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Veronique has no children, "life has decided otherwise," she says. "I needed to do something other than motherhood, this project was my own baby." She knows she is involved in a perilous venture, but no question of living with regret. Very quickly worries settle. It is said that in Avranches, the high season lasts only a month! The first year is difficult. She spends many evenings alone in her big empty house of customers. "After a couple of years, I went from being a B & B to a charming hotel without catering, a B & B is limited to 5 rooms and the turnover is I could not live in. Very often in a couple, it is a supplement of income, for me it was not the case.Going to hotel standards requires to respect many rules.The clientele is different. things started to move positively, the decor was what I wanted and the guides' ads were showing results. "

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