I have been on Fodors only very infrequently in the past few months and haven't been following up on the position re. apartment rentals in Paris, hence this thread.

I am looking for a studio or one bedroom apartment for the last week of June, somewhere centrally located, preferably in the Quartier Latin, Marais or near the Eiffel Tower, budget around 250 euros/night. I have priced Citadines and Adaggio Apartments, both of them have free cancellation. How do I know if these apartments are compliant with the city's registration policy? Any other apart-hotels you could suggest?

How does it work with VRBO/AirBnB now, is it even worth my while looking at them? How about Paris Best and others? I did an initial search on booking.com but this is just a portal and I am not sure they verify whether the apartments are legal or not.

I tried doing a search on this forum for recent threads on this matter but either it doesn't work the way it used to or I'm doing something wrong, for I ended up with all kinds of threads, with only one pertaining to my actual search. My apologies for being dumb!

Thanks in advance for your suggestions

If an agency/listing site includes the city registration number in the listing it is a legal rental. Otherwise it isn't.

Relatively few are registered - actually a very small %, but a few more come on every month.

Citadines are totally legit since they are actual Aparthotels.

Thanks for getting back so promptly janisj. I was wondering about Citadines since I didn’t see any registration number, but if I understand right apart hotels don’t need them.

I will probably book Citadines near Eiffel Tower for now and look for other similar chains and properties. Am wary about booking with VRBO as I’ve heard horror stories of cancelled bookings.

Thanks again!

Citadines, a good choice as you will probably want an AC option in late June, just in case. Most apts. don't have that luxury.

Adagio (operated by Accor Hotels) is another good apart hotel choice. I have only been to Adagio once (in Brussels) but I was absolutely delighted at how the apartment was equipped.

Any feedback about the Adagio Eiffel Tower apartments? I find mixed reviews online, from very bad to good!

Can you recommend any other serviced apartments or apart hotels in the St Germain area? Ideally that’s where I’d like to be.

Regarding apartments are they legit if they have a registration number or can it be dicey even then? I have found a couple of places with Paristay which look suitable but am apprehensive to go ahead.

Thanks in advance 😊

Will be interested to see what you find about Adagio properties. I am not a fan of Citadines, find them cramped and uncomfortable at best. Adagio looks a bit better.

Hi geetika,

You may want to consider staying at the Residence Henri IV, which has rooms and apartments with kitchens. It's located in the 5th

http://www.residencehenri4.com/en/mobile/

Have fun as you plan!

s

If they have the reg. number they are legal/legit - that has nothing to do with the quality, value, owner's responsiveness. However, if someone has jumped through the bureaucratic hoops to qualify/register I'd assume they are 'serious' about their apartment/business.

There is a Citadines in the Latin Quarter. I stayed there a week as corporate housing a few years back. it is right on the quai:

https://goo.gl/SxX8Fc

53 ter, quai des Grands Augustins
75006 Paris, France

Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I have emailed Residence Henri IV asking for a quote as I was only able to price regular rooms on their website.

In the meantime please take a look at this apartment on Rue de Rivoli (metro St Paul) and let me know what you think of it. It's small, 30sqm, but larger than Citadines which is just 22sqm. Not quite the area where I'd like to be in but we'll be close to the Marais and walking distance to the Louvre and Quartier Latin. And as far as I've heard Paris Best Lodge is a reliable agency, though I've never used them myself.

Rue de Rivoli Apartment furnished for rent in le marais

Thanks in advance

I will be staying at the Hotel Residence Henri IV for a few days next week. My understanding is that there are only two categories of rooms, and that the ones called Superior Room on the website are the apartments.

I like the area of the Rue de Rivoli apartment.

I could find no registration number on the website. Below is a link to a translation of an article that appeared in many of today's papers. Using as a precedent a case heard last week, France will seek to directly fine after the April 4th meeting of ministers Airbnb and other platforms for listing unregistered apartments

https://www.thelocal.fr/20180301/fra...irbnb-listings

If there is no registration number I'd avoid it. Quick glance I couldn't find one . . .

as far as I know, Citadines and Adagio are the two major brands with aparthotels in Paris. There used to be a couple others, one near the Bastille area, and the Villa brand (they still exist), plus some individual places. Some of these are less full apts, than others (basically a big hotel room with a very small kitchenette area.

Here is a full list
https://en.parisinfo.com/where-to-sl...is/aparthotels

I don't think there are any in St Germain. The problem is you want an aparthotel in one of the most expensive, exclusive residential areas of Paris, in an older area, historically. Just not where these type of buildings are. Even the ones in expensive areas tend to be more business areas. The only one in St Germain is a Citadines, and that's along the river.

There are some in the Latin Qtr (meaning the 5th arr) or near the Eiffel Tower, you can check that list.

Aparthotels have lots of advantages other than the fear of cancellations due to illegality (although some people dont' seem to really care about the legality, just if they are inconvenienced). But they don't have the problems with having to meet up with people at certain times for entry, inability to check in early and leave luggage, and they usually have liberal cancellation policies like regular hotels, and no deposits. Those are big things to me.

Now I did see one place on that list (Nest Inns) that some of them look like regular apts, but I noticed they do have registration numbers, like this one in a location I like as I've stayed over that way a couple times (near Monge and Censier metros)
https://mynestinn.com/properties/my-...is-mouffetard/

They do require a deposit, though.
This is one they have near Pantheon, again, notice they do list a registration number
https://mynestinn.com/properties/my-...aris-pantheon/

The registration number only suggests that a rental is legal, it is not a guarantee but unfortunately it is presently the only tool one has.

Even with a registration number any given apartment could have reached its 120 day, allowable annual rental making it illegal to rent further until a new 120 day maximum rental period begins the following year.

There are also a number of owners who are requesting registration numbers for their pieds à terres or secondary homes, which have not been given commercial status by the city and which are illegal to rent short term unless they have been granted commercial status.

However, the current push by the city is to force removal of unregistered apartments from on line rental platforms such as Arbritel, Airbnb, and Booking.com. The government has announced, but has not yet enforced, fines to these companies of 450€ for each on line listing which does not have the required registration number. The city estimates, rather conservatively in the opinion of many, that there are currently over 20,000 unregistered listing for apartments in Paris.

duplicate post

Just to add:

The importance of the article linked to in the above post is that this pursuit of platforms advertising illegal rentals will be presented to the Council of Ministers on April 4th and be in effect in all of France. For the first time apartment rental platform will be held accountable for listing illegal apartments. The article below gives more detailed information about the fines.

https://www.thelocal.fr/20180301/fra...irbnb-listings

Many thanks for all the suggestions and links. Yes, the Rivoli apartment description doesn't mention a registration number but Thierry of Paris Best Lodge assures me they are all legit. He is to send me a contract which I have to sign and return, will first check for the registration before proceeding.

Christina, both the NestInn apartments are taken up for my dates, but from your link I found Hotel de l'Horloge has studios which should work, am emailing them right away, thanks!

I've also got a quote from Residence Henri IV. And if nothing else there's always Citadines Tour Eiffel, though that would be my last choice.

Thank you so much for your advice, especially about the new laws in the crackdown against illegal rentals.

Please report back about how it all goes, geetika. Have a great trip.