littlepossum

Hello all

I am in need of some help. I am looking for a holiday home/apartment in Paris from 15 December to 21 December 2014 sleeping 14 people. With a budget of between €2500-€3000 for 6nights.

Thanks

Gretchen

Really?

adrienne

Your budget is a bit tight. I would look for multiple apartments in the same (or nearby) building.

Ackislander

Where have you looked already?

As you know, this could turn out to be a formidable task. I would start with VRBO and then throw myself on one of the agencies. Soon.

You are almost certainly talking about a house, and it is going to cost a lot of money, especially if you want to be in one of the more central areas. It is going to cost more than your budget in any case, which is a reasonable rate for a 2-3 bedroom flat in the 6th.

I don't believe you will be able to rent for six days only. You might find it easier to find a house to rent for a month than for a week, and it is quite possible that it could cost very little more.

Certainly in the US you would have a lot of questions to answer before renting a place this size. Is it a family gathering for your sisters and your outings and your aunts? Or is it a reunion of friends from university? Price and availability would very much depend on your answers to these questions.

Have you thought of renting all the rooms in a small hotel?

StCirq

I seriously doubt this is possible, especially with your budget and wanting only 6 days. You'd be better off renting a bunch of rooms at a big hotel, or going outside Paris.

Christina

I don't think this is possible in Paris, either, unless you are a billionaire. Seriously, some celebrities could probably rent a massive private home like that in Paris, but not regular tourists.

YOu could try some of those high-end specialists for France who know about villas. Those would be outside of Paris, no doubt. There isn't any way in the world you can rent such a place for 500 euro a night. You need a place with about 6 bedrooms. 500 euro a night would get you a 3 bedroom place, 4 if you look and can find one. At least your dates aren't around Christmas, so there might be something if you don't want one house.

for example, here is a luxury apt rental service in Paris, they have one 4 bedroom place (that is typical, that an agency may be 1-2 of that size) and it rents for around US$1000 per night, which is more than 500 euro, and it's not in the most expensive location. It sleeps 8. But it isn't free those dates, anyway.
http://haveninparis.com/rental/Republique.php

parisperfect.com has a lot of expensive apts that aren't too far apart, you could check them, but theirs are around 500-100 euro per night for a 3 bedroom, so you'd need two.

nytraveler

You appear to have 2 problems:

1) No apt is going to hold 14 people - it would have to be 3 apts near each other - and renting a house for that many people is not realistic in Paris (only deep countryside)

2) Your budget is not nearly enough for so many people

You may have a third problem. If this is a group of students or young friends many apts will not be rented to you at all. I was looking yesterday for a 2 bed/2 bath apt in paris - and they all seemed to require no children under the age of 12 - and that no one under the age of 25 was allowed without a responsible adult. Obviously they would not be hesitant to rent to one young couple but experience has shown them that groups of young people can frequently be unreliable.

thursdaysd

From the OP's other thread this appears to be three families with kids from 12 to 16.

Carlux

Just a point - the OP could almost certainly book for 6 nights rather than 7. It would just mean paying for 7 nights. Fairly simple - and usually a one week rate is cheaper than a per day rate. Not that I think hr/she will find something for that many people at that rate