I've made some pretty stupid and costly travel mistakes since I've been here, but something amazing just happened:
I'm going to Paris the weekend of March 11th and I'm meeting a lot of friends there. I stupidly assumed responsibility for finding accomodations. I was getting really stressed out, though, because between so many different people were THAT many different budgets, THAT many different itineraries, etc. etc, it was nearly impossible to satisfy everyone and almost all of the hostels and cheaper hotels were booked. But I miraculously found this place called the Hotel Louvre-Richelieu, a 4-star hotel at 90 euro a night with basically the most superb location in all of Paris...literally 2 blocks walk-distance from the Ritz Carlton, right in front of the Louvre, and for 90 euro/room/night.
A 4-star hotel in THAT location for THAT cheap? Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it was...
I got an e-mail confirming my reservation stating that it would cost 200 euro/night -- about double what I had been told over the phone -- and my credit card had already been charged for the first night (that was their booking policy). I was livid. I called them, bitched them out, and guess what?? They gave me the room for the original price of 90 euro/night!!!!!! So turns out I'm going to be paying half-price for this room, which I will be splitting amongst 3 other people. What does this mean? I will be paying about 23 euro/night (price of a cheap hostel) to stay in a 4-star hotel, in a location that could only be beat if I were to stay at the actual Louvre itself...and all because I was an assertive bitch to the receptionist.
This marks the first time I've managed to actually SAVE money on this trip and thus merits a blog post :) Not to mention, I'm going to Prague this weekend where the current exchange rate is 1 Czech Koruna = .052 USD. Becca and I will be living like queens.......I guess "Eurotrip" was more accurate than I thought!
Ciao!
I'm going to Paris the weekend of March 11th and I'm meeting a lot of friends there. I stupidly assumed responsibility for finding accomodations. I was getting really stressed out, though, because between so many different people were THAT many different budgets, THAT many different itineraries, etc. etc, it was nearly impossible to satisfy everyone and almost all of the hostels and cheaper hotels were booked. But I miraculously found this place called the Hotel Louvre-Richelieu, a 4-star hotel at 90 euro a night with basically the most superb location in all of Paris...literally 2 blocks walk-distance from the Ritz Carlton, right in front of the Louvre, and for 90 euro/room/night.
A 4-star hotel in THAT location for THAT cheap? Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it was...
I got an e-mail confirming my reservation stating that it would cost 200 euro/night -- about double what I had been told over the phone -- and my credit card had already been charged for the first night (that was their booking policy). I was livid. I called them, bitched them out, and guess what?? They gave me the room for the original price of 90 euro/night!!!!!! So turns out I'm going to be paying half-price for this room, which I will be splitting amongst 3 other people. What does this mean? I will be paying about 23 euro/night (price of a cheap hostel) to stay in a 4-star hotel, in a location that could only be beat if I were to stay at the actual Louvre itself...and all because I was an assertive bitch to the receptionist.
This marks the first time I've managed to actually SAVE money on this trip and thus merits a blog post :) Not to mention, I'm going to Prague this weekend where the current exchange rate is 1 Czech Koruna = .052 USD. Becca and I will be living like queens.......I guess "Eurotrip" was more accurate than I thought!
Ciao!
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