Thread: Paris in July - I need help...

what are your airline options? zed or ID something? are you eligible for business class?
gateway SLC? do you have blackout dates for flying?

venere.com has good rates
the booking engine here is pretty decent with selections and $ in general
bestwestern hotels are very popular in paris--loads of them and they are discounted as available with codes
Accor hotels have very good discounts with airline ID--25, 50 or 75% off rack as available using scp144159 and code 32475

I don't know how good of a deal the Paris card is--never stayed long enough to use one for museums and transport.
the info desk at both ORY and CDG is incredibly helpful but the wait may be long--

trains from either airport are easy and relatively cheap to get into the city

First--get a good guidebook--I like Eyewitness because they lay out each district (arrondissement --sp???) by chapter and have self-guide color layouts of museums and major attractions. They have walking tours and basic how to at the back--like phones, trains, food, etc tip--that important kinda stuff

You can do bike rentals ( I have that somewhere in my files) for an hour or more--you can take bike tour (fat tire tours) with a group. they have hop-on-off buses that are $ but smashy to use for highlights one day. Good idea to start those midday (1-2pm and go around once--you can use it in the eve to go to someplace you saw on the loop, then catch anyhting else the next day since they are 24 hr tickets.

Hope that's a little to start your plans. There are plenty of folks here with more specific info and ideas

Good luck with your Paris trip, I'm thinking this might be of help. Paris Info

If you use the seach facility and enter Paris you should get a lot of results as much info about Paris has alrady been posted in previous topics.

The best "arrondissements" (districts) to stay are in order 4 (Bastille best location but I am biaised I was born there),3,5,6,9,2,1, the cheapest are 11,20. Hotels prices increased but they are still affordable. for less than $150/night you should be able to find a decent place.
CDG, the town, avoid cabs at any cost, it is outreageous.
You can take the RoissyBus it will bring you to Opera for less thant 10 euros, if you do not have too many luggage you can take the RER which goes non stop to the center of Paris.
They sell a museum pass which combine the use of the RER and free access to museum, if you put RATP (which is the public transportation web site) on google it will bring you the site where you can find some informations
I do not think the Champs elysees are interesting but it is because I am from Paris.
If you want to see some really local area go to the 20th around the Pere Lachaise.3 days is not a lot, I would go to Le Marais (3,4) and quartier Latin (5,6)
Other tip if you order a drink in a cafe the price is regulated at the counter, when seated at a table it is more, prices are always shown.
Have a good trip

Mon Jun 30 SLC/CDG is fabulous for now--Tues is ok as is Wed but Thurs is not recommended
I would not second guess your return dates but consider the CVG connection as needed
Don't forget to ck the delta.com and see the seat options to get an idea of loads when you can't find it here--doesn't help with nrsa listing but you can at least see if the plane is chock full!

I'm hopping a flight a day early to Cape Town tomorrow for a few days via DKR so I may not get to ck--hopefully our Comair and other DL members can ck for you. Back end next wk and then going to Guatemala end of month.. whew...I'mgetting tired just thinking about all these trips--who's our fave member who describes themselves as "flyin' fool"?? that could be me...