: shopping place recommendation
1. Paris Galeries Lafayette Department Store
Since the end of 19, Galeries Lafayette in Paris has maintained a keen sense of commodity selection, followed the trend of the times and kept innovating. Everything from top luxury goods to fashion brands is well received by customers at different levels. GaleriesLafayette, located on BoulevardHaussmann Street in the center of Paris, is the largest department store in Europe with a business area of 70,000 square meters, where you can find the most fashionable and avant-garde goods.
The new Byzantine sculpture dome built in 19 12 is world-famous and is a must-see attraction for visiting Paris. In addition, you can also visit the shopping center in all directions, look up at the dome in the center of the main building, climb the terrace on the top floor and enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of Paris.
Business hours: women's clothing store, men's clothing store and home store: 9:30-20:00 from Monday to Saturday (extended to 265438+ 0: 00 on Thursday); Heaven and earth: Monday to Saturday 8:30-2 1:30. Please refer to official website for details of each store.
Transportation: Metro Line 7 and Line 9: Chausseed'Antin-Lafayette Station. RERA:RERE Ober Station: Osman Saint lazare Station.
2. Champs Elysé es
The Champs Elysé es is 2.5 kilometers long, starting from Concorde Square in the east and reaching Charles de Gaulle Square in the west. It is the most beautiful and largest street in Paris. Xiang street is divided into two sections. From Place de la Concorde to the west, the first one is the eastern section of the Champs Elysé es, which is dominated by tree-lined trails. On both sides of the road is a large area of green space that is rare in the city center, and the western section of the Champs Elysé es Avenue is a world-famous high-end shopping area in Paris and even in the world.
The combination of romance and fashion, many rich celebrities and stars like to shop here. The dazzling display windows on the Champs Elysé es are filled with all kinds of fashionable clothes, high-grade jewelry, brand-name purses and all kinds of fine products, which makes people overwhelmed. High-end brands such as LV, Cartier, Dior and Chloe are all located in this street.
Business hours: Champs Elysé es is open all day, but the business hours of the merchants on the street are different.
Transportation: Take the M 1 subway, M2 subway, M6 subway or RERA subway to Charles de Gaulle Airport Station, and you can start shopping from the Arc de Triomphe. Take the M 1 and M9 subway lines to Franklin Roosevelt Station and get off at DotSquare. Take the subway M 1, M 13 to Champs Elysé es-Clemenzo Station and get off at East Street.
Champs Elysé es is a fashionable holiday resort in the eyes of China people. Shopping is a must. There are many shops on both sides. You can find all kinds of basic prices, including luxury brands, fast-moving consumer goods brands and animation brands. And my favorite almond cake. Beautiful in the morning, realistic during the day and proud at night.
3. Paris Spring Department Store
Paris Spring Department Store, founded in 1865, is the first shopping center with electric lighting in Paris. The dome at the top of the shopping center consists of 3 185 pieces of glass. Every time the lights are turned on, the neon-lit night sky in Paris becomes more enchanting and charming.
The flagship store is close to Galeries Lafayette in Paris. It is also three floors, namely women's wear (Mode), men's wear (Homme) and beauty salon (BeautMaison). The top floor of beautiful homeland is a good place for sightseeing. Although Paris Spring stores have been opened all over the world, the most authentic Paris Spring is this flagship store. Most clothes, gifts, jewelry and even works of art full of French fashion circles can be bought here.
Transportation: Take Metro Line 3 or Line 9 to Havre-Caumartin Station and walk for about 3 minutes.
Business hours: Monday to Saturday from 9:35 to 20:00 (including Thursday to 20:45), closed on Sunday.
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Foreigners (illegal nationality) can get the 10% discount card directly from the Paris Spring website or the front desk. Paris Tourism Board's publications are accompanied by discount coupons, and you can also get 12% credit card refund or 10% cash. But luxury brands, food and red wine can't be discounted.
There is a good coffee shop on the top floor of Paris department store in spring. The main reason is that the scenery here is good. It's refreshing to stand on the terrace and look at the surrounding scenery. Especially after squeezing through the wall downstairs, I feel refreshed here.
4. Valley Shopping Village
Lavalle Village is close to Paris, 5 minutes' walk from Disney, and the traffic is very convenient. The doors and windows of every shop in the village are painted with different colors, which makes people feel like walking in a fairy tale. In addition, the catering facilities are also complete, and there are even parenting programs and all-weather multilingual services, which can answer all your questions anytime and anywhere and provide you with thoughtful ideas.
After visiting the exclusive store, we stopped at medieval villages and undulating villages, historic castles, intoxicating hot springs and Michelin-starred restaurants in Seine-Marne province.
Transportation: You can choose to take the RERA line (A4) in the direction of Disney and get off at Vald'Europe Station.
Business hours: discount village: Monday-Saturday10: 00-21:00; Auchan hypermarket: Monday-Saturday 8: 30-21:30; Restaurant: Monday to Sunday, 10 to 24: 00.
Shopping here, the day passed quickly. You can buy bb, boss, Armani, superdry, and it is also very convenient to take the rerA train. The price you bought in Zhou Ka is 2 1.25 euros, and you must go through the European shopping village. There are more second-line brands in that room. Since you are in outlets, you can of course buy a first-line one. There is not much difference. Moreover, compared with Lafayette, these first-line brands may not participate in the discount season of Lafayette. Participating in it is also a part of the goods, and it is not as cheap as here after the discount. Some styles are exactly the same as those in regular stores, but the price is only about half. If you don't need fashionable styles, some goods will be discounted. Buy as much as you want and earn back the ticket money.
5. Montaigne Street
Many tourists will make a pilgrimage to Montaigne Street, where there are many top luxury brands, such as Ungaro Prada, Valentino, LV, Dior, Chanel, Loy, Escada, Calvin Klein and Gucci. Due to the emergence of luxury brands such as Dior and Chanel, Montaigne Avenue suddenly improved its luxury image. Many nobles, celebrities and government officials will stay in the five-star hotel Paris Athena Plaza Hotel.
Montaigne Street was originally called Widows Lane because women gathered here to mourn, but it has changed a lot since1the beginning of the 8th century. The present name of this street is named after Montaigne, a French Renaissance writer. 19th century, this street is famous for its colorful Mabile dance on Saturday night.
Transportation: Take the M 1 subway or M9 and get off at Franklin Roosevelt Station. Take M9 subway line and get off at Alma-Marceau station and walk for about 3 minutes.
Business hours: Montaigne Street is open all day, but the merchants on the street are different.
Tax refund premise
1) Not everyone can get a tax refund?
Only tourists who have permanent residency in countries outside the EU, that is, they must be non-EU residents and over 16 years old, can get the tax refund.
2) How much euros did you spend to qualify for tax refund?
When tourists from non-EU countries travel in the EU, you have the right to apply for tax refund in France if the purchased goods reach a certain total price and take them out of the EU.
Every country in Europe has a price limit for tax refund. France's minimum consumption (including TVA value-added tax) 175.0 1, and the value-added tax rate is generally 16.38%. The refund is VAT, and the management fee is about 12%.
3) What is the consumption that can enjoy tax refund?
Goods purchased in shops with tax refund signs such as "duty-free shopping", "tax refund" and "euro tax exemption" can enjoy tax refund service.
4) Not everything can be returned?
First of all, the biggest premise is that only the goods (passengers' personal luggage) that can be taken out of the country in person can be refunded.
What do you mean by carrying it yourself? To put it bluntly, you should show what you bought to the customs when you refund the tax!
Bian Xiao's friend lost Jingzhou here. Because there were too many things, she mailed some of the things she bought back to China, and finally thought of a direct tax refund. And! For convenience, she checked her luggage first and then refunded the tax. Bian Xiao really knelt down for her. Therefore, when the tax refund is made, the customs will check the tax refund items randomly, but there is nothing! Lost tens of thousands, crying to the ground!
Followed by some non-refundable goods, such as tobacco, medicines, automobiles and auto parts, weapons, cultural relics over 50 years, stamps, etc.
: tax refund method
1. Cash
Cash tax refund: 10.8%
You can refund euros or RMB. The amount of RMB tax refund is converted into RMB according to the exchange rate provided by the tax refund point and the euro amount of tax refund.
It is generally not recommended to change to RMB, because the exchange rate provided by the tax refund point is always lower than the real-time exchange rate, and there will be some losses in the middle.
Tax refund points can be handled at international airports, local cooperative tax refund points and individual large shopping malls (such as Lafayette).
If you choose this tax refund method, you need to show a credit card consistent with your passport as a guarantee when you take cash.
If there is no departure inspection within the specified time, the refund amount will be deducted from the guaranteed credit card and a certain fine will be charged.
2. Credit card
Credit card tax refund: 12%
The refund rate of credit card tax refund will be higher than that of cash tax refund, but the only drawback is that the refund will not arrive until about two months after returning home. When choosing a tax refund credit card, the consumer credit card and the tax refund credit card are not necessarily the same card. If you choose a card for tax refund, please fill in the card number of the card on the tax refund form. Generally, it is more cost-effective to choose a dual-currency card or an international credit card, because in Europe, the tax on consumption tax rebate is settled in euros.
: tax refund steps
1. Get the tax refund form from the merchant |
When making payment, the customer needs to ask the store for the tax refund form in triplicate and the envelope of the company corresponding to the tax refund form. Merchants will ask tourists to provide passport information and then make a tax refund application form.
This step is to choose the tax refund method. Cash refund or credit card refund. Once selected, it cannot be changed.
After the clerk fills in the form, one copy is kept by the merchant, and the other two copies are presented to the customs officers together with the goods when the consumer leaves the country.
When you receive the tax refund application form issued by the cashier, remember to check whether the personal information and shopping/tax refund amount on the form are correct. If you find any mistakes, please ask the cashier to correct them before you leave. If the personal information of tourists is incorrect, the tax refund company cannot apply for tax refund.
Some information needs to be filled in by yourself. Just follow the instructions below.
2. Airport | Customs Seal
No customs stamp = no tax refund! The tax refund office only looks at the tax refund form with the official seal of the customs, otherwise it is impossible.
De Gaulle's tax refund points are as follows:
Show your tax refund form, passport, purchased goods, e-ticket or boarding pass to the customs before boarding the plane to obtain the customs seal.
The customs will stamp the tax refund form, one of which will be sent back to the tax refund company by envelope, and the third will be kept by the customer himself.
If PABLO's logo is printed on the tax refund form, you can also scan your tax refund form on the PABLO machine next to the customs for exit customs verification.
The scanned tax refund form is stamped with the official seal of the customs, so there is no need to queue up at the customs and show the purchased products to the customs.
For example, Lafayette has its own tax refund office. On the day of purchase, tourists have completed all tax refund procedures at Galeries Lafayette. After receiving the money, they just need to scan the bar code of the tax bill on Pablo's machine.
If the tax refund form is verified successfully (message on the screen: OK), you can register at the tax refund point and get a refund.
After the customs stamp, if you choose to refund the tax by credit card, you only need to put the original tax refund form in the corresponding envelope and collect a copy as a voucher. If there is no copy, the photos are kept low, and the tax refund form of the same company can be put in the same envelope and sent to the mailbox.
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The manual tax refund window starts at 8 am. If you still need to withdraw cash at the airport, it is recommended to arrive at the airport three to four hours in advance. Because the cashier only has three windows. If there is only one convertible euro, the other two are non-euros.
3. Airport, merchants | collect money
As I said before, if it weren't for the cash refund of Euro, there would be some losses. So it's best to find a place to refund euros, just look for Travelex. It's in Terminal 2, gate 1, on the left side of Paul's restaurant. A handling fee of 3 euros will be charged for each tax refund form. For the guests whose tax refund amount is less than 5 euros and 10 euros in a single tax refund form, it is suggested that they don't waste that time waiting in line to get cash, just write down the credit card number and return the card.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1) How can I go through the customs clearance verification procedures if I leave the EU after transferring through another EU member state?
If you want to continue to travel or transfer to another EU country, just ask the customs staff to stamp the tax refund application form when you leave the last EU country. You can't get the customs stamp when you leave the first EU country. For example, if you return from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, but you need to transfer from Germany, you need to apply for tax refund in Germany.
2) If you fail to apply for cash or credit card tax refund at the local airport in time after stamping the customs tax refund counter, can you remedy it after returning to China?
If the counter of the tax refund company closes in the middle of the night or early morning because of catching a plane or flight, Global Blue Alliance has cash tax refund points in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. As long as you keep the documents of consumption in Europe and the tax refund form of Global Blue Alliance, you can go to the domestic tax refund point to apply for cash tax refund.
sum up （the） experience
1) Since last week, Galeries Lafayette's group tax refund is no longer in the ordinary tax refund office, but in a new place. It's next to Sephora, the new tax refund office of Galeries Lafayette.
2) When shopping, you need to bring your passport and credit card as a guarantee. The credit card used should be the same as the name on the passport.
3) Be sure to apply for a tax refund on the day of shopping.
4) Put the goods that need to be refunded in the place where the suitcase is easy to take, so as to avoid wasting boarding time in the spot check.
5) Try to get the tax refund at the airport in advance. Three to four hours in advance is reasonable.
6) Conditionally copy and photograph all tax refund documents for the use of the bottom.
You don't have to put a stamp on the envelope of the tax bill.
8) If you choose to go to Galeries Lafayette or Paris Spring Shopping Mall for tax refund, you must ensure that the tax refund form will be sent to the designated place within 2 1 day from the date of shopping (the address is indicated on the tax refund form, which can be delivered directly), or you will be fined 3%.
9) When changing boarding passes, don't check the luggage and tax refund items first, and then check the luggage after the tax refund is completed.