Advertise with French Connections
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Online Advertising for Your French Holiday Rental or Property for Sale
Advertise your gite, holiday home or property for sale in France at the original French holiday rentals and real estate website, www.frenchconnections.co.uk
At French Connections we’ve been helping property owners receive more enquiries and bookings for France since 1996.
Advertise on our market leading website, www.frenchconnections.co.uk, and promote your French villa, farmhouse, gite, apartment or B&B to active holidaymakers. We offer a range of fantastic value holiday rental and property for sale advertising packages – among the best available - plus a host of special features.
Highlights of French Connections advertising packages:
- Market leading website which consistently appears at the top of Google search results.
- Choose from a range of affordable online advertising packages.
- Keep all your earnings; fixed cost advertising with no commission charges payable.
- Excellent value for money; advertise from the equivalent of less than £3 a week.
- Advert easy to compile - we put you in control of your ad.
- Helpline for Support and advice from our expert team, including native French speakers.
- You always receive our personal attention, with no faceless automated systems.
- All adverts include a description, photos, map, places of interest, availability calendar and link to your own website*.
- Optional upgrades to host video tours, display extra photographs, run special offers and feature in special promotions.
- Constantly updated website content includes regional, travel & seasonal guides, holiday ideas, blogs, event listings and news.
- Free marketing advice and guides for French property owners.
- Free SMS text message alerts when you receive an enquiry.
- Free basic listing on French language site with option to choose full translation.
*Conditions apply
| Starter | Classic | Professional | Professional Plus | ||
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| Full search listing | |||||
| Free text descriptions | |||||
| Online advert management | |||||
| Availability calendar | |||||
| SMS enquiry alerts | |||||
| Free owners advice | |||||
| Link to your personal website * | |||||
| Rental units included | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| > Additional units | + £39 | + £39 | + £39 | + £39 | |
| Photos as standard | 4 | 6 | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
| > Additional photos | + £10 | + £10 | N/A | N/A | |
| Special offers as standard | 2 | 2 | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
| > Additional special offers | + £25 | + £25 | N/A | N/A | |
| Professionally edited video on your page | - | - | - | ||
| > Optional upgrade | + £99 | + £99 | + £99 | N/A | |
| Free basic listing in French language directory | |||||
| Full listing in French language directory | - | - | - | ||
| > Optional upgrade | + £49 | + £49 | + £49 | ||
| Annual cost | £149 | £169 | £189 | £299 | |
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IMPORTANT: UK residents are subject to VAT at 17.5%. If you are registered as a business in the UK you can claim this back. Residents of other EU countries pay the price excluding VAT providing you are operating as a business. VAT does not apply outside the EU area. Payment may be made via our secure server on line using Protx. We also accept Cheques drawn on a UK bank account. We are unable to accept payments in Euros or any other currency except via Protx. Due to high charges we do not accept bank to bank transfers. *Conditions apply |
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| Classic | Professional | Professional Plus | |||
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| List your property until sold | |||||
| Full search listing | |||||
| Free text descriptions | |||||
| Online advert management | |||||
| SMS enquiry alerts | |||||
| Free sales advice | |||||
| Link to your personal website * | |||||
| Photos as standard | 6 | Unlimited | Unlimited | ||
| > Additional photos | + £10 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Professionally edited video on your page | - | - | |||
| > Optional upgrade | + £99 | + £99 | N/A | ||
| Free basic listing in French language directory | |||||
| Full listing in French language directory | - | - | |||
| > Optional upgrade | + £49 | + £49 | N/A | ||
| Annual cost | £159 | £179 | £259 | ||
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IMPORTANT: UK residents are subject to VAT at 17.5%. If you are registered as a business in the UK you can claim this back. Residents of other EU countries pay the price excluding VAT providing you are operating as a business. VAT does not apply outside the EU area. Payment may be made via our secure server on line using Protx. We also accept Cheques drawn on a UK bank account. We are unable to accept payments in Euros or any other currency except via Protx. Due to high charges we do not accept bank to bank transfers. *Conditions apply |
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The original and still the best French holiday rentals website
Attract more enquiries and bookings through www.frenchconnections.co.uk, the leading holiday property and real estate website dedicated to France.
Advertise with us and benefit from our high quality audience, cost effective advertising, a great reputation and a truly personal service from our team of experts.
We offer a range of property advertising packages from promoting occasional bookings for your own holiday home in France when it’s empty right up to adverts for professional gite businesses with multiple accommodation units.
12 Great reasons to advertise with French Connections
- Reach our high quality audience of potential customers actively looking for holiday accommodation across France.
- We are the specialists in France, with an informative website designed to attract and retain holidaymakers.
- French Connections visitors trust the brand and often return each year to book their French holiday accommodation.
- French Connections is still run personally by its dedicated owners, supported by a highly professional team.
- We provide a personal touch – we are always easy to reach and build up great working relationships with our advertisers.
- Professional publicity campaigns generate valuable press coverage for French Connections and our advertisers in leading magazines and national press.
- Ongoing online marketing campaigns ensure the site consistently appears at the top of relevant Google searches.
- Advertising packages represent great value and are some of the most competitive in the market.
- We have extensive experience of online advertising since 1996 and were one of the very first French property websites.
- You are in control of your advert and can make unlimited changes whenever you like.
- Our newsletters and online features give owners practical, user-friendly advice and market information
- We’ve worked with thousands of satisfied advertisers and property owners – read what they say about us.
Here are just some of the many great comments we have received recently
Felicity and Patrick Reid
Just a word of gratitude & congratulations on a fabulous web site!
We have been with French Connections 10 months & had a great Summer '07 & since the start of January we are now fully booked from mid June to end August this year. Thanks for the great service & efficiency for both the advertiser & the renter, well done to the team!
Cora Galligan, Kuwait
At this stage can we thank you for all the business you have provided for us in the last few years, and we had no hesitation in telling Ian Cross to continue his membership.
Adrian and Sharon Olney
Mark and Pluis Van Stapele
Comments: Just had a great holiday in a property advertised by you, now looking for something close enough to visit Paris and Disneyland in March 2010 but for 25 people, any chance??
Ron K
Ron Keefe
.....In the mail it was noticed that after 8 pictures paid additional pictures are free, this is another EXCELLENT action!! Please pass my compliments to Glynis.
I will soon load up more photos on both my advertisements!
Cheers, Paul.
Paul Kluijtmans
We have been very happy with the level of enquiries generated by our advert with you.
The geographic spread of the enquiries is impressive.
Thank you for another great year!
You're the best!
Kathy Connolly
Dear Tina,
Thank you for the explanation!
I will certainly renew this year again as I have had a lot of luck with working with the ad, as we did last time. Thank you so much for all the help and advice.It seems to have made a great deal of difference-- I am even getting much earlier enquiries than ever!
I appreciate all your help and patience!
Kind regards,
Nan
Nan Jorgensen
We have just had a guest for B&B over the past 2 nights and during conversation she mentioned her delight at finding us through the French Connections website. She commented that the site was excellent and she particularly appreciated the facility for making contact with several owners at a time WITHOUT having to re-submit the details of dates, name, address etc., etc. Also the facility to make contact, with a simple click, with the various owners was a great help too. 'A very well designed and customer friendly site' were here words.
I thought you should hear of this as many folk will take the time to write a complaint but few will do so with a thank you.
Congratulations and thanks.
Ron Young
...Perfect, you really are a pleasure to work with,
Many thanks
Dena
Latest press coverage
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Press Coverage: French Property News February 2010
4 page feature in French Property News magazine, featuring 3 French Connections advertisers -
Press Coverage: Telegraph.co.uk January 2010, France Guide
France 2010 accommodation guide by Fred Mawer -
Press Coverage: Telegraph.co.uk January 2010
Insider's guide to Provence in Telegraph travel section -
Press Coverage: Living France October 2009
Glynis Shaw gives advice on buying a property for gite rentals -
Press Coverage: French Property News October 2009
Tips for property owners on Christmas and New year business -
Press Coverage: French Property News August 09
Double page feature about marketing a holiday property -
Press Coverage: Living France July 2009
Extensive coverage of a French Connections feature on expats who have combined their gite rental business in France with other passions -
Press Coverage: French Property News June 09
Feature about three French Connections rental properties


You were recommended to me by a friend and I put our advert in last week, It has already proved to be money well spent and I wanted to tell you how very pleased we are with the results. Within the week we have had two bookings amounting to £1500! I foresee that French Connections can count on our custom for a long time, and that we will be extending our advertising to include some of the extras you offer.
We are extremely pleased and want to thank you for the service you so obviously fulfill to your clients.