Brittany Ferries: one week at Le Conge at Moissannes, near St Leonard de Noblat, costs £407 per property in high summer plus ferry crossing. Portsmouth-Caen return costs £220 with four-berth cabins from £15. The gite has three bedrooms and holds seven people. Bed and Breakfast En Liberte vouchers cost £23 each.
French Life: one week at the two-bedroomed Le Peu de la Croix in Magnac Laval, 25 miles north of Limoges, costs £531 per property from July 17 to August 20 including return ferry crossing with SeaFrance from Dover to Calais. The property holds four people plus an infant.
Cresta: seven nights in the four-star deluxe Chateau de Castel Novel in Varetz, near Brive, 35 miles north of Rocamadour, costs £420 per person in July and August including ferry crossing from Dover to Calais or Eurotunnel from Folkestone to Calais.