# Where To Stay in Paris?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stay-in-paris/284885>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 15, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stay-in-paris/284885 "2005-01-15T17:47:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stay-in-paris/284885/1 "2005-01-15T17:47:41Z")

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Okay, Dopers, this may be a bit of a difficult one.

Say you were going to stay in Paris for two weeks. Money isn’t _entirely_ no object, you don’t want to pay $5,000 a night but you’re willing to part with a substantial amount of cash for your hotel accomodations during your stay. You need a suite, reasonable privacy, good room service and somewhat posh – but not extravagant – amenities.

Area of the city isn’t a big issue.

Where would you stay?

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**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stay-in-paris/284885/2 "2005-01-15T18:30:00Z")

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What do you define as a ‘substantial amount of cash’ for a hotel room?

For some people, that’s $2,000 a night. For others, that might be $250 a night.

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stay-in-paris/284885/3 "2005-01-15T19:07:42Z")

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Let’s say, for a one-bedroom suite, \<$2,500 a night.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stay-in-paris/284885/4 "2005-01-15T20:00:29Z")

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> [@TeaElle](#):
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> for a one-bedroom suite, \<$2,500 [in US dollars] a night.

[edits mine] $2500/night is only _somewhat_ posh?!!! :eek: I was going to recommend the Hostelling International hostel near metro Hoche, but your spending range maxes out at about a hundred times what mine did. 🙂

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stay-in-paris/284885/5 "2005-01-15T20:47:58Z")

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Should I have mentioned that this is for a work of fiction, and the person who will be staying at this hotel is a millionaire, but a millionaire on a budget? 🙂

Yes, $2,500 is posh, and now that I’m doing a little more research, probably more posh than I intended. The Coco Chanel suite at the [Ritz Paris](http://www.ritzparis.com/home_ritz/home_ritz.asp?show_all=1) is $4,300 a night. I’m thinking that what I want is nice, but perhaps one step (or half a step) down from The Ritz.

Anybody have any ideas? Are there any Parisian (or travel agent) Dopers with some knowledge?

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stay-in-paris/284885/6 "2005-01-15T20:53:34Z")

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Strike that, I’ve just putzed around at the Ritz’s website a bit more, and I think I’ve answered my own question. It’ll do, it’ll do nicely.

Yes, I do research like this for all of my fiction writing. I’m a detail-oriented person.