A Season in France:
Perfect for the person who wants a longer stay every year — not a tourist anymore, not yet ready to stay forever but definitely want a life, vs. a vacation.
You are ready to begin to belong.
Cost for the 11-week program
Range from
$441 – $984/pp
/per week
depending on your choices of accommodation, occupancy and intensity of the language program
Tuition for Learning & Community:
What’s included in this portion?
Accommodations
Costs, Questions and details
*Some options exist for shorter stays
**Currency rates adjustments apply at time of final payment; current cost based on 1 euro =$1.20 USD
Basically, what’s included:
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- ACCOMMODATIONS: apartments we’ve tested personally,
- Approximately 20% off the market price
- No bad beds, funny smells or crap knives
- A wide variety of features, pluses and minuses; we’ll want to talk to you before you choose
- You can talk to someone who’s stayed there
- See all the apartments & their details here:
- LEARNING
- Language
- 3 lessons a week for 1.5 hours with a small group at your level (the maximum time recommended by our credentialed teacher. Options for additional hours and practice)
- Culture
- Arts & Culture calendar for culture with a capital “C”
- Culture Cafe: One morning weekly conversation with well- informed locals on various themes, including
- French History & Culture
- Cross-cultural Understanding: France and the US
- Where & how do I belong?
- Online predeparture course focussed on choosing a town and building skills for a life in France (full or part-time)
- Language
- COMMUNITY
- With one another (maybe the best thing about the trip, according to Try-It-Outers alumni)
- With members of local community organizations (and options for volunteer roles,perhaps coaching English, working in a vineyard, helping at a food bank,etc. )
- ACCOMMODATIONS: apartments we’ve tested personally,
Why did we pick Angers, France as the try-it-out-town?
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Why we donate all our profits to the English Language library in Angers
A “Try-It-Out-Trip”




You’ve dreamed it for a long time. Now, you are ready to get serious.
Dreaming is good. However, now you are ready to go beyond just knowing you love the idea. We can help you get unstuck. We can help you look before you leap.
This ‘try-it-out-trip’ is a MONTH LONG. That is what makes A Life in France™ completely different than any other option. Our pilot session begins September 15th – October 15th 2025 and availability is already limited!
A Life in France™ is designed to be more like an internship than a vacation. gives you the experience to evaluate whether a retirement in France is for you. You try a life on — like trying on a piece of clothing in store before you buy it.
Dreaming is great. Doing the dream – that’s a different skill set. We can help you discover a path past the dream and into A Life in France™
Why community matters in a big decision like this
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About who created A Life in France™
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Why did we pick Angers, France as the try-it-out-town?
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