Just as I tell parents and students all the time that there are many amazing colleges and universities that offer "the best" in terms of academic challenge, quality of students and faculty, student experience, value, and professional opportunity, there are many hotel options in Paris (and most other cities) that offer "the best" in terms of comfort, value, luxury, and the like.

"The best" is for sheep. The key is to find "the best" for you. We all have different preferences, so the variety of so many wonderful options is something to relish.

We all should be thrilled that many prefer other options, else the price of our preferred option would skyrocket. Just like students should be thrilled that others don't apply against them.

Now I step off my soap box with apologies.