Silly question about “Best of Paris” tour

While I haven't taken this specific tour I have been on a few RS tours. Not once has a guide paused the walking tour for people to go into a store and buy snacks.

Thank you so much for answering! I will pack some snacks in my bag each day then!

You have plenty of time on your own to shop and buy snacks or whatever.

On any RS tour, there's not time to let 26/28 people take the time to stop and buy a snack during your group time. Definitely bring your own; or you can buy during your free time. Enjoy your tour!

Personally, I wouldn't waste my time and suitcase space bringing American snacks with me.

Carve out a few minutes when you get to Paris and discover the interesting candy bars and chip flavors that we don't have here. I believe a frequent poster mentioned M&Ms with rice krispies inside recently!

Think of it as edible souvenir shopping.

I agree with jeanm. Why take up precious suitcase space with cheap snacks? You will have free time on your arrival day, and most other days when you can pop into a local shop and load up on snacks for the next few days.

Good to prepare, some people need some healthy things like seeds/nuts to keep their medical issues in check, you know what you need. Don't listen to us :)
Samantha Brown says she always traveled with a small jar of peanut butter :)
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To add to the good advice above, fresh fruit is not as ubiquitous as here on the best coast of the USA, so grab some in a bodega or marche to include in your day bag. Contemporary patisseries will have brownies and other portable (non-messy) treats. Their brownies lean toward the cake-y side rather than the fudge-y side. And remember to call the regular baguette a tradicion and you'll get a smile.

Honestly, on this tour you have breaks every day with free time. The longest day is the Versailles day and after your tour of the palace with the group you are on your own to see whatever you want to see and return on your own. There are a number of places for food inside the palace grounds. You’ll probably be ready for a sit down and a fluid replacement anyway!

There are also small grocery stores dotted all over and there will be ones near your hotel. If you want to give us your hotel name some of us will probably have stayed there and can point you in the right direction!

I do recommend packing some snacks for the plane but you can replenish when you get there.

Not a silly question. If you need nuts for blood sugar regulation, bring them. They are crazy expensive here in France. I always bring Costco bags of nuts home to France with me.
Otherwise, you’ll find breakfast bars and all the rest in any Monoprix, Franprix, etc.
And you can find some good cheese here for a snack 😉

I love the cookie aisles of French supermarkets -- for very little boxes of cookies that are just a little different from what we hve atg home. My daughter just spent a week with us and took several back as treats for her children. Gerbils come in many flavors and are kind of like breakfast pastry cookies i.e. not super sweet and good travel snacks and they come in packets so easy to throw in purse or pocket - but there are lots of options.

Any time there is a group, stopping for transactions kills ridiculous amounts of time. I remember one years ago where at the start the guide mentioned that there was a restroom and 20 people decided although we hadn't begun that maybe they should hit the head before proceeding - it sucked up 30 minutes of our tour time.

I get low blood sugar and always travel with a little something (lara bar or at least something) that I can eat if I need to. So yes, I'm an American bringing in prepackaged food to Europe, but I have some allergies that make it better for me to just know up front that I can have my own food on hand (which was hugely helpful last year when American Airlines ignored my request for special meals and I was without food on the overseas flights, but I digress).

I just took this tour one month ago and I think you've gotten your answer. Our guide also gave us a little cookie or treat quite a few mornings. I think you'd want food to bring to Versailles unless you wanted to eat lunch there. We didn't stop and eat there, just had our snacks we brought and then ate dinner back in Paris. But we opted several days to not eat lunch, just our protein bar, so we could see more of a museum or whatever we were doing that day.

Enjoy! My daughter and I loved this tour. You can read my trip report, though it's long. :)

What helpful replies! Thank you everyone!👍🏻