skep wrote:

After my tour in UK, our plan is to take the eurostar to Paris
arriving at Gare du Nord station around 4pm. Hope to save some money
by taking the metro to the airport, store luggage there, go back to
the city to do some sightseeing, return to the airport around 10pm,
spend the night at the airport until the next morning, go for
breakfast, then early check-in for the 12 hour international flight
home at 11am. Has never spent a whole night at an airport. Is it going
to be tough?

Prior to UK tour, we had already stayed in Paris for 3N so our
thinking is: why check into a Paris hotel for one night just for a
soft bed to sleep on but having to pay another US$80.

Well, it's totally up to you, but I think that foregoing a hotel for a
night at the airport in _these_ circumstances is probably a false
economy. You could stay in an Etap hotel for example (there's one a few
stops from Gare du Nord) for around 50 euros- less perhaps if there's a
special deal. For me, the idea of 'sleeping' at the airport would only
seem reasonable if the flight was very early, or I was getting into town
extremely late, or a combination of the two- perhaps also if there are
transport issues getting to the airport. If, say, the idea was to go out
clubbing until all hours, then similarly, a hotel might not seem like a
reasonable option. None of that seems to apply in this case. In any
event, storing your luggage at Gare du Nord would make more sense that
going to the airport, then back to the centre of Paris. I've got a
feeling you'll find a night at the airport rather tedious, and it will
seem like a very long time until check-in. It's not an ideal way to
finish off your holiday, if that's the case, but YMMV. Anyway, you seem
to have gotten plenty of useful answers should you choose an overnight
at the airport.

David

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