Paris Hotels - Pay What You Want!

[waterhazardjack]

Interesting report in the newspapers here today that certain hotels in Paris will now allow you to pay exactly what you think the value of your stay is...

www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/guests-can-pay-what-they-think-room-was-worth-in-paris-hotels-30448629.html

[Deleted]

I was reading a French article about this and as usual, it is just a ridiculous publicity stunt. It was valid over about a 20 day period and the participating hotels just provided one or two rooms in the scheme "as a test."

[lagatta]

Not surprised. It is not sustainable as a business model, unlike "pay what you want" restaurants - in that case I think most people might be averse to paying a pittance.

I think that what is really needed is for the hotel industry to adapt to changing wants and needs on the part of travellers. A lot of people do want to be able to "eat in", for example, and not have to dine in restaurants three times a day, and of course many people need to be able to work on computers at least to some extent. Conversely, there may be other hotel amenities that interest them less.