Where do FranceMotorhomeHire clients come from?

27 Jan

We have a fantastic range of client nationalities hiring our campervans and motorhomes. Mostly, they are from English-speaking countries, from as far afield as New Zealand and Australia, but some simply speak a little English and find our straight-talking, English-language website easy to understand! Last year, the majority (32%) of our clients nipped across the […]

Tour de France 2016 Availability Update

20 Jan

More vehicles available for the 2016 TDF…but be quick they’ll go faster than Froomey! In December 2015, we were already full for the 2016 Tour de France dates, but we just took the decision to add a few more vehicles to the fleet for this season. As a result, we now have the following vehicles […]

Will you marry me this leap year?

13 Jan
A leap year proposal

2016 is a leap year, which means, if you adhere to tradition and folklore, this is the once-in-four-year opportunity for ladies to pop the marriage question to their partners. There are many legends and reasons behind the leap year proposal idea; perhaps the most-often cited is St. Brigid of Kildare who, frustrated that so many […]

Fantastic Winter Sales End 16 Feb

06 Jan
Winter sales in France

Today marks the start of six weeks of winter sales (or “Soldes”) in France.   Sales in France are like those in no other country as they only run twice a year and are strictly regulated. Impromptu sales outside of the officially designated dates are forbidden by law here so these sales are a genuine […]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

23 Dec

We were going to put a festive photo of the FMH Team here with our Christmas message but we thought that those of you who met “Stripes”, The Depot Cat, in the summer might like to see how he is getting on now. Stripes turned up at the depot one sunny June day looking like […]

Welcome to the FMH team Iva!

16 Dec

We are so happy Iva Dohnalova has joined our team in the role of Customer Services Administrator. Iva is from the Czech Republic (but she speaks better English than most of the British team!), and has a wealth of experience in tourism. She has worked and travelled extensively in France, Europe and beyond, spending most […]

How to avoid high roaming costs in France

09 Dec
roaming charges

We have found what we think is one of the best ways to avoid high mobile device roaming costs in France.  It’s called TravelWiFi.  Simply put it’s a personal, rechargeable mobile hotspot that you can connect 10 devices to, and you can pick it up at our depot! When you travel to a foreign country […]

2016 Tour de France towns we know and love

25 Nov

Linger longer over the 2016 Tour de France or go flat out?   Since it was announced last month, we have been closely studying the 2016 Tour de France route and have to say it is going to create a bit of dilemma for those following it in a motorhome or campervan. Do you follow […]