The Hyatt Regency Paris - Charles DeGaulle is billed as a convenient airport hotel, but in actuality is not all
that close to the airport.
The hotel does have a shuttle,
but it is not all that reliable, as has been discussed by other bloggers and
travel forums. When waiting for the
shuttle to the hotel, a wait of approximately 40 minutes was needed. I was about to hail a taxi when the shuttle
van finally did arrive.
After entering the hotel, the
registration desk is directly to the left.
Unfortunately, when I got there no employees were in sight. It took a few minutes before an employee did
come to the front desk. Registration was
prompt, however the front desk employee did not direct me to the only working
bank of elevators.
I headed to the closest set of
elevators to the registration desk only to find out that they did not
work. After heading back to the
registration desk, only then was I informed that the working elevators were
located towards the back of the hotel.
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| Hotel Lobby |
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| Lobby Atrium |
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| Elevators hidden behind trees |
I was given a Club King room,
which was about the size of your average room in Europe.
There was a king bed, a small
chair, with dresser and TV.
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| Bedroom |
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| Bedroom |
The bathroom was fairly large
with a combination shower/tub. There is
very little counter space, which is always a hassle when traveling.
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| Bathroom |
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| Bathroom |
My main problem with the bathroom
was the shower/tub set-up. There was
only a partial shower door, which always gets water all over the floor and
allows heat to escape. The second issue
was with the height difference between the bathroom floor and the tub. It must have been close to a foot, which can
be a hazard since it is such a large difference. With a wet floor, slipping and falling can
easily occur.
The other problem with the room is that the air conditioner
worked very poorly. This made the room
extremely uncomfortable.
The Regency Club had a very small selection. There were only a couple of pieces of fresh
fruit, some dried fruit and nuts, along with a selection of drinks. The Regency Club is somewhat small, although
it is two stories. There was no
attendant in the club either.
In order to get into Paris, you need to take the shuttle
back to Charles De Gaulle Airport, then take the RER or other mode of
transportation into the city. This is a
major setback due to the unreliability of the hotel shuttle. It also takes about 15 minutes for the
shuttle ride between the airport and hotel.
After going into Paris, we waited
for over 50 minutes for the shuttle to arrive to take us back to the
hotel. The shuttle never arrived, and we
ended up taking a taxi back to the hotel.
As we had an early flight the next morning, this was a huge waste of
time.
After speaking with the front
desk manager about the unreliability of the shuttle, he said that he would look
into it, and did apologize for the inconvenience and gave me 5,000 extra Gold
Passport points.
The Hyatt Regency Charles De
Gaulle is a nice hotel, but not exactly close to the airport. If you aren’t pressed for time this is a good
choice, as the hotel is clean and well maintained.
