Jace

I'm only in Paris for 4 nights. Or should I do Cash & Points at one of the LM's. Feels like a big waste of points based on comments here.

KENNECTED

Did you read this thread asking the very same question you have??
Paris: Westin or Prince de Galle?[Master Thread]

schley

I think you are blowing WAY too many points for what you would get. There are much better values out there than 80k for 4 nights at PDG. You can't even take advantage of the 5th night free, thus that should tell you right there it isn't a good redemption combined with the fact you don't like old world vibe which is PDG.

jjbri

I went last week a big fan of the Westin and came back a bigger fan of PDG. My Thurs - Sun trip originally had two nights at Westin with final night (Sat) at PDG because of sell-out at Westin.

I've stayed at the Westin several times prior (even as the Intercontinental) and was happy enough. However, this trip there was a big ABA (lawyers) confab at the hotel and the lobby was mobbed at most times. Given fact I had a very mediocre room for 22k pts on second floor far from elevator (bad knees), I enquired about moving a day earlier to PDG. In fairness, the helpful Guest Services Desk was able to oblige at the 20k pt rate.

Much less hurly burly and a much nicer rm (6th fl) awaited at PDG. As SPG Gold I was given card giving 30% off food & drink in the Regency Bar. Excellent grub, and the discount made the prices almost tolerable!
If you're a walker, the Westin would have its charms, but for getting cabs the PDG is a lot easier.

Can not wait to return next year -- this time with my wife -- to the PDG.

Jace

I AGREE, just booked the LM Montparnasse on Cash & Points.

helium

I've just finished reading the threads on all of the SPG properties in Paris. The general reviews and feeling seem to be pretty dim. The question remains, with all of this conversation taken into account, where should one stay?

One has to keep in mind that the French can appear strange and arrogant to tourists, actually, they are. I used to live and work in Paris. The French would prefer to be on holiday all of the time. 'So would I!' you say, but the French are more serious about this, they have different agendas (particularly Parisians). A French person working in an SPG hotel in Paris would probably faint if forced to keep up to the standards of an SPG property in the U.S. The French are socialists, not capitalists.

I'm traveling to Paris in March and I'm going to book a room at one of the SPG properties with an open mind. I'm going in knowing that I'm not going to get a coffee maker or free tea. I'm not going to expect an upgrade, or a view nor the same pillows I would get in the U.S. I'm going to expect to wait a while for my room, and that I may very well find I'm checked into an occupied room. (Oh this sounds very French, comical even...The shocking hotel management system causing these errors!).

After reading about peoples experiences I think that this is just how it is. Sometimes people get lucky, sometimes they don't.

slocouple

I have not stayed at any of the SPG properties in Paris, but have stayed at both Hyatt Vendome and Madeleine, and what you say could not be less applicable at either property. Each has great service and physical plant. You might try one of them.