Here you’ll find information both on how to offer accommodation in Paris as well as how to find lodgings.

If you can help to provide a collective accommodation space (camping area, gymnasium, etc.) contact us !

Offering accomodation at your place

If you can offer accommodation to others, thank you! Please use the following websites to let people know:

 WarmShowers : an organisation that connects up cyclists all over the world (simple website, just for cyclists)
 CouchSurfing : an organisation that connects up travellers all over the world (more complicated website, on which we have created an event and discussion group called "Vélorution Universelle Paris 2010").

Alternatively, leave a "comment" (below) telling us the amount of beds, sofas or floor-space available, where you are located, dates accommodation is available, smoking or non-smoking, and anything else you feel is relevant.

Finding accommodation with someone else

If you are looking for accommodation with someone in Paris (or the inner suburbs) we have put out a call-out for accommodation offers on the two following websites:

 WarmShowers : an organisation that connects up cyclists all over the world (simple website, just for cyclists)
 CouchSurfing : an organisation that connects up travellers all over the world (more complicated website, on which we have created an event and discussion group called "Vélorution Universelle Paris 2010").

Alternatively, have a look at the "comments" (below) left by others offering opportunities for accommodation.

How to use WarmShowers and/or CouchSurfing If you already know these websites, that’s great! If not, they are worth checking out - we recommend using them, even after the Vélorution Universelle 2010 is over... The real raison d’être of these sites is to encourage the individual friendships and relationships that form around the offering and receiving of accommodation to fellow travellers. You can choose to how many people you offer your accommodation, and at what level of creature comforts, and you are always free to refuse a request. Both sites clearly explain the philosophy behind them. To use these sites, first create a profile. Then:
 WarmShowers Offer accommodation. To request accommodation, begin with the map of France ten zoom in on Paris to get in contact.

 CouchSurfing Offer/ request accommodation through the event Vélorution Universelle Paris 2010 and join the related discussion group.

Collective accommodation

We’re looking for collective or communal accommodation opportunities. Great news! The local authorities in a Paris inner-suburb have already given us access to a gymnasium to use as a sleeping space. However, there will be lots of people to accommodate, so please keep your ears to the ground. If you can help us to locate other collective accommodation spaces (camping ground, gymnasium, etc.) contact us!

Cheap commercial accommodation options

 Paris youth hostels

 Campsites in Paris and the Île-de-France region ++++ Got any tips or ideas? Let us know, and we’ll update this page.