Planning a Group Trip to Paris, Episode 264
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode Mary White tells me about her trip to France with 10 friends and relatives including a child, a teen, adults, in all this was a big group of family and friends. Now, when you have a big group like that everything gets more complicated, but Mary planned it really well and they had a great time. Ready to hear her secrets? Click play!
Hotel recommended in this episode: Le Petit Belloy
Discussed in this Episode
- Paris with family and friends [02:47]
- How to pull off a trip with a big group [03:54]
- Using a custom Google map [05:49]
- Don't overwhelm your group with every detail [06:43]
- Use the rome2rio app [08:30]
- Keep everyone informed of changes via text messages [10:19]
- Get the Museum Pass [10:51]
- Use official taxis [12:47]
- L'Alsacienne Restaurant [14:45]
- Berthillon ice cream [16:35]
- Great hotel at a reasonable budget [17:11]
- View to the Eiffel Tower [18:30]
- Don't make that mistake when going to Versailles [20:26]
- Uber problem [21:24]
- Have a good attitude [25:23]
- Strategy for Versailles [27:09]
- Éclairs and Millefeuilles [29:44]
- Pickpocket on the RER [30:23]
- What do you do if someone in your group gets left on the platform? [34:12]
- Reserving restaurants using La Fourchette or messaging them on Facebook [36:33]
- Watching Bastille Day fireworks from the hotel window [38:04]
- Taxis in Paris are cheaper than in New York [39:16]
- You'll walk a lot in Paris! [40:19]
- Bourguignon du Marais restaurant [41:14]
- Can you agree on not splitting checks? [44:08]
- Hiring a van to take all of them to Normandy for the day [45:56]
- Don't get upset if you need to make last-minute changes [49:27]
- Don't be afraid to split up if you need to [49:47]
- Get the Museum Pass [50:04]
- Enjoy mealtimes [50:46]
- Choose a hotel with lots of options nearby (more reasons why Petit Belloy was a good choice) [51:20]
- Sometimes touristy places are great [52:42]
- Advice for foodies [53:42]
- Pre-purchase as many things as you can [54:11]
- Buying tickets for the Eiffel Tower [55:05]
- Thank you Patrons [58:49]
- Trip planning consult with Annie [59:41]
- Support the show without spending a penny you wouldn't have otherwise [01:00:06]
- New Year's Resolutions [01:00:42]
- Be an Ambassador for the Join Us in France Travel Podcast! [01:03:56]
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Join Us in France episode 264. |
| 0:04.0 | Bonjoure I'm Annie Sergeant and on a typical episode of join us in France, |
| 0:09.2 | I talk with someone who's visited cool places in France and tells us about it. On today's |
| 0:15.6 | episode Mary White tells me about her trip to France with 10 friends and |
| 0:20.9 | relatives including a child, a teen, adults, the lot. |
| 0:26.4 | And when you have a big group like that, things can get pretty complicated, but Mary planned |
| 0:31.4 | it really well and they had a great time. |
| 0:34.0 | They spent time in Paris and went to Normandy too. |
| 0:37.0 | How did they pull that off with 11 people? |
| 0:40.0 | How did she plan for this? |
| 0:42.0 | What apps and what software did she use? We talk about a problem they had with an Uber ride and how it got resolved. |
| 0:49.0 | They also had a run-in with a pickpocket, but because she'd heard about this so much on the |
| 0:53.4 | podcast she suspected something was up and reacted the right way how they chose |
| 0:59.9 | to stay at a hotel I've recommended several times and they loved it. I mean they could |
| 1:05.8 | see Bastille Day fireworks from their hotel window. She tells me how they dealt with checks |
| 1:12.1 | at meal times for a big group. |
| 1:14.8 | And this is a group of foodies. |
| 1:16.0 | They've worked in restaurants and all that, so this was important to them. |
| 1:20.7 | Mary brings up the things you can skim on and things you shouldn't |
| 1:24.6 | skim on all the things that you should book in advance and to top it all the whole |
| 1:29.4 | group was grateful for the work Mary put into this and as someone who's organized |
| 1:34.4 | trips with big groups before I know it's a lot of work that should be |
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