New Zealand Herald - The self-catering accommodation you are thinking about is possibly the gites system, incorporating B&Bs (known as chambres d'hotes) and self-catering (usually rural) rental holiday homes. It's a great option, especially for large families and groups more

Guardian Unlimited - My parents went without a lot to send me to private school - my dad drove the same beat-up old car for 11 years and holidays were to g tes in France. I left school with straight As at GCSE and A-level, went to Cambridge University and am now a more

Daily Telegraph - A 15-day guided trek with Walks Worldwide (01524 242000, www.walksworldwide.com ) costs from 1,375 including return flight, transfers, accommodation in hotels, g tes, shepherds' cabins and tents, and most meals. Departures: June to September. more

Daily Telegraph - "You're moving to France?" our friend asked. "Yes," I replied, "in the very near future." "So I suppose you have a good pension, and will be running gites ?" The French have a strong market culture "No to both. I'm not old enough to retire and my more

Peterborough Evening Telegraph - She followed her husband to France and learnt French, and then became an operations manager for a company who sold holidays in French farmhouses and gites. She followed this with a a five-year stint as a team leader-cum-service delivery manager in a more

Guardian Unlimited - G te treat Maybe your readers looking for a budget honeymoon should ask last week's correspondent who recommended one of the French g tes she was reduced to holidaying in during her deprived, private school-going childhood? Brenda Kirsch, London Based more