hi, I have a point to make ,as I see almost TA members they are talking about spending 2 nights in paris with rate $120-$300 witch is not everyone can afford it
Paris deserve to spend average of 10 days to see it all ,you have to know there is a lot a lot of things you can discover so each day spend it on one or two or three places .about the hotels I dont care confortble,cozy ,charming and big room the only thing I need is a bed and a shower so I use the hotel just to sleep after a busy busy day ,the thing is I%26#39;am not going to paris to have a trip inside the hotel and i try to spend all time discovering new places outside .
my opinion is to talk about some budget hotel %26lt; $50 with 10 days aroud $600 is very into the budget
thank you TA members
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Some people don%26#39;t enjoy their vacations if they stay in budget hotels. Of course that doesn%26#39;t mean that they would need to spend as much as $300 a night to feel comfortable. As for staying 10 days, I can foresee a footsy problem for those travellers who like to walk a lot because as comfortable as your shoes may be, it%26#39;s difficult to walk for so many hours day after day without developing blisters, etc.
As far as spending as little as 2 nights in Paris, I agree that that%26#39;s not long enough. I think 5-7 days would make a good first trip, but that means that returning to Paris is a must.
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Hi,
As there are so many hotels in Paris in all price-ranges, every traveller will find one, that meets his/her requirements ...
Second: there are many types of travellers too: One want%26#39;s to spend much time in a place and see everything, others want just a glance to know the famous sightseeing spots and enjoy some luxury and nice food at the same time.
I usually go either for a short time and check into a fancier hotel then or, if I want to stay longer, take the cheaper hotel. Depends on my interest in that place (have done Copenhague in 2 days and will never come back) or the purpose of that trip (need some get-away and some pampering?) ...
If you really want to know Paris, even ten days are not enough ...
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I prefer to do 4 or 5 days at a time, and then have a break. The main problem with doing more than 5 days is that you need a break day - a time just to veg out and do nothing except the washing of socks and the watching of BBC news.
All that living in a foreign language gets wearing, the brain needs a rest.
For $50 a day you will struggle to get a clean room with it%26#39;s own shower and toilet. I pay around 60Euro a night in the 19th. Anywhere cheaper than that and the quality starts to drop alarmingly
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Less then 50 dollars a day is pretty basic sounding, in fact that sounds like a hostel or youth hotel. That is what, less then 40 euros a night.
My opinion is if you can afford to fly from the States to Europe, you can afford to work and save for an extra month to enable you to spend another 30 dollars a day on a hotel. I stayed at a nice clean hotel in a central area for 60 euros a night, the rates for their twin rooms ranged from 60-90 euros, and I think that is about the going rate for a decent budget hotel.
I do agree that some of these two to three day trips are WAY too short, but, for many Paris is just a stop on the way to another city. Also UK visitors can easily slip over for two or three days, serveral times a year( lucky them).
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Joan
It may surprise you - but the average trip length from the UK to the east coast US/Canada is just over4 days. The weakness of the dollars in the respective countries makes it a good 2 or 3 day break. I do know people who fly to Vegas for a weekend, but that does seem a little excessive. I have never flown to the US or Canada for more than 3 nights, but thats only possible because it is such a short trip.
Why a trip the other way apparently needs to be longer I%26#39;m not sure............ Maybe it%26#39;s a psychological thing. Certainly a large proportion of UK people have been travelling overseas for 30 years or so, so maybe it%26#39;s just that %26quot;overseas%26quot; isnt seen as a problem.
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Wizard , I guess you and I are talking different parts of Canada( or North America) , it is a 9 - 10 hour flight from my part of Canada to France, so , a three day trip does seem ridiculus. I do doubt whether many people from the UK would fly to the west coast of North America for 2 or 3 days. Overseas is one thing, over a continent inbetween is another.
Canada is a huge country, ( as is States) so , while it may easy for someone from New York to jump over to Europe for a few days, it is just not feasible for anyone west of midline, unless of course they like jet lag!
Flight tickets don%26#39;t seem alot cheaper to fly from east coast of NA, then west coast, so based on that alone, I still would think 2 or 3 day trips are a bit wasteful. I guess some people just have lots of money and don%26#39;t see it the same way as travellers who have to %26quot;save up%26quot; for a trip.
As I did say, if one is in the UK then a trip to Paris can be a weekend jaunt easily, and in fact it surprises me how many Britons say %26quot; this will be my first trip to France( or Italy etc)%26quot; when is seems so close to me for them and I would imagine that families could easily take there kids to all sorts of great places, I know if I lived in the UK my kids would have already been to at least four of five countries .
It is normal for us to have to drive two days just to take a summer break with the kids, and even then, we haven%26#39;t left our PROVINCE, let alone our country!!!
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I visited Paris for the first time in September. I booked my own flights, found my own hotel and set my own schedule. It was great--simply great. I stayed at the Hotel Muget (think I spelled that right) @ 95 euros a night. It is 100 meters from the Eiffel Tower, very close to the Metro and also close to cafes and a wonderful supermarket where I could buy fresh sandwiches, fruits, etc.
The hotel was lovely and quiet. I spent 6 nights in Paris before moving on to Dublin (wish I had spent more time in Paris and less time in Dublin) and saw everything I wished to see. two days in Paris would have been a nightmare.
I live in Hawaii and the flight(s) were really long, but well worth it.
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I am planning a longer trip than many on here have taken and posted about. I will be in Paris for 2 weeks, and then the Loire Valley and Strasbourg for another week. This is a trip 8 years in the making and I won%26#39;t have another opportunity like it again. I%26#39;ve thought about shortening it but there is just so much to see! I may yet shorten it once I have a more concrete budget, but till then it is going to be 3 weeks in France.
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When we lived in Montreal I would occasionally treat myself to a 3-4 day trip to Paris. It is not that I was loaded with money, but as a small business owner I rarely went on holidays for much longer, and when I did it was an obligatory trip to see the family on the west coast.
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Depends what holidays are for? Joan1 said %26quot; in fact it surprises me how many Britons say %26quot; this will be my first trip to France( or Italy etc)%26quot;%26quot; - actually most youngsters I know in the UK will have had school trips abroad and holidays in Aya Napa, Magaluf, Faliraki, and stag / hen breaks in Prague, Dublin, Riga. Holidays seeking %26#39;culture%26#39; are a different pastime and need time and maturity (and possibly retirement) to appreciate ... and ideally also the wherewithal to avoid the student hostels and cheap hotels - lol!
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