Happily Ever Travels helps you build a life in France and travel from it, affordably and your own way.
Travel can be more like your FYP: do what you actually love, not the trip “everyone has to do once in their life.” Here you'll find honest, first-hand guides for:
- Living in France: what daily life is really like, the costs, the paperwork, and making friends. Move to France
- Traveling from France: day trips, hilltop villages, getting around the Riviera and beyond on a real budget. Travel
- Learning the language: practical French and Duolingo guides. Language
Accuracy comes first
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Who's behind it
I'm Dayna, an American living in Nice, and I've lived in France since 2020. I write about building a life here and exploring France from it: Riviera villages like Eze, Peillon and Menton, hiking the GR52, and trips to Lyon, Annecy and Paris. Read our story
What's next
I want to build travel tools that help me travel better, so you can, too, based on your own data, likes and travel personality rather than generic AI advice.
How the site is funded
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