The three-star Hotel Plaza Opera in Paris is one of five hotels that have signed up to a new pay-what-you-want concept during the peak summer season.
Hotel Plaza Opera
Hotel Plaza Opera —
The pay-what-you-want concept is the brainchild of hotelier Aldric Duval. It's a "trust contract," he says.
Hotel Tour d'Auvergne —
Duval says he struck on the idea for his pay-what-you-want concept after running a successful honesty bar at his Tour d'Auvergne hotel.
Courtesy Hotel Tour d'Auvergne
What would you pay? —
Duva says in theory, guests at his Tour d'Auvergne hotel could pay as little as one euro -- but he believes most will "play the game."
Courtesy of Hotel Tour d'Auvergne
Villa Boheme —
The Villa Boheme in Paris has also signed up to the pay-what-you-want concept. Duval says he's been contacted by other hotels in the city and elsewhere in France.
Courtesy Villa Boheme Paris
Friendly to tourists? —
Duval says the government needs to reduce taxes at hotels like the Villa Boheme in Paris to make the city more attractive to tourists.
