sandrawole:
please did you use an agent to process your Schengen visa, or did you apply yourself?

cecegorz:
There is no better way to have a holistic view of this historic city than to get on the Big Bus Paris!
It's a hop-on, hop-off tour service that takes tourists across the city to most of the iconic sites, and you also get to see the city at bird's eye view, rather than just street-level on foot.

So, we already got out tickets down! The cost is €38/person online, but we got €3 discount from the hotel @ €35/ticket.

sandrawole:
please do you use an gent to process your Schengen visa, or did you apply yourself?

madamgrace:

Please, I want to confirm if German embassy allows hotel reservations from Booking.com or if you use it. If otherwise, which platform did you use to do your booking? It's important as I have appointment with the embassy.


Thank you

cecegorz:

Confirmed.
I use booking.com all the time.
But be careful to chose hotels with FREE CANCELATION clearly stated in the confirmation mail they sent you.

madamgrace:
Thank you sir. I was worried when I saw on their website that hotels reservation from portals aren't allowed.

I really appreciate

madamgrace:

Please, I want to confirm if German embassy allows hotel reservations from Booking.com or if you use it. If otherwise, which platform did you use to do your booking? It's important as I have appointment with the embassy.


Thank you

cecegorz:


Some of those agents will get you banned for life after scamming you of your hard earned money.
I filled the forms online myself, printed them, chose my appointment date, and headed there together with bae on our appointment day.
No middle man at all.

sandrawole:
thank you very much. do they conduct interview or you just submit your documents and do biometrics.

cecegorz:


You are welcome.
Ensure that your check in/check out days tallys with the duration you quoted in the application.
Also, chose a moderate hotel so that the bills won't raise eyebrows.
Then print out the confirmation letter and attach to your flight ticket (don't pay for the flight ticket yet ooo.lol )

madamgrace:

May God forever bless you sir!

Is 500k accommodation for a 7 Day trip fair enough?

Please, the flight reservation I did online with Lufthansa has just been cancelled (sad). How do I make reservation that won't be cancelled after 3 days? Will Travel Agency help? (I mean those travel and tour companies not scamming visa agents)

cecegorz:


Talk to any IATA Certified travel agent to get you a demo ticket that matches your travel dates.

Chai, madam you want to flex real good on hotels oo. I hope BabaGrace is joining on this trip oo.
As per accommodation, 500k for 7days will surely get you plenty luxury suites. I budgeted max of €100/night and that's like 42k/night. But some cities are more expensive than others like we experienced, moving from Frankfurt to Paris.
Good thing is that while searching, you can change the currency option to naira or just go straight to booking.com.ng so you'll have your choice hotels prices in Naira.
But remember that it's not only accommodation you need- transportation also takes huge chunks- Inter city flights goes from about €250 to €400 per trip for Light, and can reach double of that for flex tickets.
So, the best thing is to pull out your spread sheet and plug in all the expenditures you will likely bear.

cecegorz:
This baguette is actually a dry stick bread. It's very popular around here. It's length is about 2-3 feet.
I first saw it in Frankfurt and unlooked but when I saw it in Paris I decided to have a go.

Funny thing is that when my wife saw it in my shopping trolly she said, ' what are you doing with a machette?'

claremont:


....unless of course he unknowingly orders it cooked rare. The steak will be dripping with 'blood'. In France, you can't go wrong with their baguette. The french love their baguette same way the germans love their weird sausages.

Nice photos OP.

cecegorz:


Some of those agents will get you banned for life after scamming you of your hard earned money.
I filled the forms online myself, printed them, chose my appointment date, and headed there together with bae on our appointment day.
No middle man at all.

olayide01:
Me and my wife also wants to apply, but I have an issue, I'm a business man and my business is not yet registered so I'm considering using that I'm a masters student on break of which I am but my wife works in sky bank. Will I also need bank statement as a masters student apart from sponsorship bank statement of account. Plus how many weeks does it take to process the schegen visa

olayide01:
Me and my wife also wants to apply, but I have an issue, I'm a business man and my business is not yet registered so I'm considering using that I'm a masters student on break of which I am but my wife works in sky bank. Will I also need bank statement as a masters student apart from sponsorship bank statement of account. Plus how many weeks does it take to process the schegen visa

madamgrace:

My brother, please how much is the Demo ticket?

Meanwhile, it's official trip o, I may not have luxury of touring and Babagrace is not coming along.

cecegorz:

I didn't pay for it.
If you can't get, just send me a PM with your name, exactly how it is on your passport, and I can help get that for you.

cecegorz:
Back view of the Louvre. Can you spot that iconic mansard roof?

Guys, one amazing thing about this historic city is that practically every single boulevard holds an epic history.
And in spite of all the numerous wars tat defined their history, they managed to retain these monuments for posterity.

TonyeBarcanista:
You are so in love with that roof lol

cecegorz:


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