Catherine's place is amazing! It's the most stylish apartment ever, I love the art, the fancy lamps, the space age chairs...all very cool. It would be a cool apartment in Omaha, but holy cow its in Paris! There is zero reason to go get a closet/hotel for the same price when you could stay here. Reason #1: location! Not just the awesome Latin Quarter, but it's close to all the transportation you'll need. It's also close enough to exciting cool places but still private enough you can have quiet evenings. Close to a wide variety of stores and shops whether you want to get a coke and a bag of chips or the fixings to cook a fancy meal - or maybe you want to eat at one of the many great restaurants/cafes in the area! All good. Check in was great with Mdm Rodrigues - language barrier but she demonstrated the key and showed us where everything was.
This was my first time using Airbnb. One reason I never used it prior was I was never sure how safe it was. Catherine's apartment has a 3 stage entry that really gave me more confidence then, say, using a hotel safe. We felt extremely safe in her apartment and that our belongings were secure - that's#1 with me, choosing a place.
Catherine was a super host and every time I had a question, I just emailed her and got back a reply very very fast. Wonderful place, great host, ideal location, safety and convenience, what more could you want?