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01/9/2016 at 7:29am
Location: West - North Yorkshire
Outfit: Swift Speedbird 490 Mondeo Estate
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I don't want to throw cold water on your dreams, but be absolutely honest, I would think it's a bad time to be in the campsite business at the moment. This season has been dire on many sites, with visitor numbers hugely down because of flooding, bad weather, terrorism, and just lack of money - the French in particular are really feeling the pinch. The Euro exchange rate isn't good at the moment, keeping Brits away, and I'm not surprised that La Filature isn't selling - like hundreds of other 'For Sale' sites, I expect.
Having bought a house here, we've come to realise that much of rural France is a 'front' - with shops open but few customers, sites open with few visitors, and little 'real' money in the economy. Somehow rural France survices despite this, but many incomers, expecting 'the good life' may well be disappointed.
Have you thought about working on a campsite for a season, to see what's involved? There are lots of sites which welcome season staff and it may be a way of dipping a foot in the water, without burning your boats in terms of laying out a lot of money on what might be a dream but turn out to be a nightmare.
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01/9/2016 at 9:40am
Location: N. Ireland
Outfit: Elddis Xplore 304
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Interesting report Val, the parts of France we see are reasonably touristy and affluent (certainly compared to N. Ireland anyway).
I was also going to mention the exchange rate - the poor £ at the moment is an inconvenience when you're spending £1000 on a few weeks holiday, but it's a major problem when you're thinking of spending something like £0.5m on a campsite.
Also, Brexit is currently making things very unclear, if yesterdays reports are to be believed immigration will be the top item, not trade, and so we can all expect things to change re rules on who can live where.
As someone who did look into buying a site once, in the Loire, ironically the last time the £ took a huge dip against the euro, I understand your dream, but maybe not the best timing ? Of course you never know, the whole uncertainty might mean there are some bargains to be had.
I like Vals idea of working in France for a year btw.
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