About Petite Paris

Established in 2009, Petite Paris is an Australian based personalised service designed by Melbourne resident Regina Ferreira, a B&B expert of over 15 years, profiled in numerous national and international travel publications, and travel guidebook author with a passion for Paris and an eye for charming and homely style.

Regina offers a personalised Paris service offering tailor-maid Paris itineraries to suit travellers individuality and interests and a small curated collection of classic family-run B&Bs for travellers who love the idea of intimacy or living like someone would in the place they are visiting; and being hosted by locals like an old friend or family member.

About Petite B&Bs

Petite Paris offers quality B&Bs in Paris that are intimate, homely and authentic B&B lodgings. Connecting travellers to native locals (B&B hosts) in their homes, and who offer personalised care as well as insider advice, guarantee travellers receive a more authentic Paris experience than the norm.

Petite Paris B&Bs are sought, tested and handpicked in-person by me, Regina. This ensures they consistently meet the ‘Petite’ promise for charming and quaint atmosphere with polished services from only the very best hosts. Many homes you see on the website are exclusive to Petite Paris only!

Petite Paris offers an old-school personalised booking service where guests chat direct with me, Regina to benefit from my professional and personal knowledge of each home intimately. Matching travellers to the right home is key and is something that can only be done successful in person.

If you are a B&B or Apartment Owner…

Lets work together!

I am always on the hunt for more amazing authentic family homes in Paris to offer my guests. So if you are a Guesthouse B&B or apartment owner and think you may like to join the Petite Paris network and to host my amazing community of Paris travellers and guests, please contact me to organise a live inspection of your home and for a little chat. I visit Paris annually and would love to visit your home for assessment, and to meet you in person too. I run the service very personally and my relationships with my B&B hosts and apartment owners are a wonderful combination of friendship as well as colleagues, all of which are personal, trustworthy and professional. Please note: this is a personalised service with B&B hosts offering personalised care and services to guests while staying in their homes, rather than just a key given to guests. Petite Paris prides itself on offering its guests an experience of feeling like a local, by being guided by a local host to explore Paris like a local would.

Private Apartments

While this service is predominately for Chambre d’hotes (classic B&B guesthouses where you live WITH Parisian hosts in their home) there are a minimum number of self-contained private apartments also available on the website for travellers who simply prefer privacy and wish to experience living in Paris alone (though your home owner and/or host will always be nearby ready to offer you personalised services if and as you need) so if you have a private apartment you would like to offer to my guests this is still possible but please note the following conditions:

Paris has very strict short term rental laws for apartments in order to minimise the rental crisis. To work with me and offer your apartment to my guests via the Petite Paris platform, your private apartment home must be registered with the Paris City Hall and have the 13 digit Rental Registration number, and it can only be offered for short stays with a maximum of 120 days of the year (4 months maximum), and it must be your primary residence. If it is your secondary residence you will need to go through a commercial license process to be able to offer it year round (link below for more details). Petite Paris will not book any private self contained apartment for more than 4 months per calendar year - and it is apartment owners responsibility to adhere to the 4 months between all and any booking platforms. However all traditional Guesthouse B&Bs (offering rooms only) on the website must be registered businesses and these are able to operate year round. To register your Chambre d’hote (traditional B&B) please visit your local Mairie (council) for your own B&B registration number.

For more information around running and registering a B&B or a private rental click here.

If you have a property you would like to change to a secondary residence for the purpose of being able to rent out 365 days a year please read this helpful information Click here.