We will be arriving in CDG around 7am and our hotel check in is 3pm. We are hoping to crash for a couple hours after our 10-11 hour flight. Has anyone in the forum tried Yotel, with cabins at CDG? https://www.yotel.com/en
I have read mixed reviews of it. I couldn't find any airport lounges in CDG with cots like in the Frankfurt airport. Or I wonder if my hotel will allow really early check in, it's a Citadines branch. Any other ideas for a room by the hour I am overlooking?
Posted by
Lynnwood, Washington
8886 posts
Sometimes people will book an extra night before they arrive to assure access to their hotel room upon arrival. I can’t imagine that it would be much more expensive than the Yotel day rates and much more convenient.
I did this once after a 9 hour red eye flight to Amsterdam and it made all the difference to be able to check in, shower, take a short nap and then go out to explore. On my way out, I passed a group of exhausted looking people sitting in the lobby with their luggage trying to check in early. I was glad I was not one of them.
Posted by
OP
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@Carol I was thinking about that idea too, thank you for the suggestion.
Posted by
Florida (previously California)
3990 posts
Are you sure that Yotel at CDG is even an option? I think you can only stay there if you have a boarding card for a flight departing from Terminal 2E and you will be arriving not departing, right? Take a look at https://www.yotel.com/en/hotels/yotelair-paris-charles-de-gaulle. Try the Ibis Paris CDG Airport, which is a short walk from Terminal 3 and they have hourly rooms when rooms are available, but I would book the room for the night before at the Citadines. Which Citadines is it? Some are much more popular than others and might be likely to get you in the room earlier though I doubt that any will let you get in much before 11:30 AM. By the way and I acknowledge that you did not ask, but have you "crashed for a couple of hours" before upon landing in Europe? I did that once and it was a huge mistake for me and threw off my adjustment to the time change for days.
Posted by
OP
32 posts
@JHK, ok I guess Yotel is out of consideration since we don't qualify, good to know. We are staying at Citadines Bastille Marais. Ok Ibis rents rooms by the hour, good to know.
Last year we traveled to Frankfurt after a 10 hour flight, crashed for a couple hours at an airport lounge with cots then caught a connection to Tallinn, which was fine.
Also I can sleep on planes but my husband cannot and unfortunately lack of sleep might trigger his epilepsy.
Probably will end up booking an extra night stay at Citadines depending on what they say.