Organize your Paris stay is easier said than done. Because there are so many things worth seeing that you won’t be able to see them all in a year. Because there’s also your transport to organize, and your hotel to choose and book. There are even your souvenirs to bring back. It’s complicated when you’re doing it for the first time. Our aim is to help you make the most of your stay by providing you with the tools that tourism professionals use. Free of charge.
Key points for a successful organization of your stay in Paris
There are three of them not to be underestimated when planning your tavel:
- Transportation from your home to Paris. The number of tourists is high, so you may not be able to find the transportation you need on the dates you want.
Another transportation problem is that between your arrival point in Paris (airport, train station, freeway) and your hotel. After several hours of fatigue, it’s best not to “waste time” getting to your hotel.
- Choosing your hotel. This is also a difficulty at certain times of the year… but that means often, as the tourist season is long in Paris. In the end, you’ll find a place to stay, but perhaps not in the comfort you’d hoped for, or at a price that exceeds your expectations.
- Choosing what to see and visit. Because Paris is big, and has centuries of history that can be seen in its streets, museums, monuments and churches. There’s so much to see, it would take more than a year to see it all. At the Musée du Louvre alone, it would take over a month, stopping for just 20 seconds in front of each display. Successfully organizing a stay in Paris is mainly a question of making the right choices, eliminating a lot, and keeping only what really interests you, not just what everyone else visits.
The solutions you’ll find in our article for a better organization of your stay in Paris
In this article, you’ll find all the information you need on the 3 key points to successfully organize your Paris stay. And to make sure you find what you need for your stay, our “suggestions” are always overabundant:
- 4 to 5 competing sites to choose your flight, 2 or 3 sites to book your train ticket, a map of all the freeways leading into Paris. All maps to reach the center of Paris, by metro, RER or freeway.
- 4 to 5 competing hotel sites to choose the hotel that suits you best: just in case one is over-booked.
- Our database: over 400 points of interest, far more than can be seen or visited in Paris during a stay. So you’ll have plenty to choose from, even if you’re planning several trips in the future.
Our suggestions that can be translated into immediate reservations
Everything that can be booked in Paris is listed on our site – just a click away. You can book your flight, your train ticket in advance, your hotel – and we strongly recommend making your reservations as early as you can. It is the same for most of the museum or monuments. It is true for Le Louvre Museum, the Eiffel-Tower, Orsay Museum of course. But not only. If a booking is available for the spot you want to visit, make a reservation. It is the same price. What’s more, most of the time you’ll get a ticket that cuts out the need to queue.
Always those pesky tourists: they’re everywhere and won’t leave you any room, especially as places are limited! First booked, first served, until sold out! Come back tomorrow…
How this article works
You fill in a questionnaire in less than 5 minutes. No, we don’t ask for your name or any of the other information you’d normally provide to be sold to a database. Below are the questions you’ll be asked to answer – they simply allow us to orient the information in our response to best suit your stay:
Step 1:
Trip Duration:
Arrival Date:
Departure Date:
Number of persons:
Number of childrens:
Step 2:
Interests (Please select all that apply): Art and Museums, Historical Sites, Local Neighborhood Exploration, Parks and Gardens, Nightlife and Shows, Literature and Bookstores, Unique Parisian Experiences
Step 2:
How would you best describe your travel style?: Budget, Adventure, Cultural
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Accommodation Type: Apartment, hotel
Preferred Daily Activity Pace:
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Dining Preferences:
Would you like us to arrange private transportation or provide public transport guidance?:
Special dates for your stay :
Have you ever been to Paris?:
Any specific places or experiences you’d love to include in your itinerary?:
Any accessibility requirements or other special requests?:
Step 4:
Name:
Email:
By clicking “Tailor-Made Paris Trips & Free Personalized Guide in 5 Minutes” to send the completed form, you trigger a “process” that returns our answers to your request. It only takes a few seconds to get our answers.
The reply you will receive from us
Any questions you may (or may not) to organize your Paris stay will be answered in the documents sent to you. Each Point of Interest you decide to visit (or not) is also commented on in an article in our database (there are more than 400 – click to see “All you can see”). So you can get a precise idea of the “history” of each point of interest and make an informed choice.
In our response to “organize your Paris stay”, if you find it difficult to organize your stay with a precise program, we can offer you organized stays of 1, 2, 3,…5, … 10 days or more at a more than reasonable price, depending on the number of days of your stay.