France is a beautiful place, especially in the summer. But it can be rather expensive. The airfare alone could be a car payment. But if you really want to get there you have to really work hard to find cheap flights to France. You have to be on the look out for deals, either airline deals or travel agent deals. If you go with a packaged deal it will be cheaper all around for you rather if you price out airfare and a hotel separately.
Also, by flying in the peak vacation time is also very expensive, so a cheap way to fly is to book your ticket in advance. Sometimes airlines have deals that let you book a trip in January for a flight in July. It is cheaper because once the summer months start coming up the airline fares go up as well. Another way to fly cheaper is to use any airline miles that you may have. This may help you get a great discount off the tickets. Sometimes when you buy more than one ticket the airline will give you a group discount. Try to get a group of people to go it could everyone airfare.