sjde53

What would you consider to be an average price for a mid-priced Paris hotel in the 6th arrondisment? Or possibly the 5th or 7th, though I'd expect them to be about the same. Would a double room for $120 be comparable to a $120 double room at a US hotel in a large city? I know the Paris hotel wouldn't have all the amenities of a US one and the room would be smaller but outside of that, would cleanliness, decorating, linens, etc. be comparable?

Sue

Flyboy

I think it is a very difficult comparison to make. I usually stay in the 10th or 11th and I believe that I get more for the money than what I've seen in the Latin Quarter or St. Germain. On the other hand, I know that people are staying in the 5th or 7th at rates like you describe and they are very happy with their choices. There is such a variety and so many small, independent hotels in Paris. Things like linens, decorating and housekeeping seem to vary quite a bit. One issue is that $120 just a few short years ago was less than 120 Euros and right now, it's closer to 90. That's probably going to knock out most of the three star choices and change the kind of two star room that you can get for $120, too. "Mid-range" in the 6th is more than $120 today, in my view.

taggie

Sue, I see you've posted the same question twice and have answers on both posts.

No need to post more than once.

To see all your posts, click on your screen name and they'll come up on the r.h. side.

Laqueridisima

Taggie, sometimes it's worth reposting a question again to get more responses. I thought I might point that out to you so you don't have to "correct" anyone again like that.

rex

Surely, the post from taggie is only to be construed as constructive and helpful. the two posts wer made 2 minutes apart. It seems safe to say that Sue wasn't confident that her post was successful. Knowing about click on your own name would have eliminated her confusion.

My answer to this question is on her "other" identical post.

Best wishes,

Rex

ira

Hi sj,

As noted, $120 is only 92E. I think that the average in the 5-7 is closer to 120E.

This does not mean that there are not pleasant, clean attracive hotels in the area.

Have you looked at the "Paris Superthread"? http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34519236

Patrick

Laqueridisima, since you registered your name only a couple of days ago, I'll attempt to excuse your apparent rudeness as just being new and not knowing any better. (Unless you're one of those frequent posters who has an alter ego used to post nasty and rude comments).

It is NOT a good idea for everyone to post their questions a couple of times. It is hard enough to find previous posts without going through doubles of everyone's questions. Besides many comments on threads relate to other comments. It is impossible to get a sensible dialogue when the comments (which could receive valid agreements or alterations from others) are scattered between two separate posts.

It is so odd that you rudely "correct" someone with such a rude comment of your own. There is no doubt that the comment about how to find one's posts without duplicating them was meant to be both polite and helpful. Your comment was nothing but "bitchy".

rex

The alter ego(s) / multiple personality manifestations of la queridisima have been mentioned on other threads.

Patrick

Sorry, rex, I thought that might be the case, but one needs a scorecard to keep track of all the multiple names used by posters to hide behind when they're being nasty.

sjde53

Thanks for the hint about clicking on my name. What happened was I forgot to highlight "France" when I posted the question the first time, and so it didn't seem to be on the France board where I wanted it.

Sue

nytraveler

Hotel prices in Paris seem to me to be at least comparable to those in NYC - where for $120 is very hard to get anything more than the most basic - like a Super 8 or something - in a not so great location.

I would conisder $200 to be the least for an average hotel room. $120 is super bargain - not that you can;t find something - but its really major bargain hunting.

ira

Hi sjd,

There is no "France" board, only a Europe board.

The reason for including subheadings is as a filter for people looking only for specific countries.

yk

It's hard to compare, Sue.

I will be in Paris in 2 weeks, staying in the 6th. After lots of researching, I am able to find a hotel for about 80E/night (original price is 105E/night, but we are getting the 4th night free). I expect a clean, basic, small room.

In the US, I am used to using Priceline for rooms. In Dallas, I can get the Hyatt for $45/night, where as in downtown SF, I can get the Marriott for $75/night.

taggie

Well, Laqueridisima, I think you can consider yourself "corrected" in turn.

As many of you so kindly pointed out, I was only trying to be helpful. I hope Sue didn't think I was being rude (doesn't seem that she did). I'd seen the identical posts next to each other on the list so I figured it was the same old problem where new posters are under the impression that there are separate boards. And given the time of night I figured that Sue might have trouble locating her posts in the a.m.
What's the harm in letting new posters know how things work and how things might be made a bit easier for them?

Anyway - so many knights in shining armour coming to my defense! wow.
And I hope that Sue is getting the info she needs for her trip to Paris.

Christina

From what I've seen on here, a midpriced hotel room in the 6th is definitely more than US$120 nowadays. I'd say more like 150 euro (not even 120), but that broadly depends on whether you mean an actual statisical average or what. The midrange hotels in St Germain don't seem to have a lot of double rooms at 120 euro that I've noticed.

The 6th is one of the most expensive areas of Paris, so I don't think it is the same in the 5th or 7th--they are cheaper on average. YOu can find lots more 3* hotels in the 7th around 120-150 euro than in St Germain, for example.

Parisian hotels are not by nature dirtier than US, that's for sure. I don't know what amenities are being referred to, but the midrange hotels I stay at in Paris have the usual amenities I get in any hotel of that level in any country, including the US (TV, telephone, minibar, toiletries, hairdryer usually but not always). I guess the only difference might be that in-room coffee makers are more frequent in the US. The quality of decorating and linens are comparable, although they aren't the same style.

I would say a $120 double room in a large US city is pretty rare, without some special discount or off-season reason. I just stayed at a basic Comfort Inn in Naples, FL that was $120, but I don't know if I'd call that midrange there--perhaps so, and then it would be similar to rooms for around 125 euro in Paris. I don't think you can compare Priceline in this as that's a whole different system, both in the US and abroad.

Patrick

Christina, you just stayed not five blocks from me in Naples and you didn't call? Shame! Would have loved to get together for a drink at least!

Christina

really, Patrick, were you there? It was between Christmas and NewYear, actually. I thought about you, maybe I should have, but I was with family a lot and attending a funeral, so didn't have much free time, unfortunately.

(BTW, that Comfort Inn is fairly nice for that level of hotel, which probably is around a 3* level in standards. That's probably more lower-end in Naples during holiday season, as Inn on the Fifth wanted around $300 and didn't look that much greater to me. I've had various 3* hotels in Europe about the quality of that Comfort Inn, and even decor.) A lot of renovated Parisian hotels are pretty modern, charmless decor BTW, very similar to that idea.