The Cheapskate's Guide to Paris: Hotels, Food, Shopping, Day Trips, and More

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Summary: A Bad Guide to Paris
Review: After travling to Paris many times and reading many travel books on Paris tis is by far the worst so far. I don't know who this book could help and is is poor in every area , restaurants, car rental, airline, and hotels.

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Summary: Best Guide Book to Have on Your First Trip to Paris!
Review: I bought this book second hand and took it with us on our first trip to Paris. Although some of the smaller pocket guides are also handy, this book really made our (my!) trip. It was a constant source of great info on how to get around Paris by using the Metro and bus system. It also provided excellent info on many small, local points of intrest (don't miss out on Jo Goldenbergs restaraunt; great food, reasonable cost & marvelous entertainment!) The only small problem I could find is that the prices refered to in the book were listed in French Francs. As everything in Paris is now in Euros, it took a little searching to discover that, at last calculation, $1.00 was approximately 7 FF. As Paris is an expensive city to visit, this book more than paid for its cost.... Not to mention it being a great conversational subject for my girlfriend & me! It's a great book to have, whether you're on a budget or not.

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Summary: The best guide to Paris I found for budget travellers
Review: I must disagree with the other reviews. I could look past the mis-spellings (as I am not perfect myself) and skip the parts on airline ticketing. But it was the only guide that accuratly described how to get around the Metro, Bus lines and RER train. And gave bus and Metro directions to Attractions, Stores and Restaurants. Including how to get to attractions outside of Paris, such as Versaille, using Public Transportation. For the Budget traveller, this is a great book.
On my second trip to Paris, it was the only guide that I took with me.

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Summary: Full of gross errors in French names and places
Review: This is all right for a new traveler to Paris, but the names of French places and the accent marks on French words are about 80% incorrect. e.g. "Insstitue du Donde [Monde] arabe," "Sacre Cour [Sacré c|ur]" inconsistent accents on common French words.

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Summary: Tries to cover all the bases, but very light on substance.
Review: This would be for the novice traveler who needs guidance on the basics of airline ticketing and travel. Too anectodal for a guide, and difficult to scan and find the information you want. I've not been to Paris (yet) but I still could spot mistakes.