Are you thinking about starting a vacation rental or bed-and-breakfast? Maybe you’ve already started the project—or perhaps you already own a commercial lodging business and want to learn about ways to optimize it? In that case, we highly recommend the platform “Les clés du gîte”!
This online platform is designed for current hosts and aspiring owners of bed-and-breakfasts and guesthouses!
On Les clés du gîte, you’ll find:a wealth of information, tools designed to provide you with the best possible support, and a community (of experts and professionals) where you can easily and enjoyably exchange ideas.
The goal: to facilitate interactions and create synergies among professionals so that the challenges faced by some can provide solutions for others, and vice versa. It is also an opportunity to establish partnerships.
Les Clés du Gîte was founded by Laura Wignolle in 2021. Laura herself owns a 3-star vacation rental. She is passionate about the hospitality and restaurant industry:
“In January 2019, when I left my city life behind to take over the group lodging ‘Le Moulin de Bernard’ in the Lot region, I had a very hard time putting my knowledge to use, despite having a solid background in marketing and business management. Faced with the challenges I encountered throughout the process of starting my business—and even today, due to the lack of easily accessible information— I developed a desire to help aspiring entrepreneurs develop their tourist lodging projects.”
A membership in the “Les clés du gîte” platform opens many doors for you:- directory of partners offering preferential rates
- a community of passionate and inspiring professionals
- A resource center organized by topic: law, finance, the unusual, marketing, management, etc.
- A members-only Slack channel for sharing tips and tricks!
- 45-minute coaching session with Laura—free
- discussion forum to seek advice from experts
- Upcoming events for even more interaction and good cheer
"Les clés du gîte" is also a podcast in which Laura interviews active hosts to trace, over the course of more than an hour, their journeys, the obstacles they’ve overcome, and the lessons that have made their businesses successful today. Available for free on all streaming platforms, these episodes are packed with advice and positive energy to help you launch your own project. Who knows—maybe you’ll be the next guest to share your story?!
THE PLATFORM
- Project organizers: 58 members
- Active hosts: 49 members
- Partners: 16 members
- Total number of registered users on the platform: 141 members