B&B Service with a Petite PULSE!
What
started with just 24 Paris homes, Australian run specialty service Petite Paris
has now grown to 120 unique, handpicked, exclusive Paris B&Bs and
apartments for Australian travellers (and 26 NEW Lisbon B&Bs).
This
figure may not seem as impressive today as it might have only 5 years ago when
the service first launch in 2010 (even then 24 was impressive), not with the surge
of saavy automatic online booking services offering tens of thousands of homes
per city.
So for
a solo independent run small Australian service, where homes are sought in
person and where guests are booked into homes manually through a one-on-one personal
email service, Petite is a feat and fight of good old classic service and good
old Aussie determination to rise above the rest and remain, despite the
changing times. (Images of the newest addition to the Petite Paris website, a deluxe historic home on the Seine river banks - click here)
Regina
Ferreira, founder and owner of Petite B&Bs runs the service entirely and works
to remind travellers of the assurance, quality and warmth of real human
services; and to ensure the service stands out for all these reasons which
set’s in apart from the rest.
Visiting
Paris each year for 2 months at a time, Regina personally seeks out unique
Paris B&B homes while inspecting existing homes. She registers them with
the Paris Tourism Office to be officially approved and classified B&Bs that
meet the Paris Tourism Bureau’s strict criteria of quality, service, safety and
authenticity for B&Bs. All hosts have at least 10 years experience, must
serve fresh breakfasts and interact with guests for cultural exchange experiences
ie conversations, planning itineraries, language lessons, guided walks and
more.
Having
intimate knowledge of each Petite Paris home and it’s host, Regina is well
equipped to advise her guests in person which home is right for them. Great
lengths and commitment of time and work are given to every guest to ensure they
are well serviced and well placed in Paris, in homes that are polished,
professional and legitimate B&Bs. It is Paris after all, the home and origin
of human hospitality!
The
online descriptions are transparent and complete. If a home has an awkward
entry, low lighting, non-allergic pillows, or if a baby lives next door, it is
all written.
Making
up the hat-trick service is the free travel advice from someone who is ‘like a
local’. With each booking comes an abundance of invaluable city tips, recommendations
and general help from Regina whose experience and passion for Paris and the
B&B industry comes from a place of human generosity and kindness. She
believes everything (worth experiencing) is about the interactions we have with
one another and the Petite Paris service is one that even in the midst of the
technological booking revolution, reminds us that human service and care is
still out there if we want it, to satisfy us in ways the new services never
could.
NEW Petitebnbs website (for
Lisbon B&Bs) Coming SOON
