Is there any way of doing Paris on a budget?

[Dressinggownchats]

We really want to go to Paris this year but want to do so as cheaply as possible.

So for example, everyone says London is expensive but we’ve done it very cheaply by staying in a Premier Inn outside of central London and easily travelling to the touristy places on the tube. Making the most of free activities/site-seeing but incorporating some paid for stuff.

Can anyone recommend any budget hotels in Paris that are still clean and safe and easy to travel from?

Would 2 nights be enough if we chose let’s say 4 activities/things to see?

Is it always cheaper to go on the Eurostar? We’d have to incorporate getting to London and staying overnight. Love holidays we’re doing flights and hotel package for from £300 per person during the second week of the Easter holidays.

Are there any times to avoid?

If anyone has managed it on a budget then please give any advice/tips. Tia.

We stayed in a holiday park outside Paris. There are several Eurocamp sites in the area.

Hi OP I looked at this recently and EasyJet from Bham has some decent packages on. Worth a look.

We stayed here, great location and it was clean with friendly staff. Breakfast was decent (and can be booked when you arrive too) but at around €60 a night for three of us we ate out two of the mornings.

CDG has a great train connections into city in 25/30min. We flew from our local airport.

I would expect to get 2 nights for under £500 (plus spending)

You can park for free near Hanger Lane or quite cheaply at Westfield. - about 2 hours drive from Bham.

great ideas - thanks everyone!

You want an Ibis budget hotel, the rooms have a double bed and bunk bed for DC and include breakfast.

Fly to CDG and get the RER into Paris and use the Metro to get around. Easily doable on your budget.

@SkinnyOatFlatWhiteForMePlease whwre is that hotel please? The only Hotel Therese I can find is a luxury place in the 2nd arrondissement.

I stayed at the F1 in the south of the city - Porte d'Orleans, I think? - and it was fine. Very basic, but well-connected by Metro and tram.

I’m sure it was in the 1st, Rue Therese (made it easy to remember). Definitely a nice hotel but with genius discount (just being a member) really helped on booking.com and definitely within the budget you mentioned. It had a really nice restaurant called HAND at the end of the road, reasonably priced and tasty.

Sounds like you got yourself a bargain!

air bnb close to valley d’europe as you can get the train into other parts of Paris from there including Disneyland

Budget flights are often a false economy. If you end up at Beauvais airport, you will have a 90 minute journey to get to Paris. The Eurostar is not always cheaper, but it does get you to the city centre.

For such a short trip stay central. There are perfectly nice hotels for £180-£250 per night close to notre dame and in the latin quarter or sorbonne areas. Your budget is more than enough that you don't have to stay miles out in a cheap hotel.

Have I misread the budget? You said £1500/2000 for a two night trip? Assume for 2 nights you would be 1/3 cheaper for hotel.

We were £1085 for 3 nights (2 adults, one child) plus £887 for flights from Edinburgh to CDG including a cabin bag with easy jet. About €40 each way from the airport to Gare du Nord.

August hols we did 2 nights in hotels and 2 nights at Disney for £1k, family of 4 (one was a baby). Flew into Orly and put of Beauvais. Can't remember hotel name but it was on booking.com, just check the reviews. We spent about £1k on spends but that was 80% Disney spends and the rest trains & taxis