Hi! Wondering if anyone has any recent experience on renting an apartment in Paris. I used VRBO several years ago but as I understand it rental laws have changed a lot in Paris in recent years. I know that Rick lists a couple of agencies but I was wondering if folks had any recent recommendations? Many thanks!
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I have rented from Vacation In Paris which is an American company with great phone service! Try asking for Jan.
+1-973 948 3535
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Boston
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Try ApartmentsduLouvre.com which are serviced apartments and all are legal. They get very good reviews and won't cancel on you at the last moment.
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Vacaville, Ca
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The two companies I have used are Apartments du Louvre, https://www.apartmentsdulouvre.com. They have units in two buildings with a small elevator in each and it is a French family business, they don't fall under the guidelines of AirBnB or VRBO. The other is Cobblestone Paris, https://www.cobblestoneparis.com, mentioned in RS books. The business is ran by an American couple.
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Panguitch, Utah
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There are many legal apartment options in Paris, there are also a rather large number of illegal apartments still on the market. The only way to be sure that any given apartment is legal, would be to confirm that it is one of the few commercial apartments available short term. There are only a few hundred of these in Paris, and I know of no way to authoritatively confirm their status.
Otherwise, there are apartments offered legally by their owner/occupants, most of these are offered on standard online platforms such as VRBO, Airbnb, Le Bon Coin, Arbitel, or some other online platform. These are limited to 120 days of rental occupancy per year (likely soon to be 90 days/year). Short term rentals can really be a minefield to navigate, all of the concerns can be avoided by using hotels or apartment hotels such as Adagio or Citadine.
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Western WA
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I haven't stayed here yet, but am using Paris Vacation Apartments (PVA) for my February trip.
https://www.parisvacationapartments.com/
I was concerned about legality, so actually checked and found my particular apartment listed on the Paris registry.
https://opendata.paris.fr/explore/dataset/registre-des-autorisations-de-changement-dusage-pour-les-meubles/table/?disjunctive.arrondissement
From what I understand, not all apartments will be on the registry, just the ones that are full time rentals. Other apartments can have a registration number, but can only legally rent for xx days per year. Anyways, I'm no expert (just a tourist trying to do my due diligence), so please correct me where I've got this wrong.