Originally Posted by
anchor79
I was comparing the reviews n such and Marriott Ambassador seem to have a horrible review (esp with the AC condition).
Le Meridien Etoile have a good points value too but It is not that far away from Renaissance La Defense (and the room condition seem better at Ren)
I plan to do 1 day at Disneyland Paris, 1 day at Le Village Outlet and another day to Versilles while I have 1.5 whole day within the city just walk around and eat / shop. Already done most of the tourist stuff within the city so is Ren still the better option out of the LeM / Marriott Opera?
I saw Ren Arc de Triumph have great reviews too but it is not convenient for public transportation to/from CDG right?
LME is a huge convention type hotel with a souless institutional feel IMO and usually huge crowds in the lobby, breakfast, etc. (and is only one or two metro stops from Ren). Note that if you're taking the metro/buses Ren is in zone 3 so if you get a week pass this is important,
Ren has a much nicer feel and they are very nice (albeit without some f/u I'd expect eg the printers in the lounge weren't working b/c of an IT problem which I reported multiple times with assurance it would be fixed but when I returned months later still not fixed - apparently no one cared or f/u). - once when I stayed I noticed the front desk made a long distance call to another country b/c a customer had concerns about a family members illness and didn't charge them at all.
Near the Ren are 2 big shopping centers (with one having the lowest cost pharmacy eg a med that costs $80 in the US and requires an ex is 7 euros here and doesn't require an rx in most other countries at other pharm is was about 10 euros). More importantly though, the food available outside thhotel is not great so LM is better for that.
The one thing about the Ren is that it is a 5-10 minute walk outside from the metro to the hotel including much time outside so depending on season it could be unpleasant if raining or really cold and windy (or a challenge with really small children out of a stroller but still small)-but you do get to see some amazing architecture during the walk.