Bastille Day in Paris - affect hotel availability - and air conditioning question

I will be in Paris July 11-18. However, I know Bastille Day falls in the
middle of that. Does that affect hotel availability?

I was thinking of delaying my final hotel decision so I could determine
whether air conditioning would be needed. I have currently booked a budget
hotel without air conditioning that I can cancel if need be.

How likely is it that air conditioning will be reasonably necessary for
someone unused to really hot weather? (I don't have air conditioning on the
west coast, but this is a very temperate climate!)
How likely is it that I would have a lot of trouble finding a
reasonably-priced place if I wait until just before I leave and I can see
the weather forecast?

Traveler

Traveler writes:

I will be in Paris July 11-18. However, I know Bastille Day falls in the
middle of that. Does that affect hotel availability?

very little. Almost nobody travels to Paris just for Bastille Day.

July and August are high season for tourists, and are also the months
when the residents leave town on vacation. The town is quieter than
normal and a larger percentage of the people there are tourists. The
weather may become _extremely_ hot (115° F last year on some days).

I was thinking of delaying my final hotel decision so I could determine
whether air conditioning would be needed.

Air conditioning will be needed in July. It's the hottest month of the
year, and it gets hotter each year.

I have currently booked a budget hotel without air conditioning
that I can cancel if need be.

If you can tolerate 100° F with no air movement and high humidity in a
hotel room, you don't need A/C. If you can't, you should change to a
hotel that has air conditioning.

How likely is it that air conditioning will be reasonably necessary for
someone unused to really hot weather?

Highly likely.

How likely is it that I would have a lot of trouble finding a
reasonably-priced place if I wait until just before I leave and I can see
the weather forecast?

The weather forecast won't help you, as temperatures cannot be predicted
far enough in advance to allow you to select a hotel. It's safest to
simply assume that it will be very hot.

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Traveler writes:

I will be in Paris July 11-18. However, I know Bastille Day falls in the
middle of that. Does that affect hotel availability?

very little. Almost nobody travels to Paris just for Bastille Day.

July and August are high season for tourists, and are also the months
when the residents leave town on vacation. The town is quieter than
normal and a larger percentage of the people there are tourists. The
weather may become _extremely_ hot (115° F last year on some days).

I have lived in Paris for 13 years, the 10 day spell in August last year was
exceptional
The temperature rarely passes 90°F
Hotel accomodation is easy to find all year round, wait until the last
minute you won't have any problems

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Traveler writes:

I will be in Paris July 11-18. However, I know Bastille Day
falls in the
middle of that. Does that affect hotel availability?

very little. Almost nobody travels to Paris just for Bastille
Day.

July and August are high season for tourists, and are also the
months
when the residents leave town on vacation. The town is quieter
than
normal and a larger percentage of the people there are tourists.
The
weather may become _extremely_ hot (1150 F last year on some
days).

I have lived in Paris for 13 years, the 10 day spell in August last
year was
exceptional
The temperature rarely passes 900F
Hotel accomodation is easy to find all year round, wait until the
last
minute you won't have any problems

Wow! 900F, as posted, has been proven to be hotter than hell!
See: http://www.cybercelebrations.com/Val...avens_hot.html


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Michael Dew wrote:

I have lived in Paris for 13 years, the 10 day spell in August last year was
exceptional

It must have been over pretty quickly too. We were there towards the end
of August, and it was pleasant. Warm- not hot. I think the advice that
you _must_ have A/C in your Paris hotel room is a bit over the top.

David

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Michael Dew writes:

I have lived in Paris for 13 years, the 10 day spell in August last year was
exceptional

Temperatures climb each year, and days beyond 90° F are distressingly
common these days in summer.

The temperature rarely passes 90°F

With humidity of 80% and no wind at all, 90° F is more than enough to
put you into a hospital.

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David Horne writes:

It must have been over pretty quickly too. We were there towards the end
of August, and it was pleasant. Warm- not hot.

The heat wave lasted about two weeks.

I think the advice that you _must_ have A/C in your Paris
hotel room is a bit over the top.

You weren't here during a heat wave.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

David Horne writes:

It must have been over pretty quickly too. We were there towards the end
of August, and it was pleasant. Warm- not hot.

The heat wave lasted about two weeks.

The way you went on about it at the time, I could have sworn it lasted a
year.


I think the advice that you _must_ have A/C in your Paris
hotel room is a bit over the top.

You weren't here during a heat wave.

Most people in Paris don't have A/C, and they survived- the large
numbers of heat-related deaths in France notwithstanding. I would have
been OK- I assure you.

David

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It sounds like A/C is an excellent idea then.

If a particular Ibis hotel is advertised as air-conditioned, can I
rely on that actually being the case? I'm a little concerned that air
conditioning in France does not mean the same thing as here.

Traveler

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It sounds like A/C is an excellent idea then.

If a particular Ibis hotel is advertised as air-conditioned, can I
rely on that actually being the case? I'm a little concerned that air
conditioning in France does not mean the same thing as here.

Traveler

because a hotel has airconditioning doesn't mean you can turn it on --
and some hotels have mobile units that move from room to room and are
not very effective -- we have a friend who had reserved an air
conditioned room only to be told that the unit was in someone else's room

so you are right to want to clarify

most of the time you don't really need it in Paris -- but I was there
that week in August last year where it was 104 F for several days
running and bout died -- On Bastille day it is unlikely to be an issue.

[the Louvre is also free on Bastille day and in our experience virtually
deserted unlike on 'free Sundays' where it is far too crowded to attempt
unless you are truly poverty stricken]