My recent post had me deciding on a couple of 2/3 star hotels, but I seem to have settled on Delavigne with 1 reservation. They told me honestly(the others say they dont know the room size!) that the double is approx 9 sq metres. We are a group of 5 women staying for 7 nights, the early bird price is very good, but is 9 sq metres pretty standard compared to other 2/3 star? (it is the minimum size for 3 star rating)We will be single occupancy of double room, so that helps. If you have stayed in the standard double at Delavigne, please let me know what you thought? Do you think rooms at Grandes Ecoles are much bigger?

That's about ten foot square, give or take a foot in either direction.

If you're not going to be spending much time in your room, and literally need "somewhere to sleep" and the price is perfect for you, then take it.

9 Sq meters = approximately 97 square feet.

MK has it right I would agree but remember that one spends fully one third of their travel day in their room even if it is only for sleeping.

In imperial measure, it's a about 96 square feet. I would consider it quite small for a double (except in Paris or London budget hotels) but adequate for a single.

Frankly, I consider it "small" for Paris but then again I may be used to more expensive hotels, too.

Hi C,

That's a small room.

However, if it will be only one person, it could be adequate.

9 sq.metres. That't 3 x 3 meters right? That's too small for a double. Perhaps bearable if for 1 person but I rather agree with Dukey, even for Paris. I hope the ensuite bathroom is not in this 9 sq.meters.

The photos on the hotel's web site show the rooms not that small.

Did you take a look at Tripadvisor.com's review? A bit mixed but sounds like a ok place. Most say the rooms are small but not ridiculoulsy.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...de_France.html

Hotel websites typically show only the best rooms, renovated over non-renovated, larger over smaller, etc. So don't fully count on 'your' room looking just like a website photo.

> Hotel websites typically show only the best rooms ...

Yes, that's right. My point is I can hardly imagine 9 sq.meter is the average size for double rooms at a 3 star hotel. That's really small. If it's the smallest room of the hotel, I could understand.

Let me suggest that you measure off an area in your house or apartment 10 x 10 feet. Then move a chest of drawers, smallest one you have, a night table, and a bed into that area. Mark off the area with masking tape or string, and stick to those dimensions for two nights. No cheating by using your closet for storage because most 2 star Paris hotel rooms don't have one. Any cabinets, armoires, tables, and chairs use up some of the available space.

That will give you an idea of what you will be tolerating.

I have had some very small hotel rooms and I felt like I was in a jail cell.
The old argument that "you are only sleeping" is a little hollow. I spend much more time in my room than that, particularly if it is raining outside.

I will never ever say that I use a hotel room "just to sleep" in, as I will spend quite a good proportion of my time in there, however, for this poster seeking a 2 star property, a place to rest might literally be their idea of a bedroom.

My main bedroom with 5' wide bed & triple wardrobe is 12 square metres - there's not a lot of room for anything else.

9 sqaure meters will get you a small double bed & a hanging rail and if you need to get from one side of the room to the other the easiest way will be across the bed.

"That's about ten foot square, give or take a foot in either direction".

MK you never ever fail to make me laugh !! Bravo !!

Muck

To clarify that's a square of side ten feet i.e. 100 square feet.

Google <b>9 sq m in sq ft</b> and all will be revealed.

aside from the math, I would say that it is not that uncommon for a 2* hotel for a single room, no. I don't stay in a place knowingly with rooms that small, but I don't think it's that unusual for a single room in a cheap hotel. I had a room in the Muguet that was that small or smaller, I am sure, and some other 2* hotels.

The requirements for a double room aren't really that much higher for the hotel's rating -- if they just want to meet the standards. I think it's only one SM higher but don't have them at my desk now (eg, I think the minimum for a double in a 3* hotel is only 10 m2, as compared to 9 m2 for the single).

If you are just asking if that is really small compared to the norm for a single room in 2/3 star hotels in Paris, probably not.

Hi everyone, its teh op here..I suppose I didn't word ti very well..as an Aussie, I know all about sq metres! i just thought &quot;man, thats small!but wondered whether lots of rooms are that small and you dont know..in this case they spelled it out and this is not a 2 star everyone, ita a 3 star. I dont want anything dated or tired or shabby and ZThe Delavigne does look OK (on the web site ha ha) Grandes ecoles is my other option, they wont reply to q's so did anyone stay there and has an opinion on size of rooms? Jeanne, I emailed Bonapart re avail etc..and whichever place I book I am going to put in nice french soaps and a little bunch flowers to 'lift' it a little1

I haven't ever tried emailing with the Bonaparte. Their website is new this year and I have no idea how responsive they are. But they do respond same day to my faxes.