I am an 8th grade student who needs to create an itinerary for a %26quot;fake%26quot; trip to Paris for a French class project. I need to identify hotel rooms, transportation, tourist sites, and other things for 5 days. My budget is 1,500 USD per person (I have a travel partner).
My mom always gets great advise from Trip Advisor for all our trips. Do you have any suggestions on a charming, but cheap hotel for 2 girls? Also, any resturant suggestions? Remember, tasty, but cheap with a little ambience. Thanks so much!
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Have a look for Travelnutty%26#39;s post. I will bump it up for you. It will give you a good start for your project.
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Since you%26#39;re working with dollars in your project, and you%26#39;ll be working with Euro%26#39;s in Paris, use a good money conversion website...you can find one at www.xe.com. Translate American dollars into Euros so you%26#39;ll know how much you really have to spend.
Try doing a search on this forum for a %26#39;hostel%26#39; which is basically a really cheap room for mostly students.
Plan on some picnics for lunch. You can get all the ingredients at Monoprix (a Paris grocery store) for about 10 Euro for two of you.
For transportation, does this $1500 include your flight over? If so, you%26#39;re in big trouble! Flights are expensive! If not, make sure you consider your transportation to and from the airport. You can look at www.bluvan.fr for a price for a shuttle, which is less expensive than a taxi.
When looking at websites for tourist sites, make sure you look to see if there%26#39;s a student price, and what kind of ID you would need to get it.
Consider a metro pass which will take you to most everywhere you would want to go in Paris. It would give you unlimited trips on the Paris metro.
You may have a bit of a problem with things to do at night for an 8th grader. Consider going to Sacre Coeur Basilica for the view at night, and also the Eiffel Tower is open at night. The Louvre is open late one night, too.
Hope this helps a bit.
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Thanks for all your help! I have found some great hotel options. Since, this is a fake trip to Paris we can travel any time of year we want. What is the cheapest time to travel to Paris (for flight purposes) Thanks!
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Hmmmm, as someone who once taught 8th graders French, I think maybe you should do some research on your own. That%26#39;s probably what your teacher had in mind. If we just give you the hotels, restaurants,etc., then you aren%26#39;t really doing the research on your own.
But you%26#39;re in the right spot. Start doing searches on %26quot;cheap%26quot; or %26quot;inexpensive%26quot; hotels, in the search window. You can do the same for restaurants and such. IT will be fun for you.
Les
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BCA - I would search the different airlines and travel companies and enter your dates for once each season...that will tell you when the prices are lowest. Consider Orbitz, Travelocity, and Expedia, and be sure to check the airline websites, too.
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Assuming that your teacher is keenly interested in the substantive part of your Paris %26quot;trip,%26quot; that is, what you intend to see and learn in Paris, I would concentrate hardest on the logistics of why you are going to Paris and what you intend to see and do there. Do the administrative parts of your trip (taxis,plane, hotel) by choosing from options on this Website or another. Then, and more importantly, figure out an itinerary of sights. There is so much in Paris that you may want to focus on something specific: a period in art (Louvre, DÓrsay, etc.), sculpture (Rodin museum, monuments to kings, Voltaire, etc.), the French Revolution (guillotines, the Bastille, Conciergerie etc., World War II (Les Invalides, memorials etc.), and take it from there by googling this stuff and writing it up. As a veteran of watching our own 13yo daughter work her way through pounds of poster board, I would assume that your teacher is giving points for organization, clarity, and specificity. Good luck! Let us know how it turns out!
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