Why you should advertise with France Direct France Direct was formed in 1997 as a direct reaction against the ill conceived, poorly promoted and above all expensive advertising available at the time. We are a fast growing, supportive group of French Property Owners who have joined forces to take advantage of the many opportunities that are available to a large group of advertisers. We have grown into one of the most effective websites in our field, linking thousands of visitors to France each year with owners of French holiday accommodation. Here are two good reasons why you should advertise with us: Firstly we actually care if your advertisement produces results and Secondly, we give you money back!! Yes that's right, it wasn't a typing error. We pay each of our members a commission for each of their guests who book our travel service. In many cases this has more than re-paid the cost of their advertisement with us. A Travel Service and shared availability scheme together with affiliate partnerships with some of the largest companies on the Internet are only some of the benefits offered to our members. Read some of our Testimonials We have recently joined forces with Amazon.com to enable our visitors to buy Travel and French related books online, and also with Bed and Breakfast.com one of the largest companies on the internet. You will have full control over your advertisment via your control panel, where you can change your text, photos, prices and update your availability in real time with instant results.

Cash Back Travel Service. France Direct's Travel Service pays each of it's members £10 commission for every channel crossing that bears their Membership number. We have negotiated competitive rates for crossings with Eurotunnel, P&O Stena, Sea France and Hoverspeed for short sea crossings, Return fares from £110 and P&O, Brittany and Condor Ferries for long sea crossings, Return fares from £125. No other company we can think of gives money back to their advertisers, it's included in all our grades of Membership.   "Swap-Shop" shared availability When our Members receive an enquiry for weeks that they have already booked, instead of saying "Sorry we're full" and putting the phone down, they take down the enquirer's details and pass them on to us. We then run a search of our database which stores our Members availability and pass on those details to Members with the weeks available. This is just one of the ways in which Members of France Direct help each other. There are no guarantees or false claims that it will work wonders for you or fill your property out of season, however, it does work and it has produced both high and low season bookings.

Our Pledge:

If you can find better value anywhere we will advertise your property on our web-site free!

How to Advertise

To advertise your property with France Direct all you have to do is fill in the form below and either send us your photograph(s) by post or point us to a web address that we can pick them up from. We will build your advertisement and place it on our server for your approval. When you are happy with your advertisement, we will link it to all of our search pages and send you our invoice. Please make cheques payable to France Direct and sent to: France Direct, Les Lavandes, 24510 Ste. Alvère France.

There are three types of Membership which we hope will cater to everyone's requirements. All grades of membership include our Cash Back Travel Service which pays you commission on your guests travel arrangements.

PLATINUM MEMBERSHIP. Gives you: Internet advertising on three different web-sites with three colour photographs and unlimited text, Fax forwarding of all email enquires or an on-line booking form which is emailed or faxed directly to you, updated availability grid, Swap Shop shared availability, Cash Back Travel Service, Free listing on the Late Availability Page and access to the Members Area. Membership Fee: €225 per year. Extra pages are €80 per year

GOLD MEMBERSHIP. Gives you: Internet advertising on three different web-sites, 800 words of text and two colour photographs, Swap Shop shared availability, Cash Back Travel Service, Free listing on the Late Availability Page and access to the Members Area.. Membership Fee: €150 per year. Extra pages are €55 per year

DIRECT LINK. We can place a direct link to your own web site or web pages, from all of the Search Pages on our web sites. This option does not include our Cash Back Travel Service. Membership Fee: €95 per year

For each additional photograph the charge is €8 per year.

If you would like to see some Testimonials from other advertisers, please click HERE.

If you would rather not get involved in the booking process you may be interested in the services offered by our sister company Gîtes Direct, who run a full or part booking service. Advertising is completely free, with a percentage being charged for each succesful booking. Click HERE for details.

Click on the following link to visit the France Direct Travel website: www.francedirect-travel.com.

Please complete all the boxes to enable us to provide an accurate description of your property. One form per property, please submit the form and then come back to this page and reset the form.

Click here for an example of our pages. (You may find it easier to compose your text off-line and then come back to the form and copy and paste your information into the appropriate boxes).

Thank you for advertising with France Direct, a proof copy of your advertisement will be emailed to you shortly. Please email back any changes you would like to make. We will then send you our invoice and Travel Slips, which can be included with your usual documentation. Your advertisement will be displayed for one year from the date of receipt. Please read our terms and conditions, then press submit to send us your details. If you have more than one property, press reset and complete the form again, Thank you.