Arrive in Paris Knowing What Parisians Know.
Thirty years of guiding Americans through Paris, finally written down for the trip you are planning now.
Everything I told my groups at the bus door, from the videos, step by step.
A local's complete guide to the City of Light: how to ride the Metro without being chosen by a pickpocket, which "helpers" to walk past, how to eat the way Parisians do, and how to see the great sights without the great lines.
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What one careless hour in Paris really costs
Nobody adds it up. So here is one trip, the way it really goes wrong, and the way it doesn't.
The tourist way
- A phone snatched at the Metro doorsa new phone, a lost day
- A wallet with the passport insidea morning at the embassy
- A "taxi" offered in the arrivals hallfar above the flat fare
- A "skip-the-line" ticket from the streetoften fake
- A terrace table, no prices checkeda bill that spoils the night
The Parisian way
- Bag zipped, worn in frontnothing to take
- The official taxi ranka fixed fare
- Tickets from the official sitesstraight in
- The menu read outside firstno surprises
- The knowing of howthis book, $27$47
Your trip will differ. The point does not: avoiding one trap pays for this book.
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The answers to the things that go wrong
- Afraid of pickpockets on the Metro? Who you are really up against · p. 101
- Where thefts actually happen in a carriage: the door strike zone · p. 103
- Clipboards, bracelets and gold rings: every scam on the famous squares · p. 115
- A man whispering "Taxi?" in arrivals? The official way into Paris · p. 82
- Dollars or euros at the card machine? The question that quietly costs you money · p. 54
- The Louvre sold out? Official sites, resellers and outright fakes · p. 66
- Why Parisians seem rude, and the one word that changes everything · p. 140
- Never overpay for a meal: the ten-second test · p. 152
- The big sights without the big lines, one by one · p. 193
- If something goes wrong: the first ten minutes · p. 205
- The printable toolkit: checklists, cards and your first day, hour by hour · p. 220
“I wrote this so you would hear the warnings before you ever needed them.”
I was born in Paris and I have lived here all my life. For about thirty years I held the official guide license, guide-conférencier, and walked visitors through our monuments almost every day. Most of them came from America, often after years of saving and planning.
I watched good people lose their wallets, their passports and sometimes their whole trip, simply because nobody had told them what to watch for. So I told my groups everything at the bus door, before they needed it. This book is all of it, written the way I would tell you across a café table.
It is not a book about fear. Most of my guests rode our Metro all week and never met a pickpocket. It is about knowing the traps so well that you can forget them, and look up at the city.
Stop Being the Easy Target.
See Paris Like a Parisian, Without the Traps, the Lines or the Fear.
Paris rewards visitors who know its codes. Sixteen chapters, from the kitchen table to the hard days: when to come and where to sleep, money and phones, tickets and timed entries, the airports, the Metro, the pickpockets and the street scams, the bonjour rule, eating without getting fleeced, the big sights without the lines, and exactly what to do if something goes wrong. Facts checked in October 2026. Yours forever.
See all 16 chapters
- Reading Paris Like a Local
- When to Come
- Where to Sleep
- Money, Cards and Your Phone
- Tickets, Passes and Timed Entries
- From the Airport to Your Bed
- Riding the Metro, RER and Buses
- Outsmarting Pickpockets
- The Street Scams on Every Famous Square
- Walking Paris Safely and Comfortably
- The Bonjour Rule
- Eating Without Getting Fleeced
- Cafés, Bakeries and Markets
- Shopping, Souvenirs and the Tax Refund
- The Big Sights Without the Big Lines
- When Something Goes Wrong
Simple answers.
No subscription, no special app, and no French required.
Is a paper book coming in the mail?
No, and I say it plainly so nobody is surprised. It is a PDF, a book you open on your phone, your tablet or your computer the moment you pay. Nothing arrives in the post. You can print any page at home, and the checklists and cards at the back are made to be printed and kept in your bag.
I'm not good with computers.
You don't need to be. You tap one button and the book opens, the way a photo opens. If it doesn't open for you, write to pariswithsolange@gmail.com and I will help you myself, or give your money back. Either way, you won't be left stuck.
Is this a subscription? Will you charge my card again?
No. One payment, one time. No membership, no monthly anything, no free trial that turns into a bill.
What if I lose the file?
The download link is in your email for 30 days, so save the PDF to your phone or computer. If you lose it after that, write to me with the email you used at checkout and I'll send it again.
Is it only about pickpockets?
No. Pickpockets and street scams are two chapters. The book also covers when to come, where to sleep, money and phones, tickets, the airports, the Metro, restaurants, cafés and markets, shopping and the tax refund, the big sights, and what to do if something goes wrong.
Do I need to speak French?
No. The book gives you the handful of French words that change how Paris treats you, with what each one means and when to say it.
Is the information up to date?
Prices, fares, opening days and entry rules were checked in October 2026, and the book tells you where to confirm each one before you go, because in Paris they change often.
What if the book is not right for me?
Write to me within seven days and your money comes back, every dollar. And you keep the book anyway.
Paris does not need to be feared. It needs to be understood. The Parisian Way.
Walk slowly, look up, and keep your bag in front. Paris will do the rest.
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