I've still got a ferry crossing booked in late July to Le Havre. We were looking to finalise booking a villa in the Vendee just before CV19 hit so we put it on hold. Now it looks like it might be possible - France is waiving its 14-day quarantine for UK (and Schengen) travellers and whispers are that July 24th will be the day for significant scaling back of restrictions there. Plenty of available property!
Driving there (overnight cabin on the ferry) is the safest way, from a CV19 perspective, and we'd be staying in a villa with its own pool and about 500m walk to the beach through countryside/forest.
But I doubt restaurants and bars would be open (perhaps outside seating ones would be?), and I don't think we'd get the full France experience.
A fair bit to pay for a week of sunshine and moderate heat. This has actually made me think hard about the cost-benefit of a week away. I tend to just allocate a chunk of outgoings to the main holiday each year as an inevitable cost, and in the past 3 years we've had two 'bumper' special holidays that have been fantastic experiences for all of us that I'd not want to swap. But a 'normal' holiday that's going to cost north of £3.5k? Like I say, it's got me questioning the spend.
Originally Posted by: Saint Snow