Successfully bid my way to a 4* in the Montmatre-Republique area for $126/night from June 20-26 at the Mercure Paris Montmartre Sacre Coeur. I started at $65 (might as well try, right?) then, 20 bids later, achieved success at $126. Summary of Charges Room Cost (avg. per room, per night): $126.00 (USD) Number of Rooms: 1 Number of Guests Per Room: 2 Number of Nights: 6 Room Subtotal: $756.00 (USD) Taxes and Fees: $83.22 (USD) Total Charged to Card: $839.22 (USD) Out of all of the 19 areas, I specifically wanted something in area 12 (Montmarte - Sacre Coeur - Pigalle) so I bid using a matrix of the following areas: 5 Champs Elysees - Arc De Triomphe 6 Champs Elysees Etoile - Avenue Monceau 8 Gare Du Nord 10 Latin Quarter 12 Montmarte - Sacre Coeur - Pigalle 13 Montparnasse 14 Opera Quarter East - Louvre Museum 15 Opera Quarter West - Jardin des Tuilerie 19 St. Germain I specifically excluded these areas: 1 Alesia - Orleans Area 2 Bastille - Bercy 3 Batignolles - Clichy 4 Buttes Chaumont - La Villette Area 7 Eiffel Tower 9 La Defense - Neuilly 11 Le Marais - Republique 16 Place D'Italie - Gare de Austerlitz 17 Porte De Versailles 18 Porte de Montreuil - Pere Lachaise