paris tour guide... tip only
 

Somewhere I read there was a group of locals from Paris who share their neighborhoods with tourists... tip only. paris something or others...sorry.

Any help there?

you could also check out www.meetingthefrench.com

It has some interesting tours for a nominal cost of bakeries, chocolate shops, etc. and also has a section for going to dinner at a French home. That part doesn't seem to work right now, but I don't think it's expensive.

www.discoverwalks.com

Have not used them personally.

http://www.cityfreetour.com/home/

Have not used them.

I second the recommendation of http://www.parisiendunjour.fr/index.php?lang=en . It's part of the Global Greeters network. You sign up with your date and time preferences, language, and kind of things that interest you.

I had a greeter back in January. He was a teacher and talked to me a lot about history and architecture and libraries and the educational system, but on the sign-up form they ask what kinds of things you're interested in, so you could request a greeter who's into fashion, or cuisine, or gardens.

At some point during the walk, we stopped for coffee, which I paid for (it was late afternoon; had it been earlier I would have bought lunch for both of us). I actually don't think I gave my greeter a tip (planned to, but at the end when we were parting, it just seemed awkward to pull out my wallet and he didn't seem to expect it. I did, however, make a donation on the website afterwards, to support the program.