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France, Ski/Snowboard, Snowboarding Around the World

This is my ultimate guide to Les 3 Vallées, France for first-time visitors and solo snowboarders/skiers! Last season, I accomplished an insane solo snowboarding trip around the world and I documented mostly on my Instagram but I thought I would start detailing everything on my blog for people that want to do something similar. If you haven't read the first destination of my trip yet (Chamonix), I've put the link down below.  Related Article: The

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France, Ski/Snowboard, Snowboarding Around the World

This is my ultimate guide to Chamonix, France for first-time visitors and solo snowboarders/skiers! Earlier last year, I accomplished an insane snowboarding trip around the world and I thought I would start writing blog posts for anyone who is thinking about doing the same thing as I am. Chamonix is an amazing town and I was so glad that I got to start my trip off here. If you are looking to the future, I

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Designer Goods, Fashion, Goyard

I finally present to you the 2025-26 Goyard Price List! This isn’t a fully comprehensive list since it’s impossible to gather pricing for every single item, but I did my best to collect as many data points as possible during my recent trip to Paris. On my blog, you’ve usually seen U.S. versus international price comparisons, typically focused on the three main tote bags. This time, I gathered prices for nearly everything I could spot

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Experiences, Food & Wine, France

If you are looking to plan the perfect gourmet Eiffel Tower picnic, I've got you covered! I just recently spent a month in Paris and have rounded up all the best places to make your Eiffel Tower picnic something that you'll never forget. There are some items I tried to save money on and other items that I definitely splurged a little too much on. You obviously don't have to go to the same places

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France, Ski/Snowboard

This is my ultimate guide to Chamonix for first-time visitors and solo travelers! I'm currently snowboarding around France and thought I would write this blog post for anyone who is thinking about doing the same thing as I am. Chamonix is an amazing town and I was so glad that I got to start my trip off here. If you are looking to the future, I would DEFINITELY recommend coming during Christmas time. The place

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Designer Goods, Fashion, Goyard

For the first time, The Luxury Lowdown is presenting you with 2024 Goyard Price List! Now this is NOT a comprehensive list since there's no way I can get pricing for everything but I tried my hardest to get as many data points as possible. What you've usually seen on my blog are price comparisons between the U.S. versus other countries and the Goyard items I usually compare are the three main totes. Well, this

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Deals, Designer Goods, Fashion, France

Do you ever wonder exactly how much is the VAT refund in France is? I've read online that you're supposed to get 20% back but the tax refund companies that process the paperwork for you actually takes a cut. In the end, you end up getting 12% back or at least that is what the paperwork always says. But I know after the conversion fee and credit card fees, it's even a smaller percentage of

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Deals, Designer Goods, France, Louis Vuitton

How can someone not go shopping at Louis Vuitton in Paris? It's almost like a requirement! Right next to eating a croissant at a cafe or visiting the Eiffel Tower. Out of all the french luxury brands out there, I don't think there is any name more famous than Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton was the first luxury brand that I was interested in and is where I bought my first luxury bag ever. It was

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Deals, Designer Goods, France, Goyard

Shopping at Goyard in Paris is a must for anyone who loves luxury goods and wants to save money! Goyard is famously known for not spending any money on advertising or selling its goods online. So, you kind of have to be "in the know" to know about it. Since they don't sell their merchandise online, it's really hard to figure out how much everything costs. How is someone supposed to make an informed decision?

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Food & Wine, France, Travel

Having a picnic in front of the Eiffel Tower should be on everyone's list of things to do when you're visiting Paris. Unless it's the dead of winter then maybe not so much! Before our trip, I was researching like crazy to see where we should go, what can we bring, etc. I didn't find any recent information (at least since COVID) so I thought I would share with all of you my experience so

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Food & Wine, France, Travel

Les Deux Magots has a long history of famous literary authors and writers frequenting the café and thus became a popular spot for Parisians and tourists. I would say that Les Deux Magots is just as popular as Café de Flore if not more so. Also, I found out that Les Deux Magots translates to "two Chinese figurines" that still occupy the space when it used to be a novelty shop back in the early

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Dior, Fashion, France, Travel

Shopping at Christian Dior in Paris is probably on everyone's wish list and as it should be. We didn't get the chance to go to the Paris flagship store but ended up visiting a couple of their locations located inside different shopping centers like Le Bon Marché and Printemps. Let me tell you, I was drooling at all the pretty handbags and jewelry. Everywhere I turned, there was something I wanted to buy!   Is Christian Dior

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Food & Wine, France, Travel

Café de Flore was the third cafe we tried on our week-long Paris trip. Full disclosure, I’ve been here before but wanted to come back again to review it for the blog. Café de Flore is one of the most famous cafés in Paris along with Les Deux Magots which is literally just a block away. Both cafés were popular places for many famous writers and philosophers to come and visit. These two places have

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Food & Wine, France, Travel

La Coupole was our second café stop on our Paris trip. I’ve been wanting to try this place out since the last time I was in Paris but unfortunately got food poisoning and couldn’t make it out. So, this time, I made the extra effort to come and try this place out. I wanted to come here because of its long history, but also because Chanel held their 2019/2020 métiers d'art fashion show after-party here

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Food & Wine, France, Travel

The first Paris cafe that we went to on our trip was the beautiful Café de la Paix. It’s located near the Paris Opera so you have an amazing view of the building from their outdoor covered patio. It was actually raining the day we went so it made the experience more charming, but fair warning, this was probably the busiest cafe that we went to while in Paris.   CAFÉ DE LA PAIX REVIEW // Food // Since

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France, Hotels

This post is going to concentrate solely on the Hyatt Regency Nice Globalist Benefits. Usually, I have the Globalist section included in my overall hotel review but I feel like my posts are getting too long so I thought it would be better to split them up. If you want to see my full review of the Hyatt Regency Nice, you can find it here! Also, if you don't know what Globalist is, it's the

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France, Hotels, Travel

I knew I wanted to splurge on one hotel night while I was in Nice so I decided to stay at the Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée. You probably already know that I'm a big Hyatt fan so it's probably no surprise that I chose this hotel. I read a lot of reviews during my research and everybody was raving about it so I was pretty excited about my stay. This is especially

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France, Travel

Finding a good place to exchange money in Nice was a little more work than I wanted it to be so I thought this guide might be helpful for others looking to do the same. I know that France is usually pretty good about taking credit cards, but there were two main reasons why I need the euros. First, I wanted to eat at Chez Pipo (so good btw!) and they only take cash. The

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COVID, France, Travel

You might be wondering where exactly can you get a French Health Pass or your 72-Hour QR code if you haven't received your official one through the France Diplomacy website as I did. Well, there are a couple of options for you once you land in France. Either you go to a pharmacy and take a COVID test that will grant you a 72-hour QR code or you will have to find a pharmacy that

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COVID, France, Travel

If you are a U.S. Citizen and are planning a trip to France, then you've probably heard that you need a French Health Pass or Pass Sanitaire. Technically, you can still enter the country without the pass, but if you plan on going to restaurants and bars, you will need a French Health Pass. If you've been following me on my Instagram stories, then you would know that I'm currently in the south of France

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