Hi, any small group tours (in French) for single parents of small kids? I have 10 days in April 2017 in France and I am opened to destinations. I want to be with other French families or kid-friendly people touring France. I prefer south France but I am opened. It's more important for me to be with French-speaking people in a group for our safety.

What safety ?

I'm also not sure what the safety aspect has to do with the language choice here, but anyway, you need to find a French website to put this question - there is pretty little chance of a French group member finding your post here on the English-language Fodors site.

What difference does it make if you are single or not?

Maybe you have some wired ideas re the safety aspect???

Plus you likely have some VERY unusual ideas about group tours. Almost none cater to small children.

What exactly are your concerns?

What a strange request! What exactly are your safety concerns and what do they have to do with language?

What ages are the kids? How many are there? Do they speak French?

French-speaking people - even native residents - don't have any idea when or where anything "unsafe" will occur.

This applies to large or small cities, the countryside, practically anywhere that people gather.

If you or your children do not speak French, you will be completely lost without it - even if something "unsafe" does happen to occur.

I don't see any reason to insult the OP or make fun of her for a normal question on a travel website.

Some people like traveling with others for social aspects, I've been on tours with single parents who did it for that reason, also, and just because they didn't have the experience and/or energy to plan the entire trip themself. There is nothing wrong with this, in fact, I think the children kind of liked it as they has some other people to socialize with (there were several otehrs in the group, also, with kids).

THere are some French travel agencies, of course, I know there is one in Bon Marche in Paris, and FNAC has them, as well as smaller ones. There used to be a good budget one with several shops around Paris but I can't remember their name, they had a lot of group tours. However, unfortunately, I think many of these who would have French group tours would be going to other places, I don't see so many French tours of France itself (which makes sense). You will see brochures for tours to Tunisia, Greece, Spain, wherever, but not Provence.

I know you could easily find a French-speaking day tour in Provence, but I suspect that isn't what is wanted.

Okay, France actually has a lot of these holiday village resort type places, I think they are called club de vacances. They started Club Med, after all, and they have kids activities. Here is one in St Paul de Vence.
http://www.belambra.fr/club-la-colle...l-de-vence/ete

I really am no expert on this and think it would be a difficult thing to plan without help from some travel agent who specialized in this and that won't be easy to find. But maybe that Belambra company can give you some ideas. Here is another company with those
https://www.lesvillagesvacances.com/

Who insulted or made fun of the OP?

We asked what her concerns are.

Sometimes I honestly don't think you read the same posts as the rest of us?

Was about to say the same. Methinks Christina gets a kick if trying to denigrate or belittle other posters.
Unfortunately as I said in another thread I think Christina suffers from lack of understanding what she reads.
Eyes catch something and brains reads simething else.

By the way villages vacances attract families.
They propose NO tours just some excursions.
The goal is to there with your family at one location stay in that one location.
These families are there to be together.nit really what OP is asking unless I am mistaken.

OK - Christina, I know you never respond when addressed but just in case you look back here . . . What is the difference between the posts above and your own response to a simple question re easyJet:

>>no, presuming you can read and know the rules which are clearly disclosed. Why do you ask, anyway? It's a major airline.<<

Are you implying that OP is too stupid to read? And is silly to ask? . . . Didn't think so

I'm not Christina, but I also read the first few response in this thread as being somewhat hostile to the OP.

The lack of proper punctuation in Christina's postings always makes me think that run-on sentences = run-on thinking.

It was not a "normal" posting. It was weird, let's face it. And I didn't see anything hostile in the responses, just curiosity as to what the OP was actually looking for.