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Concorde Ensures That You Can Afford Paris Without Hitting Up Mama

Where: 40, rue du Commandant Mouchotte, Place Catalogne, Paris, France, 75014

You may be a little worried about hitting Europe this summer. Especially Paris – it’s notoriously expensive at the best of times, but right now, a trip there means you’re pretty much guaranteed a wallet-mauling.

But if Mama Shelter’s full and you don’t want to settle for a hostel or swap Paris for Brussels, there are pretty neat deals at some of the Concorde hotels. If you pay up front and don’t mind a non-changeable, non-refundable deal, you can get a Super Saver rate, which costs from €105 for a double room at the four star Concorde Montparnasse, or €111.50 at La Fayette. Neither of them are very central, but for these prices, you can’t argue too much.

Or if you’re in a group, and staying for four nights or more, you could try their summer offer – you can get a room at the Montparnasse for €140, plus a second one at half price. You’ll also get three complimentary activities with this package – tickets to the Louvre, a boat trip down the Seine, and a picnic basket.

The offers are valid until 13 September and both include breakfast. So if you fill your little tumtums up first thing, you can save even more by doing without le dejeuner. Tres bien.

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Marriott Slowly Taking Over the City of Light

Where: 17, Boulevard Saint Jacques, Paris, France, 75014

Marriott has just completed its renovations of Paris' PLM Saint Jacques, turning it into the (extravagantly named!) Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center. According to the PR-speak, the original hotel was "a favorite gathering place for visitors to Paris, as well as celebrities and trendsetters." (Funny, we can think of some other fairly popular spots in the city.) Marriott says it will continue to court the biz travel crowd:

The hotel manages to remain an all-business hotel while also establishing ... the "business chic" vibe. At the hotel's heart is the duplex public space ... its design offers separate yet open nooks for impromptu meetings; casual conversations over coffee, cocktails or cognac; breakfast, lunch and dinner, upstairs or down; and WIFI throughout.

The hotel is in the 14th Arrondissement, but if that doesn't suit, there are seven other Marriotts in the city--with another 118-room property scheduled to open in 2009. Guess Bill can has hotelz!

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