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Sep 7, 2013, 3:29 pm
#1561
sam007
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what does the comp'd breakfast include
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Sep 7, 2013, 3:49 pm
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edgewood49
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Originally Posted by frogss29
I am not sure. We try and stay at Hyatt properties for the obvious reasons.....great benefits, keeps me diamond 
And I don't mind paying for quality. Just didn't 'feel the love' here. So, on our next trip, I am thinking of Hyatt Madeleine.
The Madeleine is a smaller property and now there are several other properties that Hyatt has in Paris. If it wasn't for my wife I would try one of those. She just loves the PHV we are back in December for Paris at Christmas !
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Sep 7, 2013, 4:51 pm
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frogss29
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I must admit, I love the people watching at PHV! We saw James Pattinson and his ex and several pushy tennis stars on our last visit. And it was fun watching the Chanel trucks deliver goodies!
I like the breakfast there....Diamonds get the buffet AND choices from the a la carte menu. Staff at breakfast were great.
Didn't love the check in staff. They were snooty on the verge of being rude.
Doormen were fun with lots of tips of where to go for meals etc.
I don't love the area where the hotel is.
Other visits, we have stayed where there are cute little shops surrounding us. I just felt I could be ANYWHERE at this hotel.
I want to feel like I am in Paris
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Sep 8, 2013, 3:23 am
#1564
SPLP007
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Originally Posted by sam007
guys
i'm at the vendome and made my trip to paris particularly to stay in this hotel. But after being here for 2 days, I fail to find anything special about it. I ate at the restaurant which was good but not out of the ordinary. Hence my question to all that have stayed here - what did you find so amazing about this hyatt? Maybe i'm missing out on using some services available to me?
Thanks
I agree , it is just another good hotel --IF the room rates were much less , I think people would not rave about it.The French are great at marketing ,they know how to overcharge and give you the feeling of luxury --I take my hat off to them they do a great job -- Evian water is just" over priced water!! Park Vendome is just a very good over priced hotel --I have stayed at much better
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Sep 8, 2013, 7:07 am
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ILuvParis
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Originally Posted by frogss29
I must admit, I love the people watching at PHV! We saw James Pattinson and his ex and several pushy tennis stars on our last visit. And it was fun watching the Chanel trucks deliver goodies!
I like the breakfast there....Diamonds get the buffet AND choices from the a la carte menu. Staff at breakfast were great.
Didn't love the check in staff. They were snooty on the verge of being rude.
Doormen were fun with lots of tips of where to go for meals etc.
I don't love the area where the hotel is.
Other visits, we have stayed where there are cute little shops surrounding us. I just felt I could be ANYWHERE at this hotel.
I want to feel like I am in Paris
Seriously? The Place Vendôme a half block away had you thinking you might be in Kansas City? 
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Sep 8, 2013, 8:40 am
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edgewood49
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Originally Posted by ILuvParis
Seriously? The Place Vendôme a half block away had you thinking you might be in Kansas City?
X2 ! Look where the hotel is ! AND the Metro is just around the corner, oh did I forget the Louvre? Or possibly the Opera House !!
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Sep 8, 2013, 9:39 am
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OsakaWino
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Originally Posted by ILuvParis
Seriously? The Place Vendôme a half block away had you thinking you might be in Kansas City?
I've seen parking lots that look better than Place Vendome. Attractive is definitely not a conceivable adjective.
If the only thing I saw was Place Vendome, then of course I would not think I was in Kansas City, more like Pyongyang: heavy traffic, concrete dust, construction, etc. Tempered by the open landfill atmosphere surrounding the Westin at the other end of Place Vendome.
The location of PHV was convenient. Location atmosphere was zilch.
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Sep 8, 2013, 9:45 am
#1568
OsakaWino
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Originally Posted by edgewood49
X2 ! Look where the hotel is !
On a busy street, torn up sidewalks, a bunch of overpriced jewellery stores, convenient, but completely devoid of any "atmosphere".
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Sep 8, 2013, 10:11 am
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Firewind
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--Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann (spinning in his grave)
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Sep 8, 2013, 10:35 am
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Firewind
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OsakaWino, sam007, SPLP007, frogss29, please keep up your end of the debate! To which I would add: "Nothing to see here. Move along..."
EDIT: Referring to the hotel, not the debaters or their points. Which I wholeheartedly encourage.
As that FlyerTalker's signature says: "Don't move to Denver. It's cold here. Very cold."
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Sep 8, 2013, 10:45 am
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Firewind
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Originally Posted by OsakaWino
I've seen parking lots that look better than Place Vendome. Attractive is definitely not a conceivable adjective.
If the only thing I saw was Place Vendome, then of course I would not think I was in Kansas City, more like Pyongyang: heavy traffic, concrete dust, construction, etc. Tempered by the open landfill atmosphere surrounding the Westin at the other end of Place Vendome.
The location of PHV was convenient. Location atmosphere was zilch.
And the crotte!
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Sep 8, 2013, 10:55 am
#1572
OsakaWino
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Originally Posted by Firewind
"zzzzzZZZZZzzzzz!"
--Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann (spinning in his grave)
My apologies to Haussmann if he designed Place Vendome, but I cannot see much of his vision there now. Even when the current various construction is completed, it will still be resemblant of a roundabout more than anything else. There is not even pedestrian access to the obelisk without having to take one's life in one's hands.
As far as location, Madeleine would be much more atmospheric in my opinion, at least there is the church, the (dwindling) flower market, Fauchon, etc.
But we became rather addicted to the comped room service breakfast for Diamonds at PHV, so we are planning to go back. It is convenient to Opera and a nice walking distance to the Seine. Just don't tell me that it is atmospheric.
So I stand by my opinion that, if the PHV were located in downtown Detroit, there would be very few who would make the trip just to stay at this hotel.
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Sep 8, 2013, 10:56 am
#1573
OsakaWino
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Originally Posted by Firewind
And the crotte!
au chocolat ?
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Sep 8, 2013, 11:12 am
#1574
Firewind
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Originally Posted by OsakaWino
au chocolat ?
What Paris sidewalks are famous for - even on the finest streets - especially on the finest streets such as de la Paix.
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Sep 8, 2013, 11:19 am
#1575
austin_modern
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Originally Posted by OsakaWino
So I stand by my opinion that, if the PHV were located in downtown Detroit, there would be very few who would make the trip just to stay at this hotel.
Detroit is such a lovely town... Id love to see a PH there. 
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