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Mixing Business with PleasureIt's Easy to do in ParisMore and more business trips are including families. Data released by the Travel Industry Association of America showed that last year more than 32 million business trips included children. This was up a massive 32 percent over the previous year. "We are noticing this trend in rentals of our Paris apartments," says Marie-France Small, president of Paris Sejour Reservation, Inc. (PSR), France's most experienced and most reliable provider of private rental apartments to travelers from North America. PSR offers an inventory of more than 600 privately owned, tastefully furnished apartments. "As our lives become more busy, working longer hours and participating in more extracurricular activities, it makes good sense," suggest Mrs. Small, "for business travelers to take advantage of every opportunity to mix business with quality family time. Renting a Paris apartment is a good way to accomplish this. Traveling as a family group on a business/vacation trip also helps ease the strain of being away from home." For any kind of business travel to Paris, a rental apartment makes good economic sense. Rentals start at $80 a night, a bargain compared to hotel accommodations, which can range up to $400-$500 per night at deluxe properties. In addition, apartment rentals are practical for extended stays of several weeks or even months for business people on longer assignments or those who are being relocated. A rental apartment provides total privacy, a place to entertain when necessary, and a place to work without interruptions and with all of the equipment needed to function efficiently. Available to the business traveler are fax machines, answering machines, and other equipment that can help create an office-away-from-home. Also available is a chauffeur service, for airport pick-ups and other custom transportation needs. Rental apartments also offer laundry service, weekly cleaning, and other services of a hotel, including PSR's own concierge service ready to take care of requests for theater tickets, restaurant reservations, and other services. Standard rental rates range from $100 to $250 for a one-bedroom apartment to $140 to $350 for a two-bedroom unit. Three bedroom apartments, especially popular with U.S. companies with a heavy load of corporate travel to Paris, start from $300 a night. Minimum-stay requirement is five nights. Rentals are in much-sought neighborhoods such as Champs-Elysees, Opera, Latin Quarter, and fashionable Saint-Germain. Listings range from a Left Bank studio to 16th Arrondissement penthouse. Business travelers and corporate travel managers can check on availability and preview PSR apartments by clicking onto www.PSRyourhomeinPARIS.com . The PSR Web site includes photos, floor plans, and descriptions. You then can book through a state-of-the-art electronic reservation system that handles more than 30,000 nights a year. Paris Sejour Reservation, Inc. Edited by Dave Shultz |
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