Planning a holiday in France this year? We've brought together a panel of experts to answer your queries and give advice on making the most of your trip. Perhaps you're organising a family holiday or are looking for an alternative city break; or do you need to find accommodation en route to the south or track down a great local bistro in Paris? However complicated or basic your question, our experts will endeavour to help. Post your question in the comments section below and the experts will respond during a live Q&A from 1-2pm tomorrow (5 March). If you're a Francophile, feel free to join in the chat – we'd love you to share your insider tips.
The experts
Agnès Poirier is a regular contributor on politics and arts for the BBC, CNN, Sky News, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera, and writes regular columns for the UK press (Guardian, New Statesman, Independent, Times). She is the author of four books about France and Britain, both in French and English: Les Nouveaux Anglais (Alvik, 2005), Le modèle anglais, une illusion française (Alvik, 2006), Les Pintades à Londres (LJD, 2006), and Touché, a French woman's take on the English (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007). As well as Paris (where she lives) and its region, she also knows the Côte d'Emeraude very well (Dinard, St Malo).
Carolyn Boyd has been editor of France Magazine for more than six years. She studied French at university, during which time she lived in Alsace. She visits France up to nine times a year and knows most of it very well.
John Brunton is a freelance writer and regular contributor to the Guardian. He and his French wife live in Paris for six months of the year so he knows the city like a local; he has also travelled extensively across the country, most recently touring the winemakers of Corsica, the Loire valley and Champagne for a new series on European wine routes.
Bev Fearis is a travel journalist and the owner of Gîtes Guebernez, a family-friendly rural retreat in central Brittany. Since moving to Brittany two years ago, she has been busy exploring the region in her VW campervan with her partner and their son Freddie, aged three. From her home between the north and south coasts of Brittany, she has been searching out the best beaches and recently wrote an article for the Guardian on the 10 best budget places to stay on the beach in Brittany.
Susan Greenwood is the editor of Been there, the readers' tips section of theguardian.com/travel. She has lived in the French Alps for nearly three years, where she has been able indulge her passion for outdoor sports with, she says, an enthusiasm that doesn't always match her skill. She currently lives in Morzine. If you've got any questions about skiing or other outdoor activities in France, Susan is your woman.
In the early 1990s, Alastair Sawday set up eponymous tours of the hidden corners of France, staying in B&Bs, farms and small privately owned hotels. Eighteen years ago, he brought together his favourite discoveries in his first book, French Bed & Breakfast. Then he did the same in Britain, and then for other European countries. These days, through its website and books, Sawday's represents more than 1,700 places in France; from B&Bs, hotels and chateaux to villas, farmhouses, tents and treehouses. Sawday's new French Bed & Breakfast guide is on sale now (sawdays.co.uk).
Kathryn Tomasetti lives in Nice. She is a freelance writer and photographer focusing on food and travel from Marseille to the Italian border, as well as throughout Corsica. She is also the author of Footprint's South of France with Kids.
