I can't tell, from the postings here, if you are citing room rates only, without taxes. Can someone give me an idea of what the taxes run, so I can create a more accurate budget? (Do the hotel websites give this info?) <BR>Thanks.

Judy <BR>I have found that when a Paris hotel quotes me a rate they add the phrase <BR>"tax included". Don't know how it is phrased on the websites,but if you are not sure, email them and ask.

usually the tax is around 5FF per person per day, but often that is included in the price of the room. it's not like in the U.S. when they quote you a price of $100 and when you check out it comes to $130 with all of the taxes! if you're not sure, contact your hotel to see if the tax is included or not.

Websites will always tell you if the tax is inlcuded. But even if you're not sure, be aware, that's it generally runs between 4 and 7 francs per day, per person. <BR> <BR>Candice

I just did a quick spot check out of curiosity. The prices quoted on the web included tax. But, the sample was limited. <BR> <BR>One thing I did notice in a couple of cases that was new was this: <BR>Bersoly's, for example, now says it will charge for premature departure!!! <BR>I had not seen that type of notice before. <BR> I wonder if this is going to become a growing trend!!

Yes, it's not enough to worry about--I believe it varies by the number of stars, about one franc more a person per star? For 2-star hotels it is 5F/person/day and 6F in 3-stars, prob. 4F in 1-stars; For four-star hotels it is about 8F, at least in Provence, but I don't know if that varies by region. On websites or brochures that would probably be "toutes taxes incluses" for "all taxes included" rates or maybe <BR>"taxe de sejour incluse" (stay tax included), altho most are in English now, anyway. I found Bob's post interesting, but I've always wondered about this myself and would expect any hotel to charge for a day's stay if you check out without notice if they would do the same on a no-show for arrival. I have never done this kind of thing much, hopping around without hotel reservations, and am curious about this travel-style (not that it's really for me, for the most part)--people who don't make reservations and then say that gives them the option to move around whenever they want. Well, when you do check in to a hotel and they ask you how long you are staying, what do you say--I don't know, as long as I feel like it? I can't imagine any really popular and good hotel (which are often booked up months ahead of time) not caring about that or even allowing you to check in under those circumstances except for one night. I can see it in a hotel that is half empty in low season or something. Do they have laws in Europe that you cannot be forced to leave a hotel once you are in it? If so, that could be a real problem if they let such people in; I think I've heard of that being a law in the US, but I'm not sure. I remember once I did leave a hotel early as I hated it so much (in Amsterdam) and had found a much nicer place down the street. I don't remember how I did that but I think I hated it so much that I didn't care, so I got up my nerve and just told them I was moving on or something the night before I left--they did not charge me anything for that, but I have no idea of the laws on that in Amsterdam or whether they were busy or not.

In accordance with French laws, all taxes must be included in the quoted rate except the "taxe de sejour" which varies with the number of stars. Ours was 5F per person per day in a two-star.