A letter from Joelle Kolich of Bordeaux Excellence, sent to us by our France travel planner Tara:

A question a lot of partners & clients are understandably asking is how are we sure your company is solid enough to ride out the Covid-19 storm!

In France the government was extremely quick to acknowledge the importance of all people working in the tourism industry – be it chauffeur companies, guides, hotels restaurants or, in our case, onsites.

A great number of extraordinary measure have been taken to ensure that we are all here once the crisis is over:

– Fully paid furlough for our staff ensuring that salary payouts are as low as possible & also making sure that our employees are available & ready to come back as soon as the requests start pouring in

– Possibility to delay payments of taxes & social charges.

– A 0% bank loan fully guaranteed by the government for up to 1/4 of the 2019 sales

These extraordinary measures have been made to ensure that all people working in the tourism industry are able to ride out the storm & still be here once the calm returns.

In the meantime, we still have staff working remotely & able to answer any questions that your may have be it for future clients or for your own learning! Once your clients are willing to travel we are ready & waiting

At Bordeaux Excellence our close relationship with our network of local partners ensures that we are in constant contact with them & keeping up on what is going to be new for when the clients come back to France!

Stay safe & keep in touch!

Joelle & team!