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An Apartment in Paris
Cooper Paris Flats
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ABOVE:
Cheryl Imboden in the courtyard inside our building's entrance.
Arrival and check-in
We arrived the day before our apartment was available, so we
spent the night at the
Hotel des
Ducs du Bourgogne on the Rue de Pont Neuf, just a few blocks away. The next
day, we picked up our keys at the Cooper Paris Flats office in the Rue
Saint-Honoré, and Anne--one of Glenn's very helpful
employees--showed us around the apartment and asked us to sign an inventory
sheet. She also gave us a Paris guidebook and drew our attention to Glenn's
handbook for our apartment, which included instructions, emergency
phone numbers, and suggestions on where to dine and shop in the neighborhood.
When we asked Anne about check-out
procedures, her answer was reassuring: All we needed to do was wash the dishes,
pile our used linens on the bathroom floor, leave our keys on the coffee table,
and pull the door shut behind us on our way out.
Observations:
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Glenn Cooper is very detail-oriented (as one might expect of a former
banker), and he
obviously has given considerable thought to minimizing hassles for guests. For
example, he includes all utilities in the price, and the apartment has a
telephone with voicemail that can be used for free local calls or for
long-distance calls with a phone card.
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Being able to call the office
is a great convenience if you have a problem or simply need an answer to a
question. (If Glenn isn't in, one of his employees usually is, and Glenn is
quick to answer his voicemail.)
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