I agree, that is basically the way that the very popular bed&breakfast association "Gîtes de France" has been working for the past 50 years (http://www.gites-de

I agree, that is basically the way that the very popular bed&breakfast association "Gîtes de France" has been working for the past 50 years (http://www.gites-de-france.com/ http://www.gites-de-france.com/). From the user point of view it works wonderfully, it's very easy to get cheap, quality lodging with a personal touch in rural France. In Paris, forget about it, so airbnb is building a good market here.