Berger Vanfry: Air Fryer for Motorhomes

On Monday at around 16:40 on the RN70 (northern branch of the RCEA) in the direction of Montceau-les-Mines to Chalon-sur-Saône, a truck driver misjudged the slowing traffic before the Pont Jeanne Rose roundabout. The truck collided with a motorhome and a car, triggering a chain-reaction crash involving other vehicles. Four people were injured: a 78-year-old man and woman in the motorhome, and men aged 57 and 24; all were taken to Hôtel-Dieu hospital. Traffic was cut for over an hour, causing a queue from the Pont des Morands exit to La Fiole.

In a new episode of the Vanecdotes podcast, Fiona Lauriol and her parents describe how in 2017 they removed Fiona's grandmother from a care home in the Paris region, where doctors had given her a week to live, and set off in a used 4.85-metre Hymer coachbuilt motorhome. The promised week turned into three years, three months and three weeks on the road. Inside, Fiona slept in the over-cab bed while the dinette converted each evening into a bed for her grandmother. The family now gives talks against the isolation of elderly people.

French tax authorities may demand housing tax (taxe d'habitation) from motorhome owners if the vehicle is used as a permanent dwelling rather than as a means of transport. According to Auto Plus, the tax office focuses on actual use: if a motorhome is parked long-term on a plot, connected to water or electricity and used as a residence, it may be treated as taxable housing. The specific tax on mobile land homes was abolished in 2019, but housing tax can still be levied if the motorhome is used as a second home or due to a declaration error. If a notice is received, owners should verify whether the vehicle remains mobile and, if necessary, file a complaint with supporting documents.

A motorhome site with 25 pitches opened in April 2026 in Guerlédan (Côtes-d’Armor), near the lake. It was officially inaugurated on 18 September 2026 by Guerlédan mayor Éric Le Boudec and regional and departmental officials. The site was already fully occupied on some summer evenings.

As of 21 September, the campervan site on avenue de la Combattante in Courseulles-sur-Mer is permanently closed. The town hall plans to expand and modernise the site at Parc de l'Edith.

According to data from the Camping-Car Park network, which operates over 800 stopovers and campsites in Europe, around 1.53 million overnight stays were recorded in July–August 2026, up 6% compared to summer 2025. The strongest growth was in Hauts-de-France (+33.7%), Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (+25.8%), Normandy (+23.3%), Brittany (+15.8%) and Grand Est (+14.9%), while Occitanie fell by 11.3% and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur by 8.7%. Nouvelle-Aquitaine remains the most visited region with 358,262 overnight stays, down 3.8%. Wildfire evacuations in Gironde and Landes led to a 31.5% average drop at six affected stopovers, while the unaffected southern Landes coast saw increases. Advance bookings via the network's app reached 36.2% of total overnight stays (554,300, +15.8%), average stay length rose from 1.52 to 1.55 nights, and the share of foreign visitors reached 37%, up from 32% in 2025.