What is missing in Paris?
#43

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To those of you suggesting she do something that involves driving people around: a special license is required for this, as well as special insurance. It's not easy to obtain and as I understand it it's quite expensive.
She's not just going to be able to throw people into a car and take them places - at least not without incurring significant risk.
She's not just going to be able to throw people into a car and take them places - at least not without incurring significant risk.
#46
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Not true. Some types of guide services are regulated; others are not. If all guides required licenses and tests in Paris, there would be no foreign tourist groups, since no foreign guide is going to take a test and get a license in every city he serves.
What is heavily regulated is money-handling travel services, which come under the heading of travel agents. Guides who provide such services also fall under these regulations. Some specific venues require special credentials for guides who wish to speak inside those venues. But overall there is no specific licensing scheme, in part for the reasons I've already described.
What is heavily regulated is money-handling travel services, which come under the heading of travel agents. Guides who provide such services also fall under these regulations. Some specific venues require special credentials for guides who wish to speak inside those venues. But overall there is no specific licensing scheme, in part for the reasons I've already described.
#47
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Chevre & Belldame have the right idea.
Eating alone (for me) is a bummer. On cruise shops, one can request a large
table & have company & discuss the next days plans & get input. This would be a great plus in Paris.
Eating alone (for me) is a bummer. On cruise shops, one can request a large
table & have company & discuss the next days plans & get input. This would be a great plus in Paris.
#49

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http://www.meetingthefrench.com/index.php?lang=en
This is where you can be invited into a Parisian home for dinner.
This is where you can be invited into a Parisian home for dinner.
#50
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Merci, Kerouac. I know about Jim Haynes
& this company.
However, I was thinking more along the
lines of mini-GTG's where folks could
meet at "Paris secret' restaurant, choose their own menu, pay individually
& query the hostess on whatever comes to mind.
& this company.
However, I was thinking more along the
lines of mini-GTG's where folks could
meet at "Paris secret' restaurant, choose their own menu, pay individually
& query the hostess on whatever comes to mind.
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