Corinne made us feel welcomed even before we arrived. She added us to WhatsApp and text so we had several options to communicate with her. Since we arrived very early in the morning, she also made special arrangements for us to pick up and drop off the key to her flat. This was awesome since we were traveling with our three kids and wanted to settle in, put on some warmer clothes and drop off our luggage before starting to explore Paris.

We booked Super Shuttle on line from CDG to the flat and later to pick up our rental car for about $95 Euro each way for a private trip. It was very easy and convenient. We also used Uber van since there was 5 of us and many taxis only take 4 people. Plus, there are two metro stops very close to the flat making it very easy to get around the city. (There is a ticket machine with a language option at each metro stop. Many also have an "info only attendant" that no longer sells tickets at the window.) FYI-The ticket machine takes chip credit cards that requires a pin to work or cash.

The flat was as represented on Airbnb. (It is in more modern building surrounded by older Haussman style buildings.) It was helpful to use Mappy to see the street view and orientate ourselves prior to arrival. Our kids were delighted to find a Christmas tree on the balcony! The apt. set up worked very well for our family. It has one bath with a separate WC which helped with the 5 of us getting ready each day.

The kitchen was very nice too! There is a Carrefour grocery just down the street and we discovered a fab street market near the Bastille oblisk that sold fresh veggies, fruits, meats and seafood. It was really nice to have a few relaxing breakfasts "in" since our trip was a total of 16 days.

We loved the Marais area too. It has lots of fun shops and restaurants and is very convenient to all the sights. We tried the pizza place just a short walk from the flat and listed in info on the table in the flat. It was yummy!

Overall, it was a nice way for our kids to live like a Parisian. They got a kick out the buildings smaller elevator (there are two-one bigger and one smaller and the electric shutters on the windows.) Alas- there was no bidet for them to ponder. Having wifi that could manage 5 connections was very nice so we could all communicate with family and friends during the holiday!

We recommend booking attraction tickets in advance whenever possible. For example, we made a last minute decision to see the Catacombs but the on line system only booked one day or more in advance. So we went to the get them in person but when we arrived tickets were completely sold out for entire the day.