What's the best way to see paris for $2? On a bike!…read more One of my Paris highlights were this bikes! Though they may look clunky and hideous, they are great way to get you anywhere. After a couple days of walking everywhere my legs were dying. As much as I wanted to see everything paris had to offer my legs were telling me NO! Good thing we decided to try these bikes out because they saved our legs and took us to places faster than our two feet ever would. The website makes renting these bikes simple enough. You register online and pay with card and create a PIN. An email is sent to you with user numbers, that you'll need to enter in the kiosk to get a bike and don't forget your pin. As long as you return the bike to a station within 30 minutes you're guaranteed a $2 paris excursion all on two wheels. Most of the station are available on most popular areas and around the corners in big intersections. You can always rent the bike from the kiosk if you don't have time to register online. When you return your bike make sure to see a green light appear on your stand. If not, you can go to the main kiosk and troubleshoot from there. My light went orange in one instance because I shoved it in the wrong angle and the kiosk released it, so I could retry sliding it in. It was fun biking around like a local because even the locals use them. It was super scary biking on crowded roads with cars, but compared to America, french drivers are totally aware of their surroundings. The insurance you have with these bikes are they are heavy and big enough to keep you stable and withstand a lot of beatings. The fenders on the bike also come in handy for those spontaneous mother nature drizzles.

Velib was super easy to use. I bought a 1-day use ONLINE for $1.70 euro or $2.12 USD. (The first 30…read moreminutes of each bike use is free and then you get billed 1 euro for every 30 additional minutes.) After buying online, it was super easy. All I had to do was enter in my account number, which was sent to me in my confirmation email, enter the PIN number I created online and then select the bike number I was going to use. Done! Most of the bikes are in good shape with quick release seat, bike light, bike lock etc but a few needed a quick tune-up. If you find yourself returning your bike to a full station, you can enter your PIN number into the machine and you get 15 minutes to find another nearby station. What is amazing is that there are over 20,000 "community" Velib bikes across 1,500 different stations that are located all over Paris! There is even a smartphone app that you can use to find out where the closest Velib station is at so you can return the bike and which station has available bikes to use. It was a great way for us to see Paris from a different perspective. Most of my friends that saw our Paris pictures said, "Wow, that's so cool that you rode bikes in Paris."

Avoid! No! Awful So many things went wrong…read more They cancelled our original booking while we were flying over, I had to sleep on a sofa for the most part, shower was not working at the first place- neither was the stove When I reached out to Parisian home today (Friday) they said they can respond by Monday...... Original booking was on the first floor for my handicap mother..... Both substitutions we had a deal with an elevator that her Walker couldn't barely fit in....

I stayed in a rental in spring of 2023, it was meh. Fast forward to August 2025: they randomly…read morebilled me over $300 on a blank invoice. I emailed 3 times to complain and have the charge reversed, no response. I ended up having to cancel my credit card and get a new one. Then, before my new credit card even arrived, they tried to charge me another $50!!!! NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THESE FRAUDSTERS.

Unfortunately after many great rentals over the years it appear they have been acquired and no…read morelonger provide rentals. Wish that wasn't the case since they were a serious upgrade compared to Airbnb and Vrbo.

We just rented an apartment from Al La Carte Paris in the Marais: Marais Exclusive - Place des…read moreVosges from December 13 - December 28, 2015. It was horrific!!! The bed\ was advertised as a King but was really a Queen and was so hard and crowned in the middle that it was impossible for the two of us to use. So my husband had to sleep on the "sleeper" sofa. There was no bedding for it and the metal frame was broken in half leaving a very sharp, dangerous metal rod sticking out of the side. Someone had tried to pound it back but it still cut my husband on the leg. In addition the mattress on the sofa was about 2-3" thick offering NO support. The wooden slats were miserable to sleep on. We complained to A La Carte about this but were told they didn't own the apartment and weren't responsible!!! BUYER BEWARE!!!!! In addition, the apartment was so poorly maintained that the light switch to the bath fell out onto the floor forcing us to use a dark bathroom!! Finally, we moved to a hotel a day early to try to get a night's sleep. When we moved pout early we sent an email to Katy we received NO RESPONSE!! DO NOT USE THESE PEOPLE!!!

Last week I stayed at an apartment rental in Paris through RentParis.com. I decided to book with…read morethis company, instead of using AirBnB, due to recent issues with AirBnB in Paris. I will know better next time! What started off as a good stay in a decent apartment turned bad when I woke up to two mice in the kitchen going through the trash! I notified the company contact right away, and let them know I could not stay there for the last night of my stay, due to the mice. I had to then find a hotel for the night on short notice at a decent price.. not easy in the high summer season. The company offered little assistance. They did credit me back my last night's fees, which was the least they could do because I was not staying there for that night. When I asked for help with paying the hotel fees, due to the inconvenience of having to move on short notice, they were zero help. They claimed I didn't give them a chance to remedy the situation so they would not offer any further assistance. Completely unacceptable..as getting rid of rodents is not a 'quick fix' issue! RentParis.com showed very little interest in making the situation right, and I highly recommend anyone think twice before renting from them.

We dealt with this company through AirBnB. They had strict rules for arrival, such as contacting…read morethem both 48 hours and 1 hour before arrival, with monetary penalties if these gates were missed. I haven't seen other landlords with such policies. Some of the other reviews online mentioned anger at having been charged for missing these checkpoints, and I should have taken the hint. Due to CoVID, it was impossible to visit due to a 2 week quarantine upon entering the country. The landlord sent a terse note saying they would not cancel and would allow AIRBnB to cancel if that was their policy. It seemed unfair to keep my money due to my inability to enter the country due to French law. I noticed there is a recent french law another landlord and a excursion provider both mentioned saying they should offer me a 18 month credit voucher, which seemed fair. When I asked the landlord again, the terse response was that I should simply read his previous reply. I understand times are tough for landlords, and some may lose everything. However I think there is a pattern here. I would definitely not deal with this company again.

Fuyez tant que vous le pouvez, ils prônent haut et fort que la satisfaction client est une priorité…read moreabsolue pour eux, mais faux !!!! Suite à une grève SNCF, j'ai demandé un avoir afin de venir sur Paris à une autre date, mais tel des autruches ils n'ont fait que nier mes appels et message, Philippe et Gilles honte à vous, Delphine honte à vous et la seule personne que j'ai pu avoir m'as raccroché au nez. Je vous déconseille fortement de réserver quoi que ce soit avec eux, leur priorité absolue est de nous ignorer et empocher les sous sans même se soucier une seule seconde de leurs clients. un seul mot : FUYEZ !!!

This agency rents online via their own web site and through Airbnb and the owner's name Delphine…read more They manage hundreds of apartments but don't have familiarity with them, and so they aren't able to answer the most basic questions: how the appliances work, where the trash room key is, if the apartment has fans and where they are located. I have rented numerous apartments and have never had to contact an owner as much as I had to contact Delphine. The place was filthy when I arrived (toilet, shower, sinks, windows, tables, etc.) which seems to be a recurrent issue in her apartments if you go through her Airbnb reviews. Quality was lacking: toilet pops up when you sit on it, there are no water glasses, linens are cheap and old. She went so far as to lie about me when I filed a complaint with Airbnb. To be avoided at ALL costs.