Bed and Breakfasts in Paris

Paris accommodations give you a unique and personalized travel experience with a touch of local flavor. If you are still not sure where to stay, consider bed and breakfast.

Before making a reservation

To make your stay in Paris as comfortable as possible, you should consider some of the real differences between expensive full service hotels and private family homes that offer Bed and Breakfast in the original European style.

Bed and Breakfast in Paris is not the same as in the U.S., where B&B has become increasingly associated with the country inn type of accommodation, with housekeepers, staff and often with an in-house restaurant. In France the closest match would be private villas or the wonderful “chateaux” style apartments in Paris .

Bed and Breakfast in Paris usually means private family homes, often older properties, sometimes several hundred years old, and consequently may have smaller rooms than you are used to at home or in modern hotels. Other features you should not expect are air conditioning or elevators unless they are specifically mentioned.

An obvious but often overlooked difference between hotels and staying at private family homes, is that of service; there is no desk clerk on duty to await your arrival, so it is vital that the family knows what time to expect you, as they have daily family business to attend to.

You will be given a key to their home and this is a courtesy that should be respected. So if you return late at night, please be considerate of other guests and the host family. The rooms are regularly serviced, varying from home to home. There is no &qout;room service”. You will be staying in a private home, not at a full service hotel.

Best of all

Wouldn’t it be great having your own local source of up-to-the-minute insider information about what’s going on? Your hosts can give you the best independent advice about places to eat, shop and the best time to visit the sights… all for free! After all nobody wants to wait in line overseas anymore than at home and your hosts at the Bed and Breakfast in Paris can help you make the most of your trip when time is at a premium.