Perhaps your biggest expense in considering visiting Paris is lodging. Paris hotels can be very expensive, especially in high season. So your first plan of attack in arranging a shopping trip to Paris on a budget is to strategize where to stay while you are there.

One option is to rent an apartment, which at first sounds expensive but in reality can be accomplished for less than the price of a hotel room. Explore the online home-away-from-home sites for rentals in Paris. View the pictures posted there and always read reviews from other travelers before booking your Paris rental. This is an excellent option as it also allows you to cook at home and avoid the high cost of dining out for every meal.

Another option is to stay outside of the city where hotel prices are often lower and your hotel can be a short subway ride into the city. During the warmer months there are even lovely full-facility campgrounds within striking distance of Paris where you can pitch a tent and stay at incredibly affordable rates.

Your next biggest expense when visiting Paris is undoubtedly your food. For dining in Paris, the opportunities to dine affordably and very well are abundant. Look for the word traiteur. These little shops are on almost every street and mean that they cook and sell ready-made meals which are often better than you could cook yourself. The large department stores like Galleries Lafayette and Au Printemps have Food Halls where they sell ready-made gourmet meals, snacks, and items you can put together for a great picnic on a bench. And don’t miss the Crepe Trucks throughout Paris. A hearty ham and cheese filled crepe makes an excellent meal on the go. Also most bakeries have ready-made sandwiches and small quiches for budget conscious meals.

Having your lodging and food under wraps, your only other major expense could be visiting the sites. Breath a sigh of relief. The major sites in Paris are either free or very affordable.

Circle your map of Paris with the following destinations for a free look at the most popular spots in one of the most beautiful cities on earth: Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysee, Arc du Triomphe, along the river Seine, free Louvre (first Sunday of the month), the cathedral of Notre Dame, the Latin Quarter, Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, and the beautiful and peaceful Luxembourg Garden.

Paris may be one of the most expensive cities in the world to visit, but it is entirely possible to do it on a budget and still enjoy all there is to offer!

Hilary is a fashion and travel blogger. She loves cheap holidays to fantastic cities, saving all her money for the boutiques and handbags!

The earliest published works of fashion photographer Corinne Day, featuring a young Kate Moss, are to be exhibited in London next month. Corinne Day made her name as the sometimes controversial snapper who introduced the world to a young Kate Moss over 21 years ago and there will be an exhibition of her work to honour her. The exhibition will be called ‘Corinne Day: The Face’ and will cover her earliest achievements that included a selection of fashion stories entitled ‘Borneo’ and ‘Heaven is Real’ which were published in The Face magazine.

The exhibition will showcase images of an extremely young Kate Moss holding hands with Lorraine Pascale as well as pictures of a 16 year old Moss on the beach in Borneo with a number of local children.

The Face magazine had set out to challenge mainstream media and according to former editor Sheryl Garrett it:

“set out a new editorial task of expressing the underground movements of the 90s. Acid house, ecstasy and the massive, rapid rise of rave culture was the magazine’s inspiration … It felt like a time for smiling rather than pouting, for bright colours and openness and also for something more natural and real – which Corinne Day’s images tapped into very clearly”.

In addition to the exhibition there will be a new book of Corinne Day’s unpublished work, called Heaven is Real, which documents the photographs she took between the fashion shoots, as well as images from a documentary project she took on covering teenagers who were homeless in Berlin.

Alex is a journalist and blogger. He writes on everything from fashion to green living and writes a consumer blog for Coupon Croc .