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Has this one been discussed? frenchmaison.co.uk
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I had included it on the list at the head of this topic, following on from three posts earlier this year Enid:

viewtopic.php?p=127662&highlight=frenchmaison#127662

viewtopic.php?p=124606&highlight=frenchmaison#124606

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cyber-gites

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Here's one I found today (quite high up in searches with my keywords): cyber-gites.com
The ad upload process is a little strange (!) but they allow a link and it's free.

Oh and I also got an enquiry today from france-gites.com.
Village holiday house, for large groups: Limousin, 30 minutes south of Limoges. http://www.vacvertes.com
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grandsgites.com

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I've just paid for the subscription for grandsgites.com - you're eligible if you can sleep 12 or over (in one gite or several). They cost about 50 euros, add a link and come way up in the searches for grands gites / gite de groupe etc. The only annoying thing is that you have to print off the form and send it in the post, with a cheque :shock:
I'll let you know if anything comes of it.
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Thanks Chambo for both of those. Now added.

By the way team, don't forget to come back here and report on any of the sites on this list that you have used - tell us the good, the bad and the downright ugly!

I can recommend francethisway (set up by LMH member Marcus) which delivered me a booking this year from a lovely US family for a week in shoulder season!!
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Has this one been discussed? frenchmaison.co.uk
Just noticed that they have a special offer to new users of £33 a year
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One free French listing site I would NOT recommend (and that's rare for me!) is sunlidays.com - with www in front, but I don't them to get a free link on LMH!

They insist on a reciprocal link to them - which is quite common with free French language listing sites. However, after our having put the link to them on our French language site, they never did anything. We waited and waited...and even my dear wife lost patience. There is no contact form and the only contact I discovered was webmaster@ (this works for most sites!). Several e-mails were ignored, so in the end we just removed their link for our site. A lot of wasted effort. I am only posting this to warn others from wasting their time.

Hence one NOT to add your wonderful list, GG!
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Thanks for the "wonderful" LPC - and thanks too for the heads up, they sound a complete shower!!
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a-gites.com has been mentioned on another thread but isn't on the list - it is quite a big listing site and costs around 60€ per property for 12 mths.
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Thanks LV - haven't been watching other threads quite as closely of late for various reasons so missed that one - have now added the above.

Please come back anyone and tell us what results you are getting from these sites. :)
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Those with * presumably are French speaking by this I mean that adverts and or any communications with can only be carried out in French ???
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Mmm, I think you'll find they vary Camel - some are in French but with an English language option and some are very definitely rooted only in French!
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Normady listing site

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Hi GG (and la vache - long time since Ive been on)

Another free listing site recently started for Normandy is n4normandy.com

There is also a site nfornormandy.com which is an information site about normandy too, anyone wishing to take a look and contribute info, stories & photos etc would be greatly appreciated - obviously with credits and links back to you/yoursite if you wish.

Both sites have already been doing extremely well with Search Engines.
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Thanks bob - have added it and hope it delivers enquiries for the Normans among us!
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Hello GG! Have you seen the posting by Blanche under "Rental Listing Sites" about france-voyage.com? Perhaps another to add to the list? I feel a bit sheepish about suggesting someone else's suggestion! :lol:
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