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Interested in seeing the Louvre, opera...2 days in Paris? Reasonable/quaint place to stay, then a reasonable way/transport to move on to Stocklholm and high coast to meet newly found relatives there. Best weather/economical time of the year? Or, we could do Sweden first, then Paris. Thanks for any help!
With fiancee and my 21 yr old son...this would be our first trip overseas from midwest U.S.
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Between Paris and Stockholm there are flights on budget airlines Ryan Air (non stop) and Air Berlin (one stop in Vienna). But note that European budget airlines sometimes use out of the way airports and have additional luggage restrictions or other fees that might make a "cheap" fare not so cheap in the end. But with such a distance between Paris and Sweden would think that flight is probably what you need. Depending on where you are flight from consider an "open jaw" flight so that your flight out is USA-Paris and your flight back is Stockholm-USA. These are not typically more than a round trip to either location. Then you could book a one-way on a budget airline in between.
Enjoy planning your trip!
Some Swedish low cost carriers use Paris-Beauvais airport.
The most economical time to go would be before March 31.
That is when airline prices go way up (often doubling the first week in April).
Weather will be cold but not terrible - low to mid 30's F in Sweden and in the upper 40's in Paris. Nothing a good jacket won't fix.
I don't know how long the total trip is (how long is it?), but 2 days in Paris is VERY short. I would try for at least 3 nights in Paris. There are countless suggestions for inexpensive places to stay in Paris - here is a good resource for good, cheap (by Paris standars) hotels.
http://www.eurocheapo.com/paris/hoods/near-louvre.html
http://www.eurocheapo.com/paris/hoods/latin-quarter.html
http://www.eurocheapo.com/paris/hoods/marais.html
You will want to be close to the river for esasy access to the tourist sights on your short visit.
You should look into flying "open jaw" - that is from US to paris and then from Sweden back to US.
Where in the midwest are you coming from?
Last summer I used an open jaw ticket landing in Paris and leaving from Stockholm. Even with a cheap airline the price of a Stockholm-Paris flight would have eliminated any potential savings for using Paris as the arrival and departure point.
Anything other than flying is silly, so count on flying between Paris and Sweden.
If you must save money, then obviously the winter will be cheaper. Myself, I would much prefer June. July would be nice too, but that is vacation time in Sweden so prices are probably higher. August would see Paris on vacation and it might be a bit too hot in Paris anyway.
Thanks for all the replies. The open jaw flights sound best, and we may stay longer in Paris too. We're in Ohio, but also checking flights out of Chicago, NYC, and D.C. I'm thinking last two weeks of June or first two weeks of September.
Just adding my two cents as far as costs go. Airfares will definitely be higher in June than in March. Hotels in France are generally cheaper before March 31, but hotels in Sweden are actually cheaper in the summer months than winter, so it can be a toss up. For weather, June or July is definitely the best choice, and remember that the days are very long in Sweden in June (Sun "rises" around 3 AM and "sets" about 10:30 at Stockholm's latitude, longer sunshine in Lapland, so if you are able, you can cram a lot into a day.) Check the internet for hotel rates in Sweden. There are likely to be special summer rate deals. Scandic Hotels, for one, usually offers special summer rates for hotel bookings before March 31 or so. My family had good experiences with Scandic in 2008.