Paris shopping at Rue de Rennes

One more hotel from Ruyi Paris Hotels participates to the Second Edition of Soldes By Paris: the hotel Best Western Aramis Saint Germain.

This hotel is located right on Rue de Rennes, a very popular Parisian street known for its numerous stores. The idyllic place to shop during the sales!

The Best Western Aramis Saint Germain offers 40% off on the public rate of the double room, meaning 99€ for the room night. And the breakfast which usually costs 12€ is free! Trust me, you are going to need vitamins to going shopping in Paris!

This a 3 star hotel offers you the best technology (flat screen LCD television, Wi-Fi, satellite, Canal +, Canal satellite …).

Paris $99 Contest just started!

The first session of Paris $99 Contest is over but don't worry a new contest has just started today!

All participants get ready to share with us your most frugal Paris tips!

Paris $99 Contest!!

Share your most frugal secrets with us on how to have a grand time in Paris while staying on a $99 a day budget.

Our task for you, our savvy travellers…
Send us specific information for the best way to spend 24 hours in Paris for $99 or less. All submissions must include:
- Place to stay (not the metro stations or under a bridge!) with proof of price
- 1 meal (fast food such as McDonald’s does not count)
- 1 cultural activity (the lesser known, the better)

Submissions will be judged every two weeks on originality and accuracy of prices. Remember that the budget is meant for one person only and accommodation prices cannot be divided (i.e. $100/ room for 2 = $50/person).

To participate to the Paris $99 Contest.

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Good luck to everyone and may the best participant win!

What to do on Sunday morning? Parisian flea markets of course!

The Parisian flea markets are real attractions to tourists coming to the country and it has a reason: it is so French!
Even for a French person, going to the “marchés” has something particular; perhaps it’s a way to stay close to your roots and your culture. So it’s a real institution and it’s a must-do on Sundays.
So forget your late sleeping, jump in your trousers, get a big bag and go!
In Paris, it’s easy to find a “marché”, there is at least one in each arrondissement.
If you want to find out which one are the best, most famous, organic, expensive or even oldest one, go check the Parisian Flea Markets.

Why travel to Paris in off-season

No it’s not a pity to visit Paris in off-season and you can even manage to make your friends who travelled to France in high-season, jealous.
- Let’s be honest, during low-season, there are less tourists in the city and you need to admit it’s a real asset for those who decided to visit during that time. Less tourists means less time spent waiting in the lines, easier access to monuments and museums, a clearer picture of La Jaconde at the Louvre Museum (less flashes around it), friendly Parisians because they feel less “invaded” (yes some of them feel this way)…
- You are in better conditions to get good prices/rates because hotels need to be filled-in and their low-season is exactly during that time.
- You feel less like a local than a tourist because you get to do what Parisians do.
- You go on vacations while all your friends and families are working and you have to admit…it feels good!
- Winter time in Paris is less cold than many places in the world. As a comparative, the average winter temperature is 7°C (about 45°F), and it’s less rainy than what people are used to say.
- Paris is one of these great cities where, even if the weather isn’t so nice, the monuments and facades look amazing. The grey colour of the sky gives to the city, a historical aspect even deeper than what it actually is. It makes you feel “special” in a special city.
- Some French food is only available during winter time. Take oysters for example, there is a phrase saying that you can only eat oysters on months ending with “er”, so September, October, November, December and no January or February etc. What a pity not to eat these huge delicious seafood trays.
- Winter sales happen on January; right after you spent all your money on Christmas’s gifts. It stays about 5 weeks, depending on the French department you are in. You wouldn’t want to miss the Galeries Lafayette facades, it’s a national event every year.
- Christmas markets (Marchés de Noel) are so cut. You will find them in various cities in France, some are expected, like the one in Strasbourg, and some are more intimate and still very attractive.

Thank you to canchito81 for his amazing shot.

Need accommodation in Paris during Rugby World Cup?

I guess you all know what's going on in Paris right now? Rugby World Cup! Yeah!!!
Paris is very packed and some of you are still looking for places to stay during these crazy weeks so let me suggest you THIS PLACE: good deals, nice and authentique hotels...what else more could you need?!

If you are wondering who is the guy on the picture, HERE is where you need to look. Sebastien Chabal of course, known as the viking as well.

Ruyi Travel Book is Everywhere!

Thanks to Kastner

New Hotel Accommodation Portal Caters to Independent Chinese Travelers

Catering to the independent Chinese traveller to Europe, Ruyi Paris Hotels steps apart from the conventional online booking site to fill a hotel selection and online service gap not currently addressed by major travel sites. Individual Chinese travellers, who may have previously experienced Europe in a group tour, can access unique site features as well as print out specially designed materials that will facilitate their travel experience.

Independent travellers, who by their definition do not book package tours, have individually defined requirements for hotel booking, transport, sightseeing information and location details, not needed by those on guided tours. Ruyi Paris Hotels portal online information and services satisfies those travel requirements.

To assure the traveller can book and discover at his own pace, Ruyi Paris Hotels provides secure online reservations in Chinese, easy-to-use printable 2 language maps, directions and restaurant mini-guides as well as free MP3 Audio Guides.

Hotel Selection:
The portal features high quality, high value independent hotels not found in large, chain oriented sites. The 150+ selected hotels offer authenticity of experience and rates that appeal to visitors from China.

The style of hotels presented on Ruyi Paris Hotels ranges from cozy, family owned properties to design led, ‘chic-pas chér’, trendy hotels, thus accommodating visitors’ lifestyle preferences.

Tailored Customer Services:
Uniquely, the Ruyi Paris Hotel Portal presents each hotel in Chinese language, including Chinese language locator maps. Each hotel presentation is accompanied by specially designed icons to communicate the hotel’s features and amenities in universally understood infographic format.

Additionally, printable hotel fact sheets Chinese and English languages, utilizing universal icons, are available on the site. Visitors can easily use the fact sheets to overcome language differences with taxi drivers, hotel front desk staff, when at the destination.

Chinese language online secure booking system with instant confirmation is an essential feature of the portal.

Personalization of Services:
Insider, up-to-date Paris events and travel tips is supplied by a Chinese language blog, edited by Paris based Chinese travel professionals. Travel polls, customer reviews and video submissions, within the blog, assist with individual travel planning.

Ruyi Paris Hotels has partnered with ZeVisit to offer free AudioTours MP3 downloads. Thus a visitor can create custom mini-guides for personal use.

Services for the Hotelier:
Unlike other travel portals, Ruyi Paris Hotels recognized that hoteliers need Chinese language; easy to use resources in order provide top guest service. The portal contains a library where participating hoteliers can access basic terms for use in their reservation systems configurations, welcome letters and other customer communication tools.

Security:
At the heart of the portal is the online reservations system. Online bookings are secure, direct to the hotel and do not require full prepayment, which is a significant advantage over travel sites requiring payment months prior to travel.

Why Ruyi?
The term Ruyi, a concept familiar to all Chinese, was selected to define the portal’s attitude as it means ‘good fortune’ or happiness from unexpected alignment of experiences. The self discovery travel experience is central to the portal’s customer service orientation.

Ruyi Paris Hotels is a division of Oneglobe Network, a Paris based firm providing multi lingual, interactive marketing services to progressive hotels, portals and hotels groups.

Contact:
Dorothy WangYu, Director of Operations
wangyu@oneglobenetwork.com
Phone: +33.1.73.54.25.22
Fax: +33.01.43.43.36.30
Oneglobe Network
11 Rue des Sablons
75116 Paris
www.ruyi-parishotels.com

Lancement d'un portail de réservation destiné aux voyageurs chinois

Destiné au voyageur individuel chinois pour l'Europe, Ruyi Paris Hotels diffère des autres sites de réservation de voyages en ligne en se positionnant sur un marché qui n’est pas pris en compte par les sites de voyages déjà existantes. Les voyageurs chinois, qui ont eu l’occasion de déjà visiter l'Europe dans un contexte de voyage de groupe, peuvent maintenant accéder à un site unique où ils ont la possibilité d’imprimer et d’utiliser des informations conçues pour leur faciliter leur voyage.

Les voyageurs indépendants qui, par définition ne réservent pas de séjour tout compris, veulent pouvoir choisir personnellement l’hôtel où ils séjourneront, leurs conditions de transport et les lieux à visiter ; détails ne correspondant pas à ceux voyageant en groupe. Les hôtels, les informations et les services en ligne du portail de réservation Ruyi Paris Hotels répond à ces exigences de voyage.
Afin que le voyageur puisse réserver un hôtel et découvrir à son propre rythme la ville, Ruyi Paris Hotels permet la réservation sécurisée en ligne en chinois, deux cartes imprimables faciles à utiliser et dans les deux langues ainsi que des mini guides de restaurants et des guides audio pour visiter les lieux.

Sélection d’hôtels
Le portail regroupe des hôtels indépendants de qualité que l’on ne trouve sur les sites des grandes chaînes. Plus de cent cinquante hôtels ont été sélectionnés afin d’offrir l'authenticité de l'expérience à des prix correspondants aux visiteurs de Chine.
Le style des hôtels présentés sur Ruyi Paris Hotels va de l’établissement confortable tenu par une famille, à l’hôtel design chic et pas cher. Ceci permettant à chaque voyageur de trouver l’hôtel se ses rêves.

Services sur mesure
En exclusivité, le portail Ruyi Paris Hotels présente chaque hôtel en langue chinoise et son emplacement sur une carte, en chinois également. Chaque hôtel est accompagné d’icônes conçues pour communiquer les dispositifs et les services de l'hôtel dans un format universellement compréhensible.
De plus, des fiches informatives des hôtels, imprimables en chinois et en anglais, utilisant ces icônes sont disponibles sur le site. Les voyageurs peuvent facilement utiliser ces fiches pour surmonter les différences de langage avec les conducteurs de taxi ou le personnel de réception, une fois sur place. Le système sécurisé de réservation en ligne et en langue chinoise, avec confirmation instantanée est un dispositif essentiel du portail.

Services personnalisés
Des conseils, les événements à Paris et des conseils de voyage sont fournis sur un blog ne langue chinoise, édité par des professionnels du voyage chinois basés à Paris. Sondages, opinions et vidéos des voyageurs se trouvent dans ce blog, chacun pouvant planifier son voyage plus aisément.
Ruyi Paris Hotel a un partenariat avec ZeVisit pour offrir des téléchargements gratuits d'AudioTours MP3. Ainsi un visiteur peut créer ses propres mini guides pour un usage personnel.

Services aux hôteliers
À la différence des autres portails de réservation en ligne, Ruyi Paris Hotels a identifié le besoin des hôteliers de se tourner vers la clientèle chinoise. Le portail contient une bibliothèque où les hôteliers participants peuvent accéder à des informations les aidant dans leurs configurations de leurs systèmes de réservation, de lettres de bienvenue et d'autres outils de communication.
Sécurité
Au coeur du portail est le système de réservations en ligne. Les réservations en ligne sont sécurisées et n'exigent pas le plein prépaiement des nuitées, ce qui est un véritable avantage en comparaison des autres sites de voyage qui requiert un prépaiement intégral avant le départ.

Pourquoi Ruyi ?
Le terme Ruyi, concept familier pour tous les chinois, a été choisi afin de définir l’esprit du portail, signifiant « bonheur » ou « l’alignement d’expériences amenant au bonheur ». L’expérience du voyage est central au concept du portail de réservation.
Ruyi Paris Hotels est une division de Oneglobe Network, une société basée à Paris spécialisée dans le marketing multi linguiste et intéractif, destiné aux hôtels, groupes hôteliers et portails de réservation.

Contact
Dorothy WangYu, Directrice des Opérations
wangyu@oneglobenetwork.com
Téléphone: +33.1.73.54.25.22
Fax: +33.01.43.43.36.30
Oneglobe Network
11 Rue des Sablons
75116 Paris
www.ruyi-parishotels.com