Villa Amiel

The bottom line about chambres d’hotes in France

Staying in a chambres d’hotes in France has many advantages in as much as you will be living with real people who will have a working knowledge of the area you’re staying in and a lot of the time will be only too pleased to tell you about the good places to visit and equally places not worth the effort of going to.

Quite often they will be cheaper than staying for instance in a hotel but do bear in mind that the level of service and facilities offered will differ drastically from establishment to establishment.

The Internet has revolutionised the chambres d’hote industry and has provided many benefits to both the proprietors and folk like us who want to stay somewhere nice.  Many establishments have their own websites — often quite simple affairs — that will have photos of the bedrooms and other facilities and may even offer general information about what’s going on in the local area. This does mean that you can do some comparative shopping as it were even before you pick up the phone or dash off an e-mail to enquire about possible dates of vacancies.

All in all, from the point of view of price, having a pleasant experience and getting to know a bit more about where you’re staying and then chambres d’hotes, in my mind beat hotels in every way.