LCV (Loisirs Culture Vacances)

What LCV (Loisirs Culture Vacances) does

LCV (Loisirs Culture Vacances) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1985 and headquartered in Fondettes (Indre-et-Loire). It organizes adapted leisure and vacation stays for adults with intellectual disabilities of medium to good autonomy, offering 1–2 week summer and winter programs across France in three formats — themed, mountain, and sea — covering regions from Brittany to the Basque Country and from Normandy to the Pyrénées. Each stay is staffed by trained seasonal animators (the association fields more than 200 per year) and combines accommodation, meals, cultural activities (theater, music, heritage visits, animal mediation, sports), and supervised accompaniment; the organization also rents a 27-bed DDCS-approved gîte in Sioniac (Corrèze) as a secondary offering.

The business is service-led with no proprietary technology product: the public-facing site (lcv-asso.com) is an informational WordPress site used for catalog distribution and pre-registration, while booking confirmation, dossier review, medical/administrative validation, and pricing are handled manually via phone, email, and paper forms — a constraint reinforced by French association regulations that prohibit public display of stay tariffs. Revenue therefore comes from individually quoted stay fees paid by vacationers' families or sponsoring institutions, supplemented by gîte rental income (with publicly posted pricing from January 2025).

LCV holds Tourism Immatriculation IMQ37110009 from Atout France and a renewed Agrément Vacances Adaptées Organisées (R24-2024-11-26-00003) from the Préfecture de la Région Centre-Val de Loire; it carries professional liability insurance with MAIF and a financial guarantee via UNAT's Fond Mutuel de Solidarité. Marketing is community-driven — print catalog, website, social media, and direct contact — with no intermediary distribution channels.

Name

LCV (Loisirs Culture Vacances)

Legal name

Association Loisirs Culture Vacances

Website

https://lcv-asso.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LCV is a French non-profit association, founded in 1985 and based in Fondettes, that organizes adapted 1–2 week vacation stays (themed, mountain, sea) for adults with intellectual disabilities across France, supported by 200+ seasonal animators and a gîte rental in Corrèze.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adapted Vacation Services

NAICS

Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) (721214)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Resort-Style Extended-Stay Properties (THAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Adapted vacation services
• Disability leisure programs
• Accessible tourism stays
• Nonprofit association services
• Themed vacation stays

Headquarters

HQ city

Fondettes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Vacation Stay Fees: Revenue is generated through fees charged for adapted vacation stays (séjours). Prices are not disclosed online and are communicated individually after contact, in compliance with French association regulations. Fees vary by stay type, duration, and season.
2. Gîte Rental: The association rents out a gîte (holiday cottage) in Sioniac near Beaulieu sur Dordogne. Rental is on a self-catering basis with charges and bed linen included. Minimum 2-night stay. Not available in July, August, and Christmas/New Year periods.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LCV organizes adapted leisure and vacation stays (1-2 weeks) for adults with intellectual disabilities of medium to good autonomy across France, with themed, mountain, and sea categories during summer and winter seasons. The association also rents a DDCS-approved gîte in Sioniac (Corrèze) on a self-catering basis for groups, and recruits seasonal animators (200+ per year) to staff the stays.

Product overview

LCV (Loisirs Culture Vacances) is a non-profit association (loi 1901) that has organized adapted leisure and vacation stays for adults with intellectual disabilities since 1985. The core offering consists of themed, mountain, and sea vacation stays lasting 1-2 weeks, available in summer and winter seasons across France. The organization also operates a gîte rental service in Sioniac (Corrèze) for groups, and provides cultural activities as part of the stays. Supporting services include animator recruitment for seasonal staff. The portfolio comprises a primary vacation stay product organized by destination type (themed, mountain, sea) and duration, supplemented by accommodation rental and staffing services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Séjours été (Summer stays) Summer vacation stays of 1-2 weeks offered to adults with intellectual disabilities across France, organized in themed, mountain, and sea categories. Available July-August 2026 with full accompaniment (meals, medical support, activities, evening entertainment).
• Séjours hiver (Winter stays) Winter vacation stays for adults with intellectual disabilities for the 2026-2027 season, with catalog scheduled to be available in September 2026.
• Location du gîte (Gîte rental) Rental of a DDCS-approved gîte in Sioniac, near Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne (Corrèze), offering 27 beds across 11 rooms on 2 floors, with a large common room, equipped communal kitchen, 5 bathrooms, 5 WCs, washing machine, bowling terrain, and terrace with garden furniture. Available year-round except July, August, and Christmas/New Year periods. Pricing: Weekend €1,170, Extra night €345, Week €2,110, Ascension €1,950, Pentecost €1,590 (from 01/01/2025). Cleaning fee €650 and tourist tax €0.70/adult/day extra.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Atout FrancecoreOthersAtout France is the French Tourism Development Agency. LCV holds official tourism registration (Immatriculation Tourisme IMQ37110009) with Atout France, which provides official recognition and consumer protection guarantees.
• UNAT (Union Nationale des Associations de Tourisme et de Plein Air)coreOthersLCV's financial guarantee is held through the Fond Mutuel de Solidarité of UNAT. This provides consumer protection and financial security for customers in case of organizational issues.
• MAIFcoreOthersMAIF is LCV's professional liability insurance provider (assurance responsabilité civile professionnelle). MAIF is a major French mutual insurance company headquartered in Niort, France.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vacances Ouvertes: French association providing adapted holiday stays for disabled persons in similar group-format and accommodation models to LCV.
• ALYS (Association Loisirs et Voyages Solidaires): Non-profit organizing leisure and adapted travel programs for disabled adults, overlapping mission and beneficiary population with LCV.
• APF Evasion (APF France Handicap): Adapted-tourism program operated by APF France Handicap, France's largest disability NGO. Comparable adapted-stay offerings with a more institutional parent.
• Loisirs Solidarité Vacances (LSV): French non-profit association organizing adapted vacation stays for people with disabilities across France. Comparable mission, beneficiary focus, and operational structure to LCV.

Others

• Croix-Rouge Française: National Red Cross society running a wide range of social programs including adapted leisure and breaks for vulnerable populations; ecosystem-level adjacency rather than direct head-to-head competition.
• Les Papillons Blancs (Fédération): Federation of associations serving people with intellectual disabilities across France; overlapping beneficiary population and potential referral-channel partner.
• ANECAMSP: National association of medico-social centers serving people with disabilities including intellectual disabilities; potential referral and ecosystem overlap with LCV's family/institution segment.
• UNAPEI: Federation of associations for people with intellectual disabilities and their families in France; not a vacation operator but a primary referral and institutional ecosystem for LCV's beneficiary base.

Broad incumbents

• ANCV (Agence Nationale pour les Chèques-Vacances): French national agency administering vacation-voucher programs; sits in the same inclusive-vacation ecosystem that LCV serves.
• UNAT (Union Nationale des Associations de Tourisme et de Plein Air): National federation of tourism and outdoor-stay associations; LCV's own regulatory/financial-partner. Broader portfolio of member associations covering similar vacation services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lcv-loisirs-culture-vacances

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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