Park Hyatt Paris Vendome

Entrance to the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome

After our longer-than-expected wait in the lobby, we eagerly took the elevator to the 5th floor where our executive suite awaited.  We booked the hotel using the free night award from the Chase Hyatt Visa card, and as Diamond members of the Hyatt Gold Passport program our free nights would be in a suite.  The Executive Suite we received was definitely an upgrade from the base-level suite (Park Suite King).

View from the room

View of the courtyard below

Our Executive Suite had views of the hotel's interior courtyard.  Perhaps less interesting than a view of Rue de la Paix, but definitely more peaceful which we appreciated.  The suite occupied the space of two normal rooms.  Upon entering was the living room, with a couch, two chairs, and a desk.  Above the desk was a flat screen TV that was playing soothing music as we entered.

Living room

Living room

Living room showing attached bathroom

Desk

Behind the entry door was the minibar area, with the usual overpriced fridge of drinks, a pod coffee/espresso maker, and ceramic mugs for coffee and espresso. Two complimentary bottles of Evian water were provided along with wine glasses and champagne flutes.

Minibar and coffee area

Around to the left (in the space of the second normal hotel room) was the bedroom with a king bed.   The bed had the full complement of pillows as one would expect at a luxury hotel.  Most of the two- and three-star hotels we had stayed at up till this point on the trip had exactly two pillows on the bed.  There was a second flat screen TV in the bedroom, also playing soothing music as we arrived.

Large bed with lots of pillows

Shelf next to the bed.

Back in the living room, a door led to a full Park Hyatt Paris Bathroom.  The bathroom, taking up perhaps 1/3 the space of a standard hotel room has a separate sink and dressing area, with space for luggage, a large shower with separate attached tub and an in-shower sink, and a separate toilet room.  This bathroom is identical to the bathrooms in standard rooms at this hotel.

Sink area with lots of counter space.

Closet/luggage area.  Our luggage was here when we arrived in the room.

Shower area with rain shower and adjoining tub.

Sink and mirror inside the shower. Great for shaving.

Separate toilet room with Japanese-style multifunction toilet.

Off of the bedroom was a second full Park Hyatt Paris Bathroom!  The second bathroom also contained the separate sink area, large shower with enclosed tub and additional sink, and separate toilet room.  We couldn't wait to make full use of the two elaborate bathrooms.  Would we take baths at the same time, in separate bathtubs?  Lose our toothbrushes among the four sinks?  So many possibilities...

Second full bathroom

Second full bathroom

Second full bathroom

Second full bathroom

Second full bathroom

Owing to the two full, extravagant bathrooms, available to us were four sinks, two tubs, two showers, 28 clothes hangers, four bathrobes, six oversized bath towels, and too many bottles of shampoo to count.

Attention to detail in the room is one thing that makes the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome so great. The heating/ventillation in the room was effective but silent.  The lighting has a central control system allowing all lights to be turned on/off from the entry door of the room as well as from the individual lights themselves.  The internet was functional and fast (and free for Diamond members) -- perhaps the fastest internet we had found on our trip so far.  Also nice was that the internet allowed connecting multiple devices (hello iPhones, iPads, etc.) and did not constantly redirect the browser to the login screen upon each use.

Shortly after our arrival our welcome gift was delivered - a bottle of champagne and macaroons with a note from the GM.  This was clearly an upgrade from the typical welcome gift, perhaps owing to this being our Honeymoon or some extra goodwill extended by the hotel at the suggestion of someone from Hyatt we met at a prior event.

Breakfast was included for us as diamonds and we chose to take breakfast one day in the restaurant and one day with room service.  At the restaurant the buffet was extensive and was also served with a choice of egg dishes from the menu.

Late checkout at 4:00 PM was granted without resistance and lined up perfectly with our 5:00 train to Brussels.  It always makes the frequent-traveler-nut inside me smile when I check out of an amazing stay like this one with a bill of zero Euros and zero cents.

As much as we love Paris as a city, we found ourselves wanting to spend as much time as possible in our magnificent accommodations at the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome.  This hotel was without question one of the highlights of our trip so far.