Review
Thank you for tons of useful information about France. Based on your book I selected two wonderful hotels.
In Nice, I spent 5 nights at the Hotel Eden (room #8). It was beautiful.breakfast was great.and I had a clear view of the sea from my princess balcony. I got so much for so little money.
On to Paris, where I stayed at the Hotel Dragon. It was lovely! On a quiet street in the heart of the left bank, we had a luxurious, huge brand new bathroom and a large room with lots of closet space & cute furniture. The staff at both hotels was helpful, although not much English was spoken in Paris.
Your descriptions were perfect & I will recommend your books wholeheartedly.
I hope to go to Italy next summer & plan to purchase your book.
Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Suzanne Mendelsohn -- Letter from a reader, Suzanne Mendelsohn, August 1, 1997
Dear Margo,
I am an avid European traveler and have found your books extremely helpful. As I mention in my review, they fill a serious need for the independent traveler. -- The Wichita Eagle, Note from Travel editor, Arlice W. Davenport adavenport@wichitaeagle.com written to the author October 1, 1997
Dear Ms. Classe,
I just wanted to tell you how helpful I found your book Hello France! on my recent visit to France.
As a woman traveling alone, I was concerned about security as well as economy. I found your comments about the neighborhoods "right on the money." I never was disappointed in any of the hotels where I stayed.
Congratulations on a job well done.
Mary Redmond
Albany, New York -- Letter from a reader, Mary Redmond, March 13, 1997
Hello France! An Insider's Guide to French Hotels $50-$90 a Night for Two by Margo Classe offers lots of detail, including best rooms and extent of English spoken. -- Newsday, August 10, 1997, travel@newsday.com
Best guides for those on a real budget in Europe. Margo Classe of Los Angeles set out to find cheap hotels in France, Spain and Italy. Ask her to describe a hotel room decor and she laughs. I look for basic comfort, cleanliness and a central location where you don't have to have a car, she said in a phone interview. The question is, can you have a private, clean, charming room with your own bathroom for under $100, and the answer is yes. She includes 170 hotels in Paris alone. Classe and her husband spent $30,000 publishing her books; nobody pays to get in a book, and she has seen very place she writes about. -- Milli Ball, The Times-Picayune - Sunday, December 27, 1998
Hotel hoppers traveling on a shoestring should check out this series of guides to affordable lodging in major destinations. Accommodations listed in these books range in price from $40-$90. All three books also provide tips on packing, time, language and events with a few extra pages for note-taking. The handy fax form seems as if it would be extremely useful to people booking their own accommodations. A bit congested in terms of layout and therefore a little difficult to access, these first edition guides still appear o be extraordinarily useful.
Linda Watanabe McFerrin is a Bay Area poet, novelist and travel writer whose work appears frequently in the Examiner Travel Section. Bookings appears the second Sunday of each month. -- Linda Watanabe McFerrin, San Francisco Examiner - October 1998
[...] An Insiders's Guide to French Hotels $50-$90 a Night for Two by Margo Classe, is a no-nonsense directory to hundreds of clean, safe and inexpensive rooms. There are tips on reservations (do you need one?), accommodations (what to ask for) and the nearest train or metro station. -- New York Post, September 9, 1997
[...] Classe has collected information on economical lodgings in Paris and 20 other French cities. Her criteria are that they have at least one room that meets the price requirements (with its own toilet and shower), and that the hotels are customer-friendly and centrally located.
This book is designed to accompany a guidebook. Hotel listings cover rates and amenities ranging from TV to direct-dial phones, reservation contacts and if the staff speaks English. [...] -- Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1997, Travel Section, by Lucy Izon
[...] If you're headed to Italy or France, Hello Italy! and Hello France! by Margo Classe are guides that do one thing only: list lots of budget hotels from $40 to $90 a night. Each place is guaranteed to provide a clean, cheap, comfortable room with bath or shower.
For sheer numbers of entries, however, the books can't be beat Hello France! for instance, lists more than 150 hotels in Paris alone. And there are dozens of choices for 20 other French cities, from Bayeux to Arles. [...] -- The Wichita Eagle, October 5, 1997
[...] She and friends checked out each place in this book--and in another one on Italy ($16.95), where the hotel price range was $40-$75 a night. The target audience, says Classe, is cost-conscious travelers who are too old for hostels and dormitories, but don't care if the curtains match the bedspread. They want a clean, centrally located room with a toilet, in a safe part of town. -- The Times-Picayune, August 24, 1997
From the Publisher
Hi Margo,
Just back from paris. Found your recommendations right on target. Will always use your guides in the future.
--Thanks, Mimi Greenberg
Dear Margo Class,
About your book -- it is a very excellent book. You are doing a very good job and I hope you become very successful, because there is definitely a need for what you are doing. Keep up the good work!!!!
--Michelle Patterson
Dear Ms. Class,
I simply must write and tell you how glad I was to find your book. We are happy to be saving money as most everything has been under $100 per night.
--Maryellen and Gil Federico
Margo,
I have recommended your book. Your book was worth the two hotels we stayed in!
--Sincerely, Ken Mijeski
Hello Margo,
I love what you have done. That is, pair travelers with smaller, more intimate hotels with a personal touch. You have helped us and so many others find the wonderful, small, intimate hotels that really make the trip rather than a large impersonal "American" hotel just like the ones here in the States.
--Michel Puckett
