What does a $100 hotel room look like in Paris? You’d be surprised. (WaPo article)

A hotel room that costs $100 in February is likely to be $200 or more in May and even more in September.

You can fairly reliably get adequate cheap chain hotel rooms on the edges of town e.g. at Galiena at the end of the 3 metro line there are several chains like Mr. Bed etc with very cheap rooms and good access to the metro -- slightly over the line of Paris.

I am not able to read this article, but there is no hotel at 85€, or 100 USD, even in January, where you will want to stay, assuming you can find one. Maybe at the 1 star Hotel Marignan in the 5th, a room with a shared bath down the hall.

Hotel prices can more than double between January and July. August prices drop but soar in September/October. Few people will be able to find a room for 2 at much less than 200€ during peak months.

Apologies if the gift link doesn't work. The article is too long to paste here but here are some excerpts. I read through it again, and the author (Natalie Compton) doesn't say when she went, just that it was "off-peak."

"Hipotel Père Lachaise is a block from the famous cemetery of the same name in the 11th Arrondissement. Nearby, there are multiple organic markets, cafes and restaurants, including the hot-spot bistro Le Servan. Online the hotel showed rates could run as low as $68 and as high as $161, depending on the season. I booked a standard twin room that fit two people, for $99, including taxes."

"Bumping up my budget meant one thing: location, location, location. I chose the Grand Hôtel des Balcons because it was a couple bocks from the Luxembourg gardens and a 10-minute walk from Notre-Dame Cathedral. It’s a family-run hotel with 49 rooms, housed in a 19th-century townhouse, which felt very Parisian. My room was $170 per night, but it can teeter into the $300 territory during peak season. For $16 per day, you can add a continental breakfast."

"In the $300-per-night range, I turned to the Michelin Key website for recommendations and found the Hôtel Pulitzer Paris. Located in the 9th Arrondissement’s Opera District, it’s part of a small collection of boutique properties across Western Europe and promised contemporary design in “unique spaces.” Reviews raved about location and the service, and I liked that it didn’t look too modern — as many other hotels in this mid-luxury price range appeared. I didn’t want to wake up wondering where I was; I wanted to wake up feeling like I was in France....($310 per night, including taxes. In peak season, prices can climb to $400 per night.)"

Funny that the Ibis chain was omitted. We have stayed in Ibis properties in many places - St Malo, Budapest, Milan. Always good breakfast, always clean but not fancy. Ibis Paris Port de Montmartre, June 18-19, E145 - I just checked.

We have never spent more than $135 on a hotel room, and that was one time in Milan. On the other hand, in the US, we spent $180 one time on a hotel. In the hot spot of Gillette, Wyoming.

Has anyone ever stayed in Hotel .chopin in Paris? I am not current with its pricing.

Why I would consider it:

It is located in a glass-ceiling’ed passage.

The same company runs a great but pricier hotel.

The Hotel Chopin has been on my radar since probably 2007. I've always been attracted to it because of the location in the Passage Jouffroy. As I age though, the bargain hotels are less appealing. As a youngin' I remember staying at the Hotel Familia in the Quartier Latin - another 2 star. I remember they had AC and that suited me fine. I'll never forget on the first morning there when I woke up they gave me - not one - but 2 wake-up calls that I didn't ask for. It was cozy, though.

I have stayed in some interesting places, including Hotel Marignan in 2021 (450E for top floor, shared bath and all; 7 nights and the biggest croissant for breakfast I've seen).

I paid 466E for 5 nights at Hotel Flor Rivoli (they have an elevator!) in the 1st in 2024. Noisy location, sure, but not so noisy I couldn't sleep w the windows open. Shared toilet but my shower and sink were in my bedroom.

I generally use booking dot com and then just search for hotels on google maps to find something that works.

Hipotel Père Lachaise is a block from the famous cemetery of the same name in the 11th Arrondissement. Nearby, there are multiple organic markets, cafes and restaurants, including the hot-spot bistro Le Servan. Online the hotel showed rates could run as low as $68 and as high as $161, depending on the season. I booked a standard twin room that fit two people, for $99, including taxes.

This hotel has a 3.1 Google Maps rating base on 1060 reviews. I don’t think I’ve ever seeing a lower hotel rating.

Marco, the bad reviews are all years old. Most of the recent reviews are actually very, very good.

Neither Hipotel Père Lachaise nor Grand Hôtel des Balcons have air conditioning so that would rule out staying there from May to September. The reviews on Booking.com for Hipotel Père Lachaise are bad — no soundproofing, stinky bathrooms, lack of cleanliness, things being held together with tape...

Getting a decent ( the key word is decent, not luxurious ) room from 85 to 115 Euro is not at all out of the question, this is what can be expected of a 2 star hotel en suite.

My rooms in Paris are mostly are already booked for June, 85 Euro in a 2 star en suite, have stayed there previously a few times, helpful staff , quite satisfactory as regards to cleanliness, good shower, yes, it's spartan , adequate size table desk

The other hotel also 2 star in Paris Nord with quite spacious rooms en suite sometimes with tub and shower combo is presently going for Euro 105 to 115, last summer I got it for 85 Euro, since I paid cash for 6 or 7 night stay.

Unless I am desperate (that does happen in Paris) I do not pay more than $165 for a 2 star per night.

Hipotel is a chain of disastrous to bad hotels.
If you think Hipotel Pere Lachaise has bad reviews, check Hipotel Belleville. 1.9, yes one point nine, on Google Maps. I've walked by often, it basically gives an emergency shelter vibe.