Left luggage - Paris St Lazare
 

I'm traveling to Le Havre on business, but could knock off a few hours in Paris on a Sunday before catching a train to Le Havre out of Gare St Lazare. I'll have a suitcase and a briefcase with a laptop - are the left luggage facilities secure enough to leave these items? I'm not so concerned about the clothing, but my company may not like me losing the laptop. I had a colleague get one stolen in Montreal earlier this year, and what a headache it was for him.

I was hoping to run into the city to Musee Rodin and Napoleon's Tomb at Invalides - I figure I'll have a good 3-4 hours to explore.

Hi bm,

I suggest that you pack your laptop with your clothing - less likely to be "lost".

Carry the laptop/briefcase with you. It's for only 3-4 hours - don't take a chance.

Like Ira said, stow the laptop in the bigger suitcase and lock it. While the luggage facilities are generally secure, the station itself isn't all that secure.

Thanks for the tips...

It's a couple of years since I tried to leave luggage at St-Lazare, but it didn't have left luggage then. A few Paris stations, including Nord, Lyon and Montparnasse did have left luggage which consisted of lockers accessed via a manual security check with a scanner. Whichever sort of left luggage is available, the laptop should be hidden in your case, but left luggage offices anywhere are pretty secure.