Pros: beautiful apartment in a fantastic location. Great water pressure in the shower (although like many Parisian places, the hot water runs out fairly quickly). Lots of outlets near the bed and the TV in the living room comes with Netflix. Also comes with a legit hair dryer + concentrator nozzle, which was a great surprise. For the curly girls, just purchase a universal diffuser attachment and you’re set. We came in November, so we didn’t have to use the A/C, but that would be a HUGE plus for anyone visiting in the summertime. Has an elevator.
Cons: the “self check-in with lockbox” is not inside the building. You have to go to a market about 7 mins walk away and ask for the key from the manager there. This seems normal for Paris? This probably wouldn’t have been a problem, but the previous guest didn’t return the key to the instructed location and Checkmyguest doesn’t have a spare key readily available, so we didn’t get access to the apartment until 3 hours after check-in (we were standing outside in 35F degree weather the whole time). They then, of course, had to clean the apartment while we were there, no biggie. This whole process, along with the fact that they don’t allow you to store your luggage in the apartment prior to check in at 3pm, caused our entire first day in Paris to be a wash. The wifi stopped working a couple days into the trip and when we messaged Checkmyguest about it, they told us the servicer would be there to fix it the next day. They never came. There was also no follow-up from Checkmyguest and we didn’t have access to wifi for the remainder of our trip. Not as big of a con as the last two, but the apartment is very chilly. There are two radiators, but maybe it would benefit from having a couple space heaters for those who get cold easily. There are two fans present for the summertime.
Bottom line: I REALLY wanted to love this place because it seems everyone else had a fantastic experience, but the check-in, the wifi issues, and the cold really took away from it. I am literally the easiest person to please and have never given less than a 5 star review, but this was pretty disappointing and we wouldn’t stay here again. My partner and I came to the conclusion that for the amount we spent, we would’ve been better off just staying at a hotel.