Category Archives: Business

So who will buy our hotel…?

Thanks to the current Euro crisis, and the haphazard way in which France threw money into the failing Greek economy over recent years, our little hotel sits alone and unused – and for sale – to date. Very sad eh…? we have had two potential buyers willing to take over in the past year but their plans were knocked in the head by the French banks who are in a lot of bother right now.

Seems as though the French banks just don’t want to lend the money these days which in itself is adversely affecting the local economies in rural France especially. We’d like to see someone really enterprising take over our place and get it back on the road – renovate, decorate, install something like an Aldelo System for the running of the restaurant side of things and bring what is a 200 year old business into the 21st century. We made inroads in that area before we packed it in.

Hopefully things will improve soon but as for our situation we need buyers with the cash in hand, the French banks are not looking to issue mortgages for some time to come!

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Getting that second car back on the road

We have a second car that we bought whilst living in France and since we returned to the UK the car has been sitting in the garage off-road as we hit the proverbial brick wall when we came to the paperwork involved in transferring the details from a european vehicle to UK requirements. It has been a real headache. So far the car, which is only three years old, has been sitting unused – and we could really do with using it as it suits our family needs better – while we work through the red tape.

The insurance has been a problem, it’s not like getting a simple rv insurance quote, and as it is a French car (well, a suzuki but bought in France) the insurance is expensive. Anything to do with France has heaps of complications we have found through experience.

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Time to think about Xmas shopping!

It’s hard to get your head around the idea but with 12 months remaining until Xmas it’s time to start thinking about getting the most of your money when you shop online. Most people shop online these days, I do anyway, and with the help of little aids such as Target coupons it makes it easier to save some money on your purchases.

Don’t forget also to look around for the added benefit of free postage on your shopping – when you consider how much postage can add up to it makes sense to get the most out of any offers that include free delivery.

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