Affordable Paris! Enjoy Your Stay in a Cheap Vacation Rental Apartment

Living and Eating Like a Parisian

By Senior Editor Joanna Hubbs
Updated 7/24/2019

只是巴黎附近的Bon Marche的一些产品，这是当地人和外国人的“美食家”。

而dollar has recovered in value against the euro since 2014，巴黎的酒店住宿费用也增加了，以至于有些美国人在为法国文化中心特别旅行时仍会感到捏造。我们建议一种做到这一点的方法，涉及找到一种绝妙的方法来舒适地生活，同时延长您的美元，探索整个城市必须提供的巴黎人，以及您在烹饪首都的饮食和饮食。

For many years my husband and I spent a week or so in Paris, where I had lived in my youth, to catch up with friends, who unfortunately for us did not live in apartments big enough to put us up. Instead we stayed in inexpensive hotels. When not invited by our friends for dinner, we ate all our meals in restaurants or smuggled prepared food from a local “Traiteur” into our tiny cramped rooms. Not that we complained considering how well we were eating and how much we enjoyed being in Paris—but nonetheless our stay always ended up costing more than we had anticipated.

也许花了多年的“大萧条”使我们变得更加聪明，现在美元对欧元的强大，甚至像巴黎这样仍然昂贵的城市提供了负担得起的选择。

例如，在巴黎租房是一种省钱并延长住在酒店的住宿的好方法。作为奖励，您还可以很好地了解一个社区，同时至少假装如果您愿意的话，像巴黎人一样生活。您可以去所有人购物食品，每天至少从地区食品商店和市场提供的所有美妙事物中轻松烹制一顿饭（请参阅Numbeo's crowd-sourced average cost of food from markets in Paris). At the same time you will be living in a comfortable, often roomy place compared to a hotel, equipped with all your daily needs—from fully functional kitchens, (dishwashers, washing machines, coffee makers, etc), well-designed bathrooms with plenty of linens, and WiFi access.

And all this at less than daily cost of one cramped and often dingy room in a hotel. France, andParis in particular, is not known for the size of the average hotel room.

Use a Vacation Apartment Rental Agency for a Cheaper Stay

There are a number of agencies that deal with apartment rentals—all found on the internet. Not all rentals are available only from Airbnb or VRBO—those huge international agencies whose prices are sometimes a bit steeper than local agencies relative to what you receive in return. Vacation apartments range from luxury rentals to layouts that are not only affordable, but charming, and particularly suited to bringing family.

我租了一间公寓10天（并且在很多时候做了一个月或更长时间），我和女儿一起度过了巴黎地址(see all links to this and other agencies at end of article), and they happened to offer exactly the right place in the right “arrondissement”（附近）我们的口味。这个位置是活跃的，中央的，而且在一些非常非常好吃的东西附近。

Our apartment was in a tiny part of the “6ieme arrondissement”在Cherche Midi街上，我过去经常去过著名的面包店Poilaneto buy rustic apple tarts to go with ourcafé au laitin a nearby café. Now, a stone’s throw from the bakery, breakfast “chez nous” was assured!

一家小餐厅上古老建筑物中的一楼公寓完全现代化了，尽管蜿蜒的楼梯在1700年代看起来一样！

There were beamed ceilings in the living room and bedroom, whitewashed walls and a completely modern and up-to-date kitchen with all necessary appliances and lots of cooking utensils. Furnished in “pure Ikea” style, it was comfortable and attractive. Furthermore it was close to one of the greatest food shops in the world, “la Grande Epicerie” of the department store “Le Bon Marche.” To guild the lily, we were just a few streets away from the tri-weekly “marche biologique” of avenue Raspail, where farm products from all over France—from a fantastic selection of cheeses, baked goods, meat, fish, charcuterie, etc. draws Parisians from the surrounding area. Women in expensive designer coats line up to shop along with students in windbreakers and housewives with their string shopping bags.

Kitchen with modern appliances in the apartment rental in Paris. Many apartments feature all modern appliances and electronics throughout.

巴黎的室外市场提供了出色，美味，新鲜的农产品，并且通常是有机的。煮自己的食物，轻松预算，同时经常比餐馆或小酒馆吃得更好。市场也是结识当地人并感受日常生活的好地方。

室外市场包括带有令人难以置信的奶酪的摊位。

Another feature of apartment living is that if you are a dog lover you can bring your animal (well, perhaps not a Saint Bernard) and let it acquaint itself with Parisian dog life—though an elegant coat for the smaller variety of dog may be necessary! You will certainly meet people who pay a great deal of attention to your pet and strike up conversations which can lead to invitations to sit and talk in a café—and you can even take your pet to restaurants—though not inside food stores.

您为什么要留在巴黎的一家酒店？

与在酒店不同的是，您可以随意去租用租金，这意味着您可以尽可能迟到，而不必在我们经常光顾的小型廉价酒店中遇到夜晚的礼宾愤怒。

您不仅可以节省住宿和外出就餐的钱，而且您很快就会开始感觉像附近的“常规”，店主会在这里向您致意。如果您会像我的女儿一样说法语，您将就他们从哪里获得产品的方式进行长时间的交谈，目前在法国的政治局势多么可怕（法国的爱情像地球上的任何人一样嘲笑自己，包括英语），以及巴黎的变化！

The apartments range in size, price, and locations. Clearly those in the very heart of the city will be more expensive, but if you are willing to use the Metro or walk you can find larger and even more affordable places in the outerARRDISSMENTS. There you will see fewer tourists but will still have access to wonderful places to buy your groceries and experience a “more authentic” neighborhood.

我只有赞美巴黎地址，我们租用公寓的代理机构。他们的员工是有礼貌和双语的，我们可能遇到的任何问题 - 例如，电话故障立即解决了，这个地方一尘不染。该机构还设法为我们从查尔斯·戴高勒机场（Charles de Gaulle）机场夜间开车。

但是，就像在所有租金情况下一样，您必须牢记一些事情：

• 该机构对电话，互联网或电视故障概不负责，尽管他们会尽力维修需求修复。

• 即使您在凌晨4点离开飞行，您也会被收取额外的一天。

• 您的合同声称，该机构最多可以扣留3,000欧元，以抗议该公寓的损失。

• 如果您非常偏执，而您的航班回家不会太早离开，则可以要求该机构的某人来检查公寓并签署一封信，确认您在逗留期间没有造成损害。

Dr. Joanna Hubbsis the senior editor of Transtionsabroad.com and has both lived in and visited Paris extensively for over 70 years—with her parents, as a student, and for many years to date as an adult.