This is the new vacation equation.
There is the sky, the sun, the sea… and rising prices.
After two years of health restrictions, the French are torn between their desire for elsewhere and the fear of emptying their wallets while inflation, at its highest since 1985, exceeded 6% over one year.
Traveling less far, for less time, for less money… everyone develops their own strategy to make a mountain getaway despite everything or lay down a corner of a towel on a beach.
Despite a tight budget, Emma, a carer in her forties who
“really needed a vacation after these years of Covid-19”
, managed to cast off for three weeks in July.
Part of Alsace, this mother of two children traveled nearly 3000 kilometers to visit the castles of the Loire before making a jump in the Dordogne.
No question of canceling a stay that she has been preparing for months,
“by putting 100 euros per month aside”
to pay for her rentals in advance.
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Food, outings…
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