How much does a Paris trip cost for two people?
For a comfortable 5-6 day trip, budget $4,000-8,000 for two, excluding flights. That is a boutique hotel at $250-500 a night, $120-250 a day for two on food with one special dinner, $300-800 total on museums, tours and experiences, and airport transfers. A tighter but still lovely version runs $2,500-3,500. The biggest cost driver is the hotel; the biggest waste is usually badly chosen tours and view-priced restaurants.
The breakdown for a couple, per day
Hotel: $250-500 for a good boutique double in a central arrondissement, $150-250 if you drop to a simple but well-located two-star. Food: $120-250 for two, covering a bakery breakfast, one relaxed sit-down meal, one proper dinner with wine. Activities: $30-80 for two on museum entries most days, more on a private-guide or day-trip day. Metro: almost nothing, Paris is a walking city.
Where couples overspend
Three places: restaurants with a monument view advertised outside (the view is priced into worse food), coach day trips sold at triple the train-plus-entry price, and skip-the-line resellers marking up official tickets that cost less bought at the right moment. Almost every overspend in Paris is a booking-timing problem, not a price problem.
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Related questions
How much is a trip to Paris for a couple including flights?
Add $600-1,400 per person round-trip from the US East Coast in shoulder season, more from the West Coast or in June-August. So a comfortable one-week trip for two typically lands between $6,000 and $10,500 all-in.
Is Paris expensive compared to other European capitals?
Hotels are pricier than Madrid or Lisbon, comparable to Rome, cheaper than London or Zurich. Food can be remarkably good value: the fixed-price lunch menu at serious bistros is one of Europe's best deals.
How can two people do Paris on a budget without ruining it?
Keep the central location, drop the hotel stars, not the neighborhood. Make lunch the big restaurant meal (same kitchens, lower prices), buy every ticket official, and keep one genuine splurge dinner. A well-planned $3,000 trip beats a badly planned $8,000 one.
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