Trianon Palace Versailles, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel Review
For full review of the Waldorf Astoria's Trianon Palace Versailles and Hilton Honors benefits at the hotel please visit;
http://patstravelreviews.com/?p=50
For full review of the Waldorf Astoria's Trianon Palace Versailles and Hilton Honors benefits at the hotel please visit;
http://patstravelreviews.com/?p=50
Seems like this blog is focused on the elite traveler, how about something to help out the common folk!! Who has the best coach seat?
ReplyDeleteTrust me no one is more common than I am. I will review all aspects of travel. I just happened to fly 1st class on this trip and stay in a nice hotel that night. Being elite in travel has nothing to do with your social status but does make a huge difference in how you are treated as a customer.
DeleteAs far as best coach seats. Exit row or bulkhead always have the most legroom. However, on some airlines the bulkhead seats do not have a seat back pouch in front of you to store newspapers or magazines. So they can be cumbersome. Also if someone is a little portly the arms usually do not come up on bulkhead and exit row seats. So you can feel restricted as you can not encroach on your neighbors seat. UAL has Economy Plus in the first few rows of coach that gives 3 or 4 extra inches of pitch. But this is reserved for their elite members or there is an extra fee for these seats (service is not any better and this is very important to remember when flying internationally). Delta and American have also started allotting seats in the front of economy with more leg room for their elite members and for a fee. Outside of that most economy seats are the same. In general you want to stay away from a seat near the bathroom and seats at the rear of the plane not only feel more movement but you are also the last to deplane. Obviously stay away from middle seats. I prefer aisles (I like access to the toilet without disturbing my seat mates)while some prefer windows to see the world below them or for better sleeping.
Greetings.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post. Very informative. My husband and I are planning to go to Paris and stay at this hotel. How do I know if our reservations are in the new or the old building? We are booking for a King Classic Guest Room Garden view. I hope the room looks like the one in the pictures of their website. Also, do you know of any economic but nice places to eat that you can recommend me? I won't ask you about roads because we are not renting a car, instead we are going to take public transportation.
Any helpful information for a person who will go to Europe for the first time would be greately appreciated. ;)
Your Welcome Karina,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the King Classic Room with Garden view is in the new building (Pavilion Bldg.). You should, however, have a view of the main building and garden in-between(we had view of row of bushes). If you want to stay in the Main building you need to book King Deluxe Guest Room with Castle view. The good news is the rooms are very nice and look very much like their photo. The bathroom is also very nice with nice toiletries. As we did not stay in the older building I can not compare the two, but I would imagine the rooms themselves are similar with maybe more space in the Pavilion building as it is much newer.
As far as restaurants in Versailles, I am not much help there. I can tell you where not to eat. We ate at a restaurant across from the train station and it was terrible. But, on our walk back to the hotel we did come across an open market area that has at least 20 restaurants bordering the open market/square. I am sure there are many good reasonably priced restaurants there. I can tell you the hotel food is very good but very expensive (a meal will may cost you more than 1 night accommodation). If you click on this link it is a of my new site and I review two restaurants in Paris. Both very good and not too expensive;
http://patstravelreviews.com/?p=46
http://patstravelreviews.com/?p=50
The one piece of advice I could give someone going to Europe the first time is do not change your money before you leave. My father asked me this yesterday and he told me his bank was going to give him .71 to the Euro. So on $100 he would get 71 Euro's back. The official rate is .778 as of today. Meaning for that same $100 you would get almost 78 Euro's back. Now, that said if you exchange at the airport in Paris, they may charge you a commission and the rate will be somewhere in-between (but still should be better than getting money in your home country). The best thing (depending on your bank - some charge foreign transaction fees) is getting money out of an ATM. Your bank may charge you a fee, but the rate is so much higher you are still saving money. Also take as much as you can or need as they will charge you a fee for each withdrawal. Lastly, on the same subject, check to see if your credit card charges a foreign transaction fee. There are some cards that do not charge this (Chase has a few) and for a trip can save you a lot of money (foreign transaction charge is usually 3%).
The only other advice is know exactly how you will get from airport to your hotel before you arrive. This way you will not be taken advantage of. Other than that enjoy!!!!!
Hope that helps!!