Finding a hotel in Paris for Paris lovers and control freaks
June 16, 2008
One booking website for hotels in central Paris lets travellers know exactly what they’re getting, exactly where in Paris.
The more you know about Paris, the more you have a clear idea of what kind of hotel in Paris you’d like and where exactly you want to be. A four-star hotel near the Eiffel Tower yet close to a metro? Or a little two-star hotel steps away from Sacre Coeur? Do you need your hotel in Paris to be no more than three minutes’ walk from a railway station? It may be listed as a three-star, but does it include wireless Internet in your room, or only in the lobby? All right, you’ll admit it, you are a bit of a control freak. But why shouldn’t you have exactly the hotel in Paris you want, whether you are visiting on vacation or business?
Unfortunately, many hotel booking web sites are just too general to give such precise detail. They think travellers will have to be satisfied with staying anywhere in Paris, whether it is convenient for what they want to do of not, and that these tourists don’t know Paris well enough to know any better when making a Paris hotel reservation. Every traveller has a story about booking a room listed as being at a hotel in central Paris while the actual location turns out to be somewhere quite out of the way. And while your hotel’s exact location may be vague on these web sites, the rates can be even more so, as many sites do not have complete or up-to-date daily rate information for every hotel in Paris they list. They may also be behind the curve when it comes to current hotel availability in Paris, and with their delayed confirmations it can be days before you discover that your Paris hotel reservation did not go through.
One online booking service for hotels in Paris, however, caters to those who have very definite ideas of where they want their hotel in Paris to be, what amenities it should have and what it should cost, and want a confirmed booking for their Paris hotel reservation right now. The website, called Feel Like Home and run by the Paris-based Atel hotel network, allows travellers seeking a hotel in Paris to search for hotels in central Paris by neighborhood or arrondissement, by proximity to famous monuments or other points of interest, by price and by availability. For example, if you are looking for a hotel near the Eiffel Tower, Feel Like Home gives you a choice of hotels, each with exact distances from the Eiffel Tower and other nearby sites, bus stops (with the specific bus lines listed!), metro stations, public parking…all the things it is really practical to know but no one thinks of until it’s too late. Each listing is full documented with photos and detailed descriptions of the hotel and what it offers, in English, French German and Spanish. What is really different with Feel Like Home is that each hotel listing also gives the exact distance to nearby points of interest, so you know precisely where you are located relative to the places in Paris you want to visit and the neighborhoods you feel most at home in. All the hotels are in central Paris, and run from two to four-star, so there is something for every taste and budget. Another great feature of Feel Like Home is the ability to consult each hotel’s rates in real time, and to make your Paris hotel reservation immediately with a guaranteed confirmation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Feel Like Home has up-to-the-minute information on hotel availability in Paris, so you run less risk of disappointment or wasted time trying to book a sold-out hotel. And even with all this service, the site charges no fees for booking your hotel in Paris.
If you are on your way to Paris and are the type who wants to be in as complete control of your travel plans as possible, you are in luck. When looking for a hotel in central Paris, if you are looking for an exact location, an exact level of accommodation and an exact price, there really is no reason to look elsewhere than Feel Like Home.
Feel Like Home, run by Atel hotels, is an online service for Paris hotel reservations permitting hotel searches by arrondissement, proximity to sights in Paris, availability and price, offering immediate confirmed reservations 24/7.
Services
- Hotels in central Paris
- Search hotel availability in Paris
- Hotels near the Eiffel Tower
- Find a hotel in Paris by exact location or arrondissement
- 24/7 online Paris hotel reservations
10 rue Louis Vicat
75015 Paris
Tel : +33 1 45 31 25 45
Fax : +33 1 45 31 22 21
Web : http://www.feel-like-home.com/gb/
Contact : http://www.feel-like-home.com/gb/contact.htm
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