France away 18 November 2009 - accommodation

[ccfcgirl]

6 of us in there too, getting in to CDG on Tuesday at 17.45 so hopefully be there around 7pm. Was going to say see you at the bar but there doesn't appear to be one, am off to have a word with the lad who booked it!

I didnt realise that there was no bar, Im there Tuseday to Friday, Ill make the most of the pubs thats near the hotel(watch now probibly miles away)

[GM11]

Ptegan

I'm staying at the 3 ducks hostel - cheap and hopefully cheerful at £20 per night.
3 DUCKS HOSTEL: 6 place Etienne Pernet - Paris (PA) 75015, France

is it a decent area for a pint (at a reasonable price) and a bit of craic

Thanks for help - invaluable as never been to Paris before

[skimcg]

Staying at the acte V hote lnear pantheon, cheap and central. and good reviews.

[ptegan]

Ptegan

I'm staying at the 3 ducks hostel - cheap and hopefully cheerful at £20 per night.
3 DUCKS HOSTEL: 6 place Etienne Pernet - Paris (PA) 75015, France

is it a decent area for a pint (at a reasonable price) and a bit of craic

The 3 Ducks Hostel has a great rep in town. Very cheap and usually very cheerful as well

Compared to other places in town though it's in a "quiet" area. Not that there aren't any bars around but that you won't find hoards of Green supports walking past your hostel door all day.

This doesn't matter though because in Paris your hotel/hostel is almost always no where neer you do your drinking and dancing. 90% of the 2-star hotles for example are in areas that you wouldn't spend the evening in; if the area had a load of cool, funky bars and great places to eat well you hotel/hostel wouldn't be only costing you €20 or €40 but more like €120 or €160.

Within a few minutes you have the metro line 8 which takes you direct to Opera district, Republique and Bastille. Better IMHO to get a cheap hotel on a good metro line as you have done rather than pay over-the-top money for a crap hotel smack-bang in the center of town. The €100 you save on your bed for the night is easily made up in the 30 minutes you'll spend in the metro.

[ptegan]

Staying at the acte V hote lnear pantheon, cheap and central. and good reviews.

Right by the Rue Mouffetard. Lots of cheap places to drink and especially a lot of cheap places to eat (€17 for 3-courses + wine is common).

[brendy_éire]

Ptegan

I'm staying at the 3 ducks hostel - cheap and hopefully cheerful at £20 per night.
3 DUCKS HOSTEL: 6 place Etienne Pernet - Paris (PA) 75015, France

There's a few of us staying there too. Arriving on the Wednesday morning.

[zenokelly]

Hi Ptegan do you have any opinion on Best Western Aulivia Opera
Paris, FR in relation to location and quality.

Many thanks for any help

[blueanto40]

3 of us in the Victor Masse hotel tues and wed nights. single rooms for 65 euro per night

[GM11]

There's a few of us staying there too. Arriving on the Wednesday morning.

Good stuff - I am going Tuesday night - Belfast to De Gaulle back on thursday evening with Esayjet.

Will be on my jack on tuesday night as mates not arriving until Weds morning on Liverpool flight - but will prob just take up residence at the 3 ducks bar!

Thanks for the help Ptegan - sounds promising all need now is a result!!

[Blue Man]

2 of us in Hostel Vintage. 500m from Gare du Nord apparently

[DannyInvincible]

Paris35 is a handy site to use to search for cheap accommodation.

[Larks]

There is a good group of six or seven of us lads staying in "Auberge internationale des jeunes paris". It's dirt cheap at 14 euro a night so I know thje place will be a bit 'kippy', but we jus need a place to go for a few blinks and thats it. Don't plan on spending much time there obviously. Does anyone know what it's like? I have looked on google maps and the area looks O.K.

[jbyrne]

There is a good group of six or seven of us lads staying in "Auberge internationale des jeunes paris". It's dirt cheap at 14 euro a night so I know thje place will be a bit 'kippy', but we jus need a place to go for a few blinks and thats it. Don't plan on spending much time there obviously. Does anyone know what it's like? I have looked on google maps and the area looks O.K.

google the name of the hotel and tripadvisor

[zinedineontour]

Staying in the Timhotel in Clichy our next door neighbour is the sexodrome ! Should be fun coming home at night . Which door to chose ??

[rfkimble]

Staying in the Timhotel in Clichy our next door neighbour is the sexodrome ! Should be fun coming home at night . Which door to chose ??

Stayed in that place in 04, the nightporter wuz not happy wit the hrs we kept, threw the keys at us every night when we arrived back. Still it was cheap as ****, unlike the sexodrome lol!

[zinedineontour]

Stayed in that place in 04, the nightporter wuz not happy wit the hrs we kept, threw the keys at us every night when we arrived back. Still it was cheap as ****, unlike the sexodrome lol!

Is it as bad as im expecting ?? Not the sexodrome ! Dont really mind cause in great location for everything

[rfkimble]

Is it as bad as im expecting ?? Not the sexodrome ! Dont really mind cause in great location for everything

yeah dont worry its grand, as u say great location, we're stayin just up the road this time, hotel avenir monmartre

[prince20]

Just booked into Paris Hilton, heard its supposed to be gorgeous

[RonnieB]

Just booked into Paris Hilton, heard its supposed to be gorgeous

Depends on how many you have had.

[shakermaker1982]

The reviews on trip advisor make me laugh for each hotel I've been checking out.

1 star - the lift was tiny.

1 star - I saw a drunk 400 metres from the hotel one night.

Americans eh?

I'm going for a bit of comfort this time around.