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It is so easy and inexpensive to go to either Versailles or the Louvre (especially the latter) on your own. Is there a particular reason you want to use a travel company?

Well, I agree with Norma, both places are easy to do on your own,, but there are a few other options.
You can do Versailles as a bike tour from Paris( you take the bikes on the train, not ride all the way from Paris) , this is a fun idea on a nice day, it includes a visit to the market in Versailles to pick up picnic supplies and lunch on the grounds of the Palace. Fat Tire Bike Tours. For the Louvre, there is a free brief overview tour I think a few times a day, look on the Louvre website, or there is a company that will give you a guide, and I have done this once, and even after having visited the Louvre many times I still learned a ton from the guide. Paris Walks. Paris Walks and Fat Tire are not especially cheap, but you do get alot more from it then a 4 hour visit ( for Versailles) or a rush through bus tour, so you can look into them. As I have already said, Norma is right though, both are done easily on your own. PS the bike tour is easy , we had kids and fit seniors on the tour I took. I also highly recommend the Fat Tire bike tour to Giverny( Monets Gardens) , it was my actual favorite. I do recommend that you consider the weather, a bike tour in March could be cold and wet, and in August, hot and sweaty.

We used Paris Walks for their Louvre Highlights tour. It was 2 hours in the evening in February so the museum wasn't crowded. It was perfect for us. I am trying to remember the name of the volunteer organization which hooks up locals who love their city with tourist. We had a great day with a woman named Sara - supposed to be two or three hours but lasted much longer - she showed us all around the Montmartre neighborhood and to the big flea market. She brought us to her favorite lunch place and we had a nice lunch. Rode the carousel. Arghh - can't recall name of organization!!

I think Bronwen is referring to Paris Greeters. I am going to look into that for my trip next fall. If anyone has any first hand experience with that I would love to hear about it.

If you search carefully on the Louvre website, there are "Thematic Trails" that you can follow to do a self-guided tour with detailed instructions (such as "turn right out of the room...") Print out the ones you want to do before you go. I highly recommend them even over a tour guide. My parents loved them as they were able to stop and look at anything that interested them along the way, while a guide would have made you walk past (and you'd probably never be able to find that spot again!). Do you need to get to/from Versailles, or do you just want someone to guide you through it? There's probably a pod cast or audiofile somewhere with a tour if you don't need someone to take you to/from the chateau.

YES! Thank you! http://www.parisiendunjour.fr/ Paris Greeters!