I visited Paris with my 24YO daughter and decided to use Airbnb for the first time. Overall, this first experience was terrific.

It was so much better for my daughter and me to have an apartment, rather than two hotel rooms. That way, we didn’t have to be synchronized; we could get up and go to bed when we pleased. We didn't have to synchronize for all meals — I could eat breakfast when I got up, read for a while or go for a walk and then have lunch when she arose!

Lucie was very responsive to emails, right from the initial booking. When we arrived, she met us at the front door and was very welcoming.

The apartment is much as described on Airbnb.

The rooms are small, but that’s also true of hotel rooms in this neighbourhood. The bedroom was more than big enough for the limited time I spent in it.

The location is outstanding, in a safe neighbourhood. It’s no more than a 15 minute walk from many sights — Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Alexander Bridge, Place de la Concorde, Hotel Invalide, Champs Elysees. It’s also right near tons of restaurants and bars on Rue St. Dominique and Rue Cler (and elsewhere).

As for the apartment contents, it had all the things we needed: cutlery, dishes, a toaster, an oven, a dishwasher and a refrigerator.

If I had any quibbles, and for us they were VERY minor, they would be:

- The Ikea-type bed in the study was not very comfortable, according to my daughter, so if you’ll be the one sleeping on that bed, decide if a good mattress is important to you. Lucie might want to consider buying a compressible viscoelastic mattress topper that could easily be stored away when not in use. By contrast, the bed in the main bedroom was totally fine.

- As described here, you need to walk up about 4 flights of stairs to get to her unit. I viewed it as much needed exercise. However, if you think that would bother you, this isn’t the right place for you.

- There was no microwave oven (or at least none we could find). For the “I need it NOW” millennials, this might be considered a negative.

Overall, I coulnd't imagine getting better value! We would certainly come back.