Faced with the difficulty of being able to accommodate its staff, the catering sector is struggling to recruit the 300,000 seasonal workers expected this summer.

The apartments are intended for tourists, seasonal workers must fall back on rooms with locals.

In the Côtes-d'Armor, the local mission has therefore launched an appeal to individuals.

A great summer is shaping up for professionals in the hotel and restaurant industry, but they are still struggling to recruit the 300,000 seasonal workers expected this summer.

One of the main obstacles: the difficulty in finding accommodation for them.

Some seasonal workers are forced to stay with private individuals.

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"The week was between 350 and 400 euros, that's more than 1,200 euros per month, it's very expensive to find accommodation," says Marine, 24, who found a job as a waitress in Deauville, but no housing at a decent price.

It is impossible to rent a small apartment in the city: all of them are intended for tourists.

"I fell back on the rooms at the inhabitant".

Some employers "are thinking of closing or having fewer covers"

A solution not to give up summer jobs.

Without these solutions offered by individuals, the economy of seaside resorts is in danger.

"We are really in a hurry because we have employers who are desperately looking for staff and say to themselves that they will have to close or make fewer covers", warns Marie Laizet, of the local mission in West Côtes-d'Armor. , in Brittany.

The latter is active to convince owners "so that we all feel concerned by this problem".

The appeal was heard by Jean-Pierre, 71. He rents for the first time two rooms in his large Breton house. "I am a widower, and I do not occupy the floor at all, I do not see many people during the day, so there is a presence in the house and that does not bother me at all", he said at the microphone. Europe 1. Price of the room: 200 euros per month, without deposit to cash. An ideal plan for seasonal workers whose finances are dry after seven months of closure of cafes and restaurants.