Advertise gites with France for Families

France for Families is an online guide for family holidays in France which also allows owners to advertise gites and other accommodation such as villas/chateaux/holiday parks/B&Bs in all parts of France, with all enquiries going directly to the owner.

France for Families has been established for almost 20 years, giving the website a strong status in search engine ranking and driving thousands of website visits every year.

Take back control of your holiday home rentals. Advertise gites with France for Families for commission and currency charge free connection with your guests

Advertising with France for Families – Owner Direct

France for Families features holiday properties that are owned/managed by either independent 0wners and selected family travel businesses. Owners can advertise gites as they wish on an annual subscription basis.

This website is a ‘listing’ site as oppose to a booking portal, meaning that all enquiries go directly to the owner, giving owners full control of their holiday booking process.  The owner owns the data and has full control over their financial matters, from deposits to final payments.

This Owner Direct approach avoids the commissions, charges and other restrictions placed on Owners by large multinational advertising portals, and enables owners to offer a personal approach to their valued Guests and connect with them as early as the enquiry stage.

France for Families simply works on a paid for listing basis, providing a low-cost  option for generating quality leads and bookings to holiday properties in France.

OVERNIGHT STAYS AT B&B, INDEPENDENT HOTELS AND TOURING CAMPSITES

Our ‘Overnight Stays‘ in France remains one of our most popular pages on this site and we are delighted to announce that in Q2 of 2024 we will be launching direct listing pages for B&B/Chambre d’Hotes and small family friendly hotels throughout France.

There will be a limited number of FREE LISTINGS available to Owners of suitable accommodation in each region of France.

Website Visitor Stats

Google Analytics shows that the France for Families website has over 100,000 unique users and just under 300,000 page views per year.
Of these, just over 85,000 are new users.
Of those new Users, over 90% are finding France for Families by Organic search (ie Google, Bing and other search engines)
Just under 69,000 of those new Users went on to view 2 or more pages on the France for Families site.
Our demographic is predominantly 25 – 54 years, biased towards female, coming predominantly from the UK market. A secondary market aged between 55 – 74 is increasing, indicating perhaps older generations looking for extended family holidays or holidaying with grandchildren.

In the past year 72% of the website visitor market has been from the UK, with additional traffic coming from the USA, Canada and European countries. 2020 saw a growth in visitors from France, the Netherlands and Denmark.

Please download the summary of our Analytics traffic for more information

france for families stats

Search Engine Optimisation Focus

With a strong background is in marketing and in particular SEO, the France for Families website is constantly evolving and improving. Working closely with Owners, the aim is to improve the ranking on key words that help the properties featured on the website receive new leads and bookings.

The table below shows the Average Google UK ranking for selected keywords that drive the most traffic. A ranking of 10 or less means that search should appear on the first page of any Google search.
Because France for Families features guides for visiting top French attractions, towns and various activities, searches on these also produce a lot of traffic.

This is a current and regularly updated snapshot of ranking (last updated March 2023). Rankings change on a daily basis, but France for Families shows a strong ongoing pattern of growth.

Key wordGoogle Search Console Average position March 2023
A ranking of 10 or less should see the search term on the first page of Google listings
GENERIC SEARCH TERMS
family holidays france1.3
family friendly accommodation france1.3
french family holidays1.3
family holiday france 20231.5
overnight stops in france2.3
group holiday france2.3
holiday france young family 2.7
dog friendly france2.7
large group accommodation france 2.8
gites in france with pool3.6
beach holidays for families in france3.6
gites in france with private pool3.6
best family holiday france3.7
family friendly villas in france3.8
french holiday parks4.4
baby friendly holidays france 5.2
best family beaches in france5.3
holiday park france5.5
cycling holiday france family6.0
activity holiday france family6.8
french villas with pools9.8
luxury family holiday france8.2
villas in france with private pool10.3
holidays in france21.7
SEARCH TERMS WITH GEOGRAPHCAL REFERENCE
family holiday vendee2.1
family holiday auvergne 1.2
family holiday normandy1.7
family holiday provence1.8
family holiday cote d’azur3.5
family holiday midi pyrenees4.1
family holiday charente4.7
family holiday dordogne5.0
best beaches in normandy5.1
family holiday lot et garonne5.2
gites in vendee6.1
family holiday loire valley6.2
south of france family holiday9.4
family holiday south brittany7.5
family holidays brittany10.5
gites in brittany11.5

Growth for 2024

Growth for 2024 includes:

  • Younger family market (baby/toddler family holidays).
  • Larger  luxury group accommodation. Q1 of 2024 will see the launch of specialised Chateaux and Manoirs pages throughout France.
  • Family activity holidays. We are working with new partners to offer family friendly themed holidays.
  • Regional listing updates and new search criteria coming in Q1 of 2024
  • B&B/Chambre d’Hote listings coming for Q2 2024
  • Special Offers page coming Q1 of 2024

Social media remains a focus. France for Families can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. As well as the traditional focus on new and updated properties, social media will include campaigns on types of holidays available and top tips for families. We are pleased to announce a number of new guest bloggers will be writing for the FFF.

Plus we have an active subscriber database that receive regular email updates on latest news, offers and gite features.

Advertising Options & Rates 2024

All advertising packages include Owner login for updates and a contact form with enquiries directly to the Advertiser.

The most popular single property packages are:

ESSENTIALS LISTING – Up to 12 images. Text and Contact Form. User Login to create and edit listing –  £50/€60

STANDARD LISTING – Up to 24 images. Text and Contact Form. User Login to create and edit listing –  £75/€90

ENHANCED LISTING – Up to 24 images. Text and Contact Form. Website link. User Login to create and edit listing – £100/€120 

3 STANDARD LISTING PACKAGEPopular with Gite Complex Owners – 3 x Standard Listings as above – £200GBP/€240EUR

Availability Calendars can be added to your listings, with auto updates from your Google calendar or other app iCal calendar – Please enquire.

Featured Listings, Banner adverts and Agency Packages available – Please email us on info@franceforfamilies.com for further details

Contact Us to discuss your advertising options

Advertise with France for Families

Email info@franceforfamilies.com to find out more about advertising your holiday property or business with France for Families.

Please note that all the properties that we feature must fulfil the criteria of being family friendly. Proof of Ownership or Authority to advertise and enter into contracts must be provided before a property listing can be accepted on France for Families.

When accepted, an account will be created for you and you will be able to set up your holiday property listing. All listings will be checked before they go live. Help is on hand to help you create your listing if you require it.

If you wish to advertise your business with France for Families, you will need to meet our family friendly criteria. Non accommodation businesses should be relevant to the travel and holiday market in France.

Billing can be in £GBP or €EUR.  France for Families is not VAT / TVA registered.

You can read our advertising terms and conditions to advertise gites here. 

Testimonials

“Hope everything going well with you. We are having good results with your website and will definitely continue the same kind of deal with you.  Thank you from us all ”

Mr J-GNDordogne

“Yes we definitely want to renew please ASAP! We are sold out for July and August with 6 families coming each week so we are delighted. June has some space left (as does September but we’ll deal with that later!) so that is what we need to promote. Great search engine results – well done to all your team.”

Mrs TSLanguedoc

“I should like to congratulate you for your pro-active approach to keeping in touch with your clients. You seem to work much harder than the other website owners and certainly deserve to succeed.”

Mr CVar

“I must congratulate you on a very good, value-for-money service. I have recommended you to someone else who is now also a subscriber.”

Mr NSNormandy

” As we are coming out of the Pandemic its been great to have simple enquiries coming in to us without getting involved with complex repetitive systems of other larger sites to contend with. We are pleased with results, and look forward to this season. Thank you ”

Mrs SELot-et-Garonne