Recommendations for hotel/apartment/??? for 8 adults

I don't have any apartment suggestions but do know of and can recommend some hotels that might fit the bill: Ibis Place d'Italie (near Metro lines 5, 6 and 7 and in the 13th so not particularly central but a good place given the budget), Hotel Cluny Sorbonne (super charming and near 2 metro lines and the RER and in an excellent location), Hotel Marigny on Rue Summerard (relatively center, above your stated budget after April 1st and right around that budget if you are willing to share a toilet and shower and near only 1 metro line but great location for walking to restaurants, etc.); Hotel Port Royal (88 euros per night for a room for 2 with a shower (no bath) but near only one metro line). For all of these hotels, I would contact them now to check on the availability of 4 rooms. I have friends who love Hotels Stella on Rue Monseur le Prince, which might be in your budget but I have no personal experience with it.

Thank you so much for your quick reply and the great info. I will certainly research them.
Merci

How many bathrooms do you need? At Homeaway, If you go to the filters you can choose minimum bathrooms, price etc...
http://www.homeaway.com/search/france/paris/region:1216/keywords:paris/arrival:2015-03-27/departure:2015-04-03/minPrice/2000/currency/USD/minBathrooms/3/minSleeps/8

Paris apartments don't have lots of bathrooms. You could probably find one with 3 beds and 3 baths if you are willing to pay a lot more than you are. You also need to think in Euros. $100 a night for a couple is about. 80 Euro a night which is very budget level. Could you get a good double in New York City for $100 a night -- or better comparison would be $80 a night since Euros spend like dollars when you are in France?

There are lots of cheap hotels at the end of the 3 line at Galieni on the edge of Paris -- thinks like Ibis and Mr. Bed. You could find doubles for 80 Euro there. And it is convenient to the metro, a large shopping center, lots of cheap eats -- not much charm.

For 7 nights I would not consider a hotel. The savings you make by having breakfast in (a baguette is about one Euro) and having wine, cheese and other snacks in the apartment rather than having to pay restaurant prices every time you turn around, is sufficient to think of paying a bit more for lodging. You could also pick up a couple of roasted chickens for the cost of two people going out to dinner.

You could comb the apartment listings and possibly find a place that sleeps 8 and has 2 bathrooms but some people will be on fold out couches. Centreparis is a listing site with budget apartments; you might start there and see what you can come up with.

I dare say it feels late to be searching for one apartment in Paris for four, let alone two. The hotel idea is the way to go, and there are plenty of choices in the 80-100 euro per double category. You can find many recommendations in past threads here or in the RS France 2014 guide. We liked the Hotel de l'Espérance-about 90 euro, 24 hour desk, with elevator, near rue Mouffetarde and Metro, laundromat 2 blocks away, on rue Pascal in the 5th.
In particular, unless all in your seniors group are in good shape, an elevator will be a welcome feature, and harder to find in apartment rentals.
Good luck!

In addition to the Ibis recommendation at Place d'Italie, you could also try Ibis Chateau Landon in the 10th which is only a few blocks to 2 metro stations, about a 10 minute walk to both Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est and 6-7 minutes walking to an RER line. There are also numerous bus lines nearby, as well as many restaurants, cafes and bakeries. The bus lines may actually be more useful for those in your group who might not be as mobile as there are lots of stairs and long corridors in the Paris Metro (some stations more so than others). You cannot count on an escalator or elevator to be working when you are using the Metro system, so take that into consideration if you are traveling with others who may not be up to that much walking or stairs.

If you want to be even closer walking distance to the main stations, there is also the Mercure Paris Gare de l'Est Magenta. Mercure, like Ibis, is a chain business style hotel - so you won't get "Paris Charm", but your group will have an elevator and someone at the front desk available 24/7.

You might also consider looking at some of the larger hostels. Many hostels now have private ensuite doubles or "family rooms" which would fall into your price range, so you will have the bathrooms as well as access to shared kitchen and laundry facilities.

There is this one in the 16th, view of Eiffel Tower 5 bedrooms, 5 baths for 2660€ for the week
http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p656168vb

In the 12th for 2100€- studio, sleeps 10, 3 baths
http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p1492206?uni_id=3226750

Thank you all so much !! I appreciate every one of these suggestions and I'll definitely be researching them. Please don't hesitate to send more info.
Merci !!

If it matters, the second apartment linked to above is not in Paris. It is in a close suburb.

I didn't even look at the map, figured since it said 12th it was in the city. There aren't many apts on Homeaway that have enough bathrooms but there are a few. That one in the 16th looks really nice, especially for the price and the room it has.
We stayed in the 5th back in late Sept/early Oct. It was advertised as sleeping 7, there was actually beds enough to sleep 9 but only had 3 bathrooms, 2 with toilets, one was a shower/sink. It was a beautiful apartment. Having stayed in both hotel and twice in apartments, I prefer apartment.
Escalea Apartments is who we used this past trip, very nice to deal with.
Here are some with your search criteria. Good luck and enjoy:)
http://www.escalea.com/en/search-apartments/e0100/?ci=27/03/2015&co=03/04/2015&flex=0&guest=8

Check out vacationinparis.com. I've used them twice myself. They are based in the US and you can even call them and speak with a real person! They might have some suggestions for you.

I was also going to recommend vacationsinparis.com. If you go to their web site and plug in a minimum of 8 people and 3 bedrooms, you get exactly one match:
http://www.vacationinparis.com/listing/321/parisian-triplex-five-bedroom

But it looks pretty good. 5 BR, 3 Bathrooms, near Gare St. Lazare in the 8th, for $500 per night (not Euros, the agency is in the US), so not far from your target price.

If you can't find a place where all of you can stay together, you might be able to find 2 apartments with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths each, perhaps in the same general area.

Things to watch out for, that you may only spot in the pictures of the places you are considering, or find out by emailing the owners:

1. Extra "bedrooms" may be a sofa sleeper or Murphy bed and not a real bedroom with a door. "Duplex" apartments often mean that one bedroom is on a mezzanine with stairs up to it, no privacy and a bathroom that is back down those stairs.

2. Showers may mean a shower wand draped over the faucets, not a shower wand/head on the wall. We like to stand under the warm shower, not wet down, soap up and then rinse off. Standing under warm water becomes more important when it's chilly, like it may be while you are in Paris. Showers may be so small that you can't wash your hair without hitting the walls with your elbows.

3. There may be no electric plugs on both sides, or even one side of the bed. This is a deal breaker for us because my husband uses a CPAP.

4. I can do steps, but it takes me forever. Remember that 0=ground floor, what we would call the 1st floor and 1=one floor up from the ground, or what we would call the 2nd floor. If there is an elevator, it is not unusual to have to walk up from the ground floor to the 1st floor to get to the elevator or to have it stop one floor short of the top, leaving you to have to walk up the last flight of stairs.

5. Many older and absolutely charming places have very high ceilings. High ceilings=more stairs. I lived on the top (4th European, 5th American) floor in Germany. It was 99 steps from the ground floor to my apartment.

6. The pictures will give you an idea of the kitchen and its equipment. Suffice it to say that most places will not have big kitchens, so sharing one might be an issue to work out.

7. If each couple ends up with their own bathroom, light a candle for your good fortune, but just like the kitchen, any bathroom may be quite compact and getting dressed may have to happen in the bedroom. It's also quite possible that with any apartment you find, one (some) bedroom(s) will have an ensuite bath and the other(s) might have bathrooms that require going out into the public area to get to them.

8. Some renovated places may have odd steps in the apartment. The apartment we rented in Paris was like that, as was the one in Amsterdam. The former was fine, but the latter had the step placed in such a way that it was easy to fall off when opening the bathroom door.

Having said all this, we think staying is apartments is the best way to go. You are going to be there such a short time that this may not matter, but most apartments will at least have a clothes washer and maybe a dryer. I'm very careful to make the best choice I can, but sometimes we still get surprised at what we end up with. That's just a part of the learning experience.

I do think that the price you are looking at may be unrealistic in Paris. That's only about €40,50 per person per night right now. You may need to up it a bit for the right place.