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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks all, this is great.

And to answer OP. I'm not sure what we are doing about hotel checkin. We plan to go there straight from Heathrow to drop our bags but it will be like 9am so I don't have an expectation of a room for many hours after that. [/quote]

You may feel pretty bad the first day. I don't sleep on planes and arrive in Europe feeling blah.[/quote]

OP here. Yeah I am dreading this. Just don’t really know what I can do about it. [/quote]

If you have the money in your budget, booking the hotel the night before, so it's available in the morning, is money we'll spent.  I lucked into that our first trip and then booked it on purpose for the second. You can drop your bags and go walk around a bit. By lunch time everyone is passing out, so we take a max one hour nap and then head back out. I can't emphasize enough how grumpy my teens/tweens get around lunch the first day. But after a nap, everyone is back on track. You should at least ask about paying for an early check-in.

With teens, I'd recommend hitting things late instead of at opening. Versailles really clears out in the afternoon. You're not going to have time to see it all, but will have several hours and that frees up the morning. Similarly, the Louvre near closing is way better than midday.

I agree with PP that going to the top of the Eiffel tower isn't worth the time. The catacombs are a teen friendly attraction if you want to add that.

We all enjoyed an evening boat tour, where it got dark while we were out, so you could watch the city light up.[/quote]

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