Last year Air Bnb contacted me about a new service they were offering called Experiences, which offers experiences by locals connected with their rentals. Essentially they searched for people in their host cities, not necessarily tour guides, to give their guest(s) a unique experience that they possibly couldn’t do on their own and which also exemplified their city or area.
Paris is one of Air Bnb’s largest markets and I was flattered that they chose me. I decided to create a Marais food experience, giving their guests a tour of all the yummy food and gourmet shops in my area and introducing them to some the local shopkeepers, many who I have known for years.
The listing for my experience was first posted on Air Bnb in the middle of June and within the first week, I lead my first experience. My Eye Prefer Paris Tours are private but with the Air Bnb guests, it’s a mixed group, so it was a slight adjustment to have a mix of people, which I actually found to be fun. During the course of a typical experience we will taste eclairs, cheese from an award winning cheese shop, foie gras, a baguette from a boulangerie that won the prize for the second best baguette in Paris, macarons and samples from the Jewish food shops on the rue des Rosiers.
I’ve now lead about twelve experiences since then and I’ve already met such a wide variety of people from all over the world including Australia, Germany, the Philippines, England, Belgium, Norway and the United States.
A lovely lady Michelle is a well-known food blogger www.greedygourmet.com from England and she kindly wrote an excellent post on the experience with detailed information and photos. Click here to read.
Sometimes I receive inquiries from single travelers or people on a budget about my Eye Prefer Paris Tours about whether I can add them into one of my existing groups but I have to unfortunately tell them no; but now with the Air Bnb Marais Foodie Experience I can now accommodate them with a less expensive alternative.
The Air Bnb Marais Foodie costs 70€ per person and lasts 2.5 hours. It also includes food samples.
For more information or to book, go to this link
https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/45362
I look forward to sharing my yummy Marais with you!
Top photo courtesy of Michelle Minnaar.
Come experience Eye Prefer Paris live with Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I personally lead. Eye Prefer Paris Tours include many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes, food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks and gardens and much more. In addition to my specialty Marais Tour, I also lead tours of Montmartre, St. Germain, Latin Quarter, in addition to Shopping Tours, Gay Tours, Girlfriend Tours, Food Tours, Flea Market Tours, Paris Highlights Tours, and Chocolate & Pastry tours.
Tours start at 225 euros for up to 3 people, and 75 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com
Click here to watch a video of our famous Marais tour
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