Price changes in paris

Anyone know when hotels tend to change their rates? Is it April?

What about monuments/museums...is there a typical time they change rates, or is it random?

Thanks.

Les

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I believe the low season goes through March so beginning in April rates will be higher usually.

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To the best of my knowledge, there is no single time of the year that regular prices/rates change for Paris. As has been mentioned hotels have an un-official %26#39;..off seasons..%26#39; from December through early-March when many may offer special promotions and discounts. The %26#39;..off season..%26#39; for Paris used to be the month of August, when regular hotel rates dropped...but that period probably now extends from mid-July through the end of August.

For other things, the SNCF usually re-aligns their schedules and fares arounf April 1st and the RATP usually makes fare increases in August. I%26#39;m not sure of the usual timing of national and city museum entrance fee changes. But for the most part, these price changes really don%26#39;t amount to significant increases whenever they do occur. As examples, last year, the roud-trip RER fare out to Versailles was 5,20 €; this year it has been raised to 5,30 €. A Carnet of Metro tickets used to cost 10,05 €; now it costs 10,70 €.

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Prices for museums and entrance to monuments stay the same.

Hotels have a low season in the summer and a high season around fashion shows or other trade shows.

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I heard that the prices for the Eiffel tower have gone up a bit, and that Versailles price may change in the near future for the Grands Appartements.

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I think I wasn%26#39;t clear on what I meant...

I mean the annual changes, annual rate hikes. Not seasonal. The yearly rate hikes that make this year%26#39;s hotel rates more than last year%26#39;s, for example.

I had heard this occurs in April for the most part. Is that so, or is it January, or does each hotel change its rates (not seasonal, all the rates) on its own??

L

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;I mean the annual changes, annual rate hikes. Not seasonal. The yearly rate hikes that make this year%26#39;s hotel rates more than last year%26#39;s, for example.

I had heard this occurs in April for the most part. Is that so, or is it January, or does each hotel change its rates (not seasonal, all the rates) on its own??%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

There is no widespread %26#39;..changing of the rates..%26#39; date. It might be reasonable to assume that SOME hotels MIGHT raise their regular %26#39;rack rates%26#39; with the beginning of a new %26#39;season%26#39; (only in that the winter months tend to be an un-official %26#39;..off season..%26#39;. I suspect that what you%26#39;ve heard has more to do with old tourism perceptions of the airline industry changing fare pricing on fixed dates. There was just a multi-million €uro fine assessed against six of the %26#39;premier%26#39; hotels in Paris for %26#39;..price fixing..%26#39; but this doen%26#39;t extend to the industry in general.

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Ok, thanks. I guess what I heard wasn%26#39;t accurate.

Les

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Some companies raise their prices in January, others in April, others at different times so it is a hard question!!