Rooms for families of 5 and how many days do we need?

[slg]

My children are 17,14 and 11 at time of travel.

 

[Carrie_Cat]

My children are 17,14 and 11 at time of travel.

Do you know what days of the week you would be going into Paris as a weekly travel pass might be cheaper and there are also rates for the children at weekends

 

[slg]

We don't know yet, but I expect we will be there at least 8 nights.

 

[AStamm]

We put a deposit on the June 8, 2013 7-night Med DCL cruise and are in the beginning stages of planning a trip to DLP, too. From what I've read this evening, another good option for your family may be purchasing the Paris Visite Pass--you can get them for 1, 2, 3, or 5 days and they include bus, Metro, and RER. You need to get Zones 1-5 to be sure transportation to/from DLP is included. Prices start at 19,60 for 1-day pass up to 51,20 for a 5-day pass.

We're probably going to use our DVC points to spend 5 nights at DLP, using it as our home base and journey into Paris a few of those days before taking the Eurostar over to London for a few more nights.

So much to learn! Thank goodness there is almost a year and a half to prepare.

 

[slg]

We're also doing a Med cruise! 12 day July 13 to Greece! Lots more to research but the idea of perhaps the Explorers for 8 days and a 5 day visitor pass for zones 1-5 make sense. Where do you buy these passes? Are they purchased ahead of time?

 

[Carrie_Cat]

The official Ratp site with information on the Paris visite pass

http://www.ratp.fr/en/ratp/c_21894/paris-visite/

It costs 53,40€ for 5 days

They will send them to you and it's 20€ for delivery to North America

I was thinking of you getting a weekly Navigo pass. They cost 33,80€ for unlimited use on metro/bus/tram and RER from Monday-Sunday.

That's why they are interesting depending on your days as if you were going Thursday-Tuesday it's not worth getting.

A Navigo needs a photo (bring your own) and there's a 5€ one off charge for making the pass

http://www.transilien.com/web/site/...fs/billets-abonnements/navgio-semaine/lang/en