Originally Posted by jackal

Hey!

First post in the Budget Travel forum. Can't believe I haven't really visited here before--I'm a budget traveler (I'm a working student and all of my trips are purely personal) and should be calling this place home!

Anyway, I'm on my way to Paris in a couple of weeks via NYC and, due to a recent two-month adventure in Southeast Asia and Australia, am really feeling the need to pinch pennies.

I'll be in Paris for four nights and am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for decent but cheap places to stay in the Paris area. I'm quite all right with hostels, but I'm taking this trip with my mom (it's a gift to her), and while she's a pretty adventurous spirit, a private room at a hostel is probably the lowest she'd be comfortable with...and obviously, it'd be nice to have a nicer, warmer place to stay. We're both fairly tight on funds, though, so no Intercontinentals on this trip...