Europe’s most visited city, the French capital of Paris is brimming with accommodation options, including plenty for those seeking a ‘home from home’ experience.
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Paris continues to lure visitors with its famed gastronomic scene, distinctive architecture and sheer breadth and depth of its arts and cultural landscape. For people looking to spend anything from a few nights through to a few months in the City of Lights but want to avoid a hotel in favour of a cosier stay that gives you a sense of life away from the well-trodden Parisian tourist trail. there are a number of short-term rentals to be found dotted across Paris. We’ve selected our five favourite online platforms for finding a short let in the city below.
The Homelike
Founded in 2015 by a pair of German entrepreneurs who were tired of staying in faceless hotels while working abroad, Homelike is principally aimed at business travellers and foreigners looking for accommodation for a month or longer. The platform has a clean and easy-to-use interface with high-resolution photography and icons that clearly show amenities. Since its launch, the platform has come a long way and in Paris it has almost 200 apartments for rent. On our chosen dates, we found several small studios in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements in the heart of Paris at a little under €2,000 per month. If you don’t mind being in the outskirts of the city, you can rent apartments twice the size for roughly the same price.
Blueground
Blueground also cater to those seeking monthly furnished rentals for one month or longer, and are particularly known for their choice of luxury flats. Booking an apartment is extremely easy: all you do is filter and sort by dates, amenities and price. On our selected dates, Blueground had several hundred apartments available in Paris, many of which were in the centre, or in the city’s most sought-after arrondissements like Montmartre and Bastille on the Rive Droite, and Luxembourg and Place Monge on the other side of the river. For these types of areas, prices are roughly between €50 per square metre, so for a fully-furnished apartment of this size, you’d be paying approximately €2,500 per month.
HomeToGo
Another popular choice for those seeking daily or weekly rentals up to two weeks, HometoGo have become well-established since launching in 2014 with the purpose of making eye-catching homes more accessible through competitive pricing structures. Their AI-powered technology connects travellers with property owners through local apps and websites across multiple countries, including the US. In Paris, they offer thousands of properties, with prices as low as €50 per night for a one-bedroom house in the chic district of Porte-Dauphine. They also offer regular last-minute deals that can see regular rates reduced by up to 75%.
Spotahome
Spotahome had the largest selection of apartments for rent in Paris out of all the short-rental platforms on this list – with an especially wide choice of flat shares and student homes. The website’s functionality is similar: just pick your dates of travel and you’ll see all available apartments across an interactive map. Monthly apartment rentals range from €550 for a room in a shared apartment in the suburbs to over €3,000 for the full use of apartments in the city centre. On the whole, apartments are cheaper than on some competitor sites, but there’s a big difference to living in the centre of Paris to being somewhere outside. Like most short let companies, Spotahome add administration fees to the advertised price, so it’s worth making sure you understand all the extra costs before booking.