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Avoid paying full price for your hotels

Tips for getting a cheap hotel in France

Whether you want a luxury French hotel or a more modest one, you don't have to pay full price.

We start with discounts on hotels in Paris and then give tips for other French cities:

• Hotwire.com—You select price and quality, but not a specific hotel prior to paying—for savings of up to 75% off.
  
  You have a choice of seven hotel locations in Paris:
  
  • Bastille - Bercy
  • Batignolles - Montmartre
  • Champs Elysees - Trocadero
  • Eiffel Tower - Cambronne
  • Opera Quarter - Louvre
  • St. Germain - Latin Quarter - Montparnasse
  • Charles de Gaulle International Airport - CDG
  
  Hotel quality ranges from 1 to 5 stars. Check Hotels.com for examples of hotels rated at each star level.
  
  
• Priceline.com Hotels—You choose price, quality, and neighborhood, but don't learn the name of your hotel until you pay. Your savings can be très remarguable!
  
  To find out typical hotels priceline uses at each star level,
  
  • click on Priceline.com Vacations
  • enter any U.S. departure city
  • enter "Paris, France" or use the pull down menu, and
  • enter any future date
    
    
• For the best priceline bid,
  
  
  • Bid on one neighborhood at a time.
    
    If your first bid fails, you can then re-bid immediately for the same hotel star level if you add another neighborhood (or change dates).
    
    
  • Start your bidding with a higher star quality rank.
    
    
  • If your first bid fails, immediately bid for the next lowest star level if you don't want to add a neighborhood or change dates.
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  • In Paris, bid 15 - 20% lower than the Hotwire cost for the same star level.
    
    
  • In the other French cities listed below, bid an average of 40% below the Hotels.com price for the same star level. Increase this slightly for 4-star hotels, but decrease for all stars if you notice few vacancies on Hotels.com.
    
  
  NOTE: If you mistakenly begin bidding at a low star level, priceline considers that you have bid for that level and all above it. As a result, you must wait 72 hours to make a follow up bid.
  
  If you need help choosing a location, see our detailed Paris neighborhood descriptions.
  
  Priceline has bargain hotels in these cities in France:
  
  • Bordeaux
  • Calais
  • Cannes (may not be available in August peak season)
  • Lille
  • Lourdes
  • Lyon
  • Marseilles
  • Monte Carlo
  • Nantes
  • Nice (may not be available during August)
  • Paris
    
    
• Hotels.com—For Paris and all of France, Hotels.com lists its discounted negotiated rates first.
  
  For these, you are guaranteed to receive the best on-line price of any site that allows you to book a specific hotel or resort prior to paying.
  
  Hotels.com offers a huge selection of easy-to-book hotels and inns throughout the country, with detailed hotel descriptions and photos.
  
  

Bon voyage!