the strategies of the French to take advantage of it despite soaring prices

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.

Going less far, less time, less expensive… everyone develops their own strategy to make a mountain getaway despite everything or put a corner of a towel on a beach. Despite a tight budget, Emma, ​​a caregiver in her forties who had “really need a vacation after these years of Covid-19”, arranged 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 rentals in advance. “Food, outings…