holiday in France. What should you expect from your journey, how should you prepare, all those FAQ related to going abroad with your family. There are so many thing to consider before you take off. This section is gonna be huge. And I expect you the readers to participate, too. Not only in the discussions below each post, but please do not hesitate to write me an e-mail using the contact form. I am online every day and I’ll do my best to answer the same day. The website would not be complete without the list of available accommodation facilities. And what a list! There aren’t gonna be thousands of listings. No way. I want to keep it concise and list just those facilities where I would love to stay myself. This site is for you, guys. I would like to avoid the sales pitch as much as possible. And if you feel that something seems a bit odd, let me know. Hopefully, with your help the Villas in France website will reach its goal. The sooner the better, for all of us.

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