Originally Posted by tfar

Good tips, benzguy. But I must disagree with Paris in August (and July). Those are very good times to travel to Paris, PRECISELY because a lot of Parisians are gone.

Having lived there for five years I can tell you that the Parisians are a pretty tough crowd. So when you have all the Parisians in the city they go onto each others nerves a lot and things get worse from there; like a bad vibe reverberation. In July and August one half of them is gone and cannot bother the remaining half. So those who remain are much easier to deal with. In addition, the other half being replaced by tourists brings even more color to the city and the tourist revenue is welcome. In my experience Parisians are friendlier to tourists than to their own kind.

Of course, your Air Condition argument is perfectly valid. I'd recommend that, too.

Till