Paris apartments that rent less than a week?
Oct 5th, 2010, 07:27 PM
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Anna,
Check www.parisbestlodge.com. They have good reviews here and they have some apartments that are close together.
Check www.parisbestlodge.com. They have good reviews here and they have some apartments that are close together.
Oct 5th, 2010, 07:35 PM
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CW,
Paris Best Lodge was actually on the top of my list due to all the great reviews, but I emailed Thierry last week and he said that he only rents his apartments for an entire week.
Paris Best Lodge was actually on the top of my list due to all the great reviews, but I emailed Thierry last week and he said that he only rents his apartments for an entire week.
Oct 5th, 2010, 08:29 PM
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http://www.apartmentparishotel.com/appart42.html
Now why didnt i think of this before? They are apts affiliated with Hotel Relais de Bosquet in the 7th, nr Rue Cler. they are all near each other, but not in the same building. Would tat work for your family?
One is a one bedroom (with a lovely patio) and the others are studios.
Perhaps a combination of the one bedroom, and the larger studio (which i think has two murphy beds) would suit your needs?
They were booked for the dates i needed, but the calendar shows availability for your stated time period. Price (listed in euros) is reasonable for the the area but darn, the euro is rising in value again!!!
What a special way to celebrate your parents anniversary, and give them the gift of your Mom's dream trip to Paris.
Now why didnt i think of this before? They are apts affiliated with Hotel Relais de Bosquet in the 7th, nr Rue Cler. they are all near each other, but not in the same building. Would tat work for your family?
One is a one bedroom (with a lovely patio) and the others are studios.
Perhaps a combination of the one bedroom, and the larger studio (which i think has two murphy beds) would suit your needs?
They were booked for the dates i needed, but the calendar shows availability for your stated time period. Price (listed in euros) is reasonable for the the area but darn, the euro is rising in value again!!!
What a special way to celebrate your parents anniversary, and give them the gift of your Mom's dream trip to Paris.
Oct 6th, 2010, 12:31 AM
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Anna1013: The owner of the apartment that I rented is American and also lives in the U.S. As for what to do if something goes wrong, so to speak, there is a number of her contact person who works very near the apartment. One just needs to call that person. I didn't need to, but in the reviews of the apartment, there was a comment of someone calling the contact person about something that sounded minor. But, the poster mentioned the excellent service of the contact person and how promptly the person showed up.
Plus, the owner of the apartment that I rented, gives renters a plumber's phone number and her father's account number to the plumber in case there is a plumbing problem of which she says that they've not had a problem with. But, the information is there in the event it's needed.
One also receives an 8.5X11-inch photo packet of the apartment and entrance into it. So, one can go over the photos of different things before leaving home. A picture speaks a thousand words.
There are photos of the security code boxes, to enter the apartment, and instructions on how to use them. There's also a photo of the small light switches, both at the outside entrance area and the beginning of the corridor leading to the apartment. They're easy to miss if one doesn't look or is not used to having to press a button to get light. Then there are pictures of how to work the electricity box in case it has accidentally been turned off. And there's a picture of how to turn on or off the water valve if needed. So, everything is laid out quite nicely. And there is a notebook with other instructions if one needs them. Happy Travels!
Plus, the owner of the apartment that I rented, gives renters a plumber's phone number and her father's account number to the plumber in case there is a plumbing problem of which she says that they've not had a problem with. But, the information is there in the event it's needed.
One also receives an 8.5X11-inch photo packet of the apartment and entrance into it. So, one can go over the photos of different things before leaving home. A picture speaks a thousand words.
There are photos of the security code boxes, to enter the apartment, and instructions on how to use them. There's also a photo of the small light switches, both at the outside entrance area and the beginning of the corridor leading to the apartment. They're easy to miss if one doesn't look or is not used to having to press a button to get light. Then there are pictures of how to work the electricity box in case it has accidentally been turned off. And there's a picture of how to turn on or off the water valve if needed. So, everything is laid out quite nicely. And there is a notebook with other instructions if one needs them. Happy Travels!
Oct 6th, 2010, 11:32 PM
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Calinurse,
I had actually looked into the apartments attached to Hotel Relais de Bosquet. I had been wondering if anyone had stayed there recently, but I haven't been able to research it yet. Do you know if they get booked up a year in advance? Thanks for checking into how many nights we could stay!
Guenmai - as Calinurse mentionned, do you mind posting the number of your apartment?
I had actually looked into the apartments attached to Hotel Relais de Bosquet. I had been wondering if anyone had stayed there recently, but I haven't been able to research it yet. Do you know if they get booked up a year in advance? Thanks for checking into how many nights we could stay!
Guenmai - as Calinurse mentionned, do you mind posting the number of your apartment?
Oct 6th, 2010, 11:39 PM
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Anna1013: It's #226061. To get to the reviews, click on the upper, right-hand review icon and then scroll a way down and there will be a "green" icon to click on to get all of the reviews. Happy Travels!
Oct 6th, 2010, 11:56 PM
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Anna, this is all I could find for reviews of the Relais de Bosquet flats:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...de_France.html
Review of the Valadon studio, dated jan 25, 2010
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...de_France.html
dated Dec 22, 2006
The above reviews appear on the tripadvisor site for the hotel; there is not a separate review place (that i could find) for the apts. So the hotel site is where people write the apt reviews too . Another written in 2009 is referred to on a tripadvisor topic.There may be others.
Re: your questino of if they get booked up in advance, you can check their calendar on the website. Check by individual apt left corner of screen) and click where it says "book"--a calendar will come up.Available dates show in green. The periods of time you mentioned in your first post are available (green) as of now.
Guenmai, thanks for posting the Honeaway Number.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...de_France.html
Review of the Valadon studio, dated jan 25, 2010
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...de_France.html
dated Dec 22, 2006
The above reviews appear on the tripadvisor site for the hotel; there is not a separate review place (that i could find) for the apts. So the hotel site is where people write the apt reviews too . Another written in 2009 is referred to on a tripadvisor topic.There may be others.
Re: your questino of if they get booked up in advance, you can check their calendar on the website. Check by individual apt left corner of screen) and click where it says "book"--a calendar will come up.Available dates show in green. The periods of time you mentioned in your first post are available (green) as of now.
Guenmai, thanks for posting the Honeaway Number.
Oct 7th, 2010, 07:42 AM
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Oct 7th, 2010, 10:50 PM
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Try to seek something from www.beau-paris.com
I believe the owner of the apartment I stayed last time had 2 apartment in the same building and that should meet your needs. I'll be back to Paris this last November and I rent an apartment from beau-paris again.
I believe the owner of the apartment I stayed last time had 2 apartment in the same building and that should meet your needs. I'll be back to Paris this last November and I rent an apartment from beau-paris again.
Oct 9th, 2010, 01:23 PM
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Calinurse - I found that one review on tripadvisor also. I'm not to sure about them murphy beds in two of the studio apartments.
Christina - I didn't realize that owners have to agree to a review being posted..put's everything into a different light.
inspired_traveller - thanks for the link!
Christina - I didn't realize that owners have to agree to a review being posted..put's everything into a different light.
inspired_traveller - thanks for the link!
Oct 10th, 2010, 08:06 AM
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I don't know the full specifics of reviews on VRBO, but I know the owner can dispute them and ask for them to be removed, and not just for fraudulent reasons. I have never seen a negative one and have read that owners can easily not allow some reviews to be posted even if just negative comments. Their own FAQs imply a negative review can be posted, that an owner can't just censor any review, but I don't know. In any case, take them with a grain of salt, do not presume the lack of negative reviews mean there weren't any, and read the reviews for info about the location and apt. itself.
Oct 12th, 2010, 09:21 PM
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CaliNurse: You're welcome for the www.homeaway.com info.
As for reviews on www.homeaway.com, I contacted them yesterday about their review process and they e-mailed me back today.
They e-mailed me stating that reviews are not optional for owners who advertise on Homeaway, nor do they have the option to choose which reviews they want to appear on their listing. They also went on to state that if one, as a traveler, has stayed at a property, then he/she has the right to write a review, however, the review written must adhere to their guidelines and that reviews are not rejected based on whether they are positive or negative, as every review submitted goes through the same process.
And as far as reviews go, I know that their guidelines are very strict although it's not always clear why a review was rejected as it can be a gray zone situation. I know, as my original, and positive review was rejected twice, before the third rewrite finally went through. And homeaway won't tell the review writer why it was rejected. One just has to figure out, what was not adhering to the guidelines, and rewrite it and resubmit it until it is accepted. So, I rewrote it the next day, as the first two reviews I had written a few hours after I had gotten home from Paris. I like to write when details are fresh in my mind, although I can sometimes be in a jetlagged daze. However, nothing else that I've ever written about has gotten rejected, even when jetlagged.
As for the review that I wrote on Homeaway, it was also posted on VRBO as it's the same company and are thus the same guidelines. I remember even e-mailing the owner of the apartment and mentioning that I had written a review, but that it had been rejected and that I had planned to just rewrite it after figuring out what had gotten it rejected. She wrote that she didn't know why it was so difficult to get a review through and that she would contact them. She has multiple properties listed with Homeaway/VRBO. Happy Travels!
As for reviews on www.homeaway.com, I contacted them yesterday about their review process and they e-mailed me back today.
They e-mailed me stating that reviews are not optional for owners who advertise on Homeaway, nor do they have the option to choose which reviews they want to appear on their listing. They also went on to state that if one, as a traveler, has stayed at a property, then he/she has the right to write a review, however, the review written must adhere to their guidelines and that reviews are not rejected based on whether they are positive or negative, as every review submitted goes through the same process.
And as far as reviews go, I know that their guidelines are very strict although it's not always clear why a review was rejected as it can be a gray zone situation. I know, as my original, and positive review was rejected twice, before the third rewrite finally went through. And homeaway won't tell the review writer why it was rejected. One just has to figure out, what was not adhering to the guidelines, and rewrite it and resubmit it until it is accepted. So, I rewrote it the next day, as the first two reviews I had written a few hours after I had gotten home from Paris. I like to write when details are fresh in my mind, although I can sometimes be in a jetlagged daze. However, nothing else that I've ever written about has gotten rejected, even when jetlagged.
As for the review that I wrote on Homeaway, it was also posted on VRBO as it's the same company and are thus the same guidelines. I remember even e-mailing the owner of the apartment and mentioning that I had written a review, but that it had been rejected and that I had planned to just rewrite it after figuring out what had gotten it rejected. She wrote that she didn't know why it was so difficult to get a review through and that she would contact them. She has multiple properties listed with Homeaway/VRBO. Happy Travels!
Oct 13th, 2010, 01:29 AM
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We have rented from rentparis twice. Our apartment in the 4th (rue ste croix de la bretonnerie) was a wonderful apartment. It had a separate bedroom with a double bed and a trundle bed, accomodating 4 people. The living room had a sleep sofa, which we used. The bathroom had a door into the hallway and a door into the bedroom which was convenient. It also had a nice kitchen and dining area. The windows were on the street with great views of life in the neighborhood. I would definitely recommend this apartment.
We have also rented from VIP with good and bad results. We rented from VRBO last trip with no problems and plan our next trip with a VRBO rental. One of our rentals was from an entirely private party not affiliated with an agency. He lives in the U.S. and so all transactions were in dollars.
We have never rented for more than 6 days at a time. The least amount of time we have rented has been 3 nights.
We have also rented from VIP with good and bad results. We rented from VRBO last trip with no problems and plan our next trip with a VRBO rental. One of our rentals was from an entirely private party not affiliated with an agency. He lives in the U.S. and so all transactions were in dollars.
We have never rented for more than 6 days at a time. The least amount of time we have rented has been 3 nights.
Oct 17th, 2010, 08:33 AM
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Opaldog: How did the apartment turn out that you rented through the private party? I try to note apartments that can be paid in U.S. dollars. It's just much easier. For the apartment that I had, I just wrote out the amount for the apartment, on a personal check, in three payments as that's the way it's set up, stuck a forever stamp on the envelopes and mailed the payments from L.A. to N.Y. where the owner lives. And that was the end of it. Then I got the keys a couple of weeks before I left home. Easy.
At first, the owner of the apartment didn't have a credit card system set up, as it was a relatively new listing. However, there was a PayPal system set up. And yes, before someone out there jumps in, I know that it's recommended on forums that one shouldn't send out a personal check. But I had been on e-mail with the owner for so long that I felt fine with it. And all turned out just fine. Happy Travels!
At first, the owner of the apartment didn't have a credit card system set up, as it was a relatively new listing. However, there was a PayPal system set up. And yes, before someone out there jumps in, I know that it's recommended on forums that one shouldn't send out a personal check. But I had been on e-mail with the owner for so long that I felt fine with it. And all turned out just fine. Happy Travels!
