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
Prices, visa rules and opening hours change. Every post shows whether its facts have been checked and when, and posts get re-checked when things change. If you spot something out of date, email me and I'll fix it.
Who's behind it
I'm Dayna, an American who has lived in Nice since the end of 2021 (and in France on and off since 2020). Before that, my husband Jake and I lived in Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand and traveled to almost 30 countries. 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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Questions, corrections or partnerships: dayna@happilyevertravels.com