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- Thu Aug 30, 2018 10:08 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Getting a carte de sejour in the Dordogne
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7047
There is a group named (RIFT) Remain in France Together. Maybe worth looking them up on line or on FB There is indeed ... and it's run by a Lay my Hatter ... me! :D No longer a very active one, I admit, but I still manage to pop in occasionally! Anyway, RIFT has been very involved in the negotiatio...
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:15 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: We have a plan......
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6013
The 'full facts' are different depending on whether you are currently resident in and exercising treaty rights in the EU - in which case you would form part of the protected group under the withdrawal agreement - or whether you want to move to the EU27 after Brexit (or after transition, depending on...
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:52 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: We have a plan......
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6013
I'm not going to get into an argument on this but I'll just say that the info I've given on here isn't second guessing - it's legally and factually correct. Some of you know that I'm involved in the citizens' rights negotiations at a close level - and one thing that's important is that people make d...
- Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:44 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: We have a plan......
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6013
Here's the text from one of the EU sites: 2. How long can I stay without a visa in the Schengen area? You can stay 90 days in any 180-day period within the Schengen area. When applying this rule, the following aspects should be taken into account: • The date of entry is considered as the first day o...
- Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:12 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: We have a plan......
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6013
Farley, it's a limit of 90 days in any period of 180 days - which means a period of 180 days immediately preceding each day of the stay, if that makes sense. This is the common rule for anyone who isn't a citizen of an EU country wanting to spend time in the Schengen area, and the UK would default t...
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 10:09 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: We have a plan......
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6013
Just remember that after Brexit UK residents will be third country nationals and almost certainly restricted to stays of 90 days in an EU country without applying for a long stay visa - a very complicated procedure that has to be begun before you travel. So your plans to spend 6 months at a time in ...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:45 pm
- Forum: B&Bs
- Topic: urgent advise needed!!!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8378
You've definitely done the right thing, aasta. There isn't a commercial kitchen anywhere (apart from perhaps specialist health centres) that could or would guarantee a nut-free environment. And they must know that, so I don't really understand what was going on there. The most important thing is tha...
- Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:24 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Cleaning mid-stay for longer stays?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2120
- Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:23 pm
- Forum: B&Bs
- Topic: Vegan/vegetarian
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4230
We ran veggie/vegan places for many years in UK (including a restaurant) but have been here now for 11 years and the market has almost certainly changed. We're now self-catering but for the first 7 years here ran chambres d'hôtes where we specialised in veggie but weren't exclusively so. In France, ...
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:55 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: SWFrance unpopular or just saturated
- Replies: 46
- Views: 9982
Something very strange is going on - we've had more bookings for next year than ever before at this point in the current year and because we're running a shorter season next year have already filled more than half of our available weeks in both houses :shock: - and all but one booking from the UK. I...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:35 pm
- Forum: Bookings
- Topic: Late Arrival
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6827
Those of you who know me of old will know that my 'default position' is very much about relationships with guests. This year we're letting our second, off-site cottage, three and a half hours away. It's only let to past guests at on-site Ariège gîte, so everyone who stays there knows us, though some...
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:55 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: SWFrance unpopular or just saturated
- Replies: 46
- Views: 9982
I empathise with the phrase that the 'joy' has gone from hosting. We used to enjoy meeting our guests, talking to them about France and life here and sharing our local knowledge. Nowadays, it is very much that they aren't interested in us, France or the area. I'm sad to read this, Gillian, but reli...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:39 pm
- Forum: B&Bs
- Topic: Use of kitchen in a B&B
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10856
I completely agree with Nemo - like her I'm not here very often these days but when I do pop in and find the same old same old stuff going on I'm afraid I just sigh and get ready to go again. There's a difference between stereotyping and gentle comments on how different people from different countri...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:26 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: SWFrance unpopular or just saturated
- Replies: 46
- Views: 9982
I'm not sure that the market down here is saturated, but I'd totally agree that the demographic has changed. The original Francophiles are, it seems, no more (love GillianF's description of those who ooh and aaah over old beams!) and the 'new breed' of UK guests aren't here because they love France,...
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:52 pm
- Forum: Managing your garden and pool
- Topic: BBQ versus plancha
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2505
I absolutely love my plancha - we use it most nights in summer now we've kicked our guests out of the summer kitchen :lol: . Don't use any oil, even on veg. One tip on cleaning. We buy a ludicrously expensive but highly effective cleaner called Plancha Net. You just spray it on while the plancha's s...