The topic of today's episode of the podcast is Surviving Paris for Newbies. My guest today, Erin Tridle, wrote a Guide to Paris that contains a lot of savvy advice for people who are visiting France for the first time. We discuss a few of these tips on this episode, you can read all of them here.

Table of Contents for this Episode

• Today on the podcast: Surviving Paris for Newbies
• Podcast supporters
• The Magazine part of the podcast
• Surviving France
• Secret entrance of the Louvre
• Erin Trindel on TikTok
• Making your life easier in Paris
• Watch where you walk
• Taking up a table in a restaurant
• No hand signals, just eye contact
• La Bise
• Do you need to tip or not?
• Beggars
• The smokers around you
• Credit Cards
• Putting your phone on the table when you’re having dinner
• 19th and 20th arrondissement
• Walking on the grass
• Price gauging
• The bracelets scam
• Be careful with your things on the metro.
• Thank you, patrons
• Patrons please use Patreon for messages
• The Bonjour Service
• The VIP Service
• Self-guided tours available on the VoiceMap app
• How to not get a ticket when visiting France
• Next week on the podcast
• Copyright

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