Mission impossible: filling all the hotel rooms in this summer. As the French capital clears up after the closing ceremony of the , many more cheap travel deals are available to the city – with offering a two-night luxury break for under £200 per person, including flights from and boutique accommodation in central Paris. , as large numbers of tourists – particularly organised groups from North America and Asia – stayed away.
Hotel occupancy in June 2024 dropped 13 per cent on the previous year, according to analysis of the latest figures from the French statistics institute, Insee. July and August are expecting to see deeper declines. and prices before the Paralympics begin on 28 August.
British Airways is selling a city break package on Tuesday 20 August, returning on Thursday 22 August, for £197 per person. The price includes flights from Heathrow to and a double room at the four-star boutique Hotel Mademoiselle – close to Gare du Nord and Gare de l’Est. From other UK airports, flights are widely available at around £100 return on the same dates – including on Vueling from London Gatwick to Paris Orly, from Luton to CDG and from Birmingham or Manchester to Paris Beauvais.
Eurostar, which normally commands very high prices for August for direct trains from London St Pancras International to Paris Nord, is selling return tickets for under £200. For Parisian businesses, the tourism outlook does not significantly improve after the Paralympics, which run from 28 .