Am I eligible to go to Paris?
My parents are sending me to Paris when I graduate High school for a month and I want to analyze the factors to see if Im eligible to go. I also want to see if Im old enough for such things as hotels, hostels, apartments and airfare. So, if anybody would be generous to answer these various questions to the best of their ability that would be great.
I will be 18 due to my stay in Paris. I want to rent an apartment with a mixed group of 17 and 18 who would pitch in to pay for it. We would buy groceries as their would be appliances in the apartment for food. Together we can afford it, but is that enough? Could the 17 year old’s stay with me in the apartment assuming I could rent one myself? If I were to check in to a hostel, could I check them in under my name in advance and they be able to stay? This sound a little farfetched and off in my mind and I know there’s something wrong with this concept. Can you please tell me what would be acceptable.
How old do you have to be to fly on a plane?
How old do you have to be to stay in a hotel?
How old do you have to be to stay in a hostel?
How long can I stay in Paris?
Being 18, if my friend or friends are under 18 would they be able to come?
To rent an apartment does the tenant have to be over 18 or does the bookie have to be?
For a hotel, do you need a credit card?
Where is there a U.S. Embassy
Are there any important customs I should know?
Is there anything else that I should need to know?
P.S I took 2 years of French
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1.Some airlines refuse to transport unaccompanied young children, but there are no restriction on adolescents. If you are eighteen, you are considered an adult, so no problem there. The air fare is the normal one. Your best bet is to shop around to find the best price looking at various travel brokers on line.
2.You can stay in a hotel too for the same reason. Only under eighteens are not eligible if not with an adult.
3.Youth hostels have been specifically designed to receive young people and give them shelter geared to their needs and finances. Neither you nor your friends, if they travel with you, would have problems staying in one if they are the age that you quoted, and you could actually share rooms if you wanted. You would have to pay a deposit in advance for you and whoever accompanies you.
You would have to pay up front to rent a flat and, if you come with friends and they are under age, you would be responsible for any damage made.
4.You will be admitted to France on a visa waiver which allows you to Stay in France for 90 days.
5.Yes, you do need a credit card to stay in a hotel, and it is read when you arrive as a guarantee.
6. There are three buildings which house the American Embassy in Paris.
All details about this are here:
7. There are many customs which differ from those in the USA and it would take a long time to enumerate them. The essential one is that you have to be polite and always say “bonjour” when you go into a shop or a restaurant, address porters, address somebody in a public place, and say “merci” and “au revoir” when leaving. Do not smile to strangers. Do not be over familiar or loud. French people do not talk to total strangers even to exchange remarks on the weather. They get on with their own activities and do not pass idle comments just to make conversation. Remember it is their country, not yours. You may find some Parisians abrupt and even rude by American standards because they are hassled by so many tourists that they tend to be short with their answers, but if you approach people nicely with “Pardon, monsieur/ madame” before asking a question, they will warm to you and let the barriers down. Taxi drivers in Paris live on their nerves all day and are known to be rude to everybody, locals included.
8. Paris has attracted all sorts of undesirable characters from all over Europe and elsewhere who prey on naive or unwary tourists. Never flash money about. Leave valuables in the hotel safe.Only carry money for one day at a time in a safe place like an inner pocket. Do not fall for the various scams like people who accost you with “gold” jewelry which is worthless. Just google “Paris scams” and you will get info on the latest ones.
Don’t go walking in down at heel suburbia on your own, especially at night. People have been stopped and mugged or divested of leather jackets, MP3 players, expensive trainers/ sneakers, etc….
Take an insurance out before you leave the USA to cover all emergencies such as accident , illness or theft.