Paris trip for Hermes

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For info and questions on US customs please post on the thread below: post https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/us-customs-discussion-airports-importing.905560/

Detaxing (to US from Europe) https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/best-way-to-detax-after-h-in-europe.178302/

or non-US destinations: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/does-h-store-paris-wants-to-ship.605014/page-3

For questions relating to prices https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/reference-hermes-current-prices.102567/page-357

For traveling with boxes https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...me-hermes-boxes-when-traveling.1044553/page-5




I will leave this reminder as a sticky because tthis is often a thread that new members (or new Hermès lovers) post on - hopefully temporarily.
 
My husband and I have both applied to the online appointment system for two days now and have gotten immediate declines. From what I've read here, I thought that you receive the decline or acceptance at night. Am I doing it incorrectly?
Are you getting the auto response to try again tomorrow? I think this happens when the system is overwhelmed and sometimes, if you try again in a few minutes, it will go through.
 
since the borders have opened, everyone is going shopping. I wonder if there's any season in paris, where people visit lesser? During winter? if you know if there's a quieter season, please share. I shall plan a trip next year, i see all my friends queuing to get into stores, its scary!
I went for a leather appt in February of this year. FSH was packed with hordes of people. Not sure there is a quiet month, but try to avoid fashion week ( you can google dates). i read somewhere there are 10K lottery applicants which is why some TPFers prefer to concentrate on their local boutique rather than Lottery

ETA: JMO, I think summer is historically crowded in Paris in general.

@sailormoon, if you have a leather appt, you can get lucky without prespend.
I don’t see any benefit to prespend spread in all three Parisian boutiques if your main intent is a QB in one of them.
 
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Back home from Paris and thought I’d share my experience. I met an SA on my last visit to Paris a few months ago at the George V store (walk in appointment). He gave me his contact number during that appointment, so I reached out before my visit to arrange an appointment during my Paris visit, on my birthday!

The day of my appointment came and I was very excited because I already had him a few pieces (shoes, RTW, belts) aside for me to look at on the day. After choosing two pairs of shoes and a belt we went into the private room to start talking bags.

I requested my top top choice which was Chai in a small bag (either mini kelly or birkin/kelly 25) with gold hardware only. I said if that is not possible, a neutral colored mini kelly would be my next choice.

I was given the option to take one of two choices.

Chai togo kelly 25 gold
Nata Epsom mini kelly gold

As soon as I saw the chai, it was love at first sight! The wonderful togo with gold hardware just took my breath away! Nata was of course lovely as well but my heart was singing looking at the beautiful chai kelly.

I also had asked at my previous appointment during my last trip to Paris about a Nata swift constance with rose gold hardware. I know they are very hard to come by and I’ve had yet to find one. So, on a whim, I asked again this time about it. He said “no madame, as you know they are very hard to get in swift, but let me check if it is possible to order”

When he returned, he brought two colleagues and he said “Madame, let us do an a la carte order for this constance for you in swift. My colleagues here will assist you in placing the a la carte.”



I was stunned! So, I will have another reason to make a trip to Paris whenever Ms. Nata Swift Constance arrives.
So, presenting Ms. Chai and a couple photos from my appointment. It was a wonderful milestone birthday to celebrate in Italy and France and I’m very happy to be heading home with some nice pieces as well!

Happy shopping everyone!

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Congratulations on your new bag ❤️ It is absolutely stunning. If I may ask did you keep in touch with the SA after your previous visit ? I got a walk in appointment at fsh last year and got my SAs contact details. I’m planning a trip to Paris soon so I was just wondering if I should email my SA as I hadn’t received a reply thanking my SA after my last appointment. TIA
 
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Do u purchase any jewelry ? Hi was wondering do we need to stick 1 shop or as long as have purchase history frm the 3 from Paris then will have higher chance of getting a bag.
Just buy what you love or spend your money building a relationship in your home store.
There IS no magic formula..luck has a large part to play.
 
Congratulations on your new bag ❤ It is absolutely stunning. If I may ask did you keep in touch with the SA after your previous visit ? I got a walk in appointment at fsh last year and got my SAs contact details. I’m planning a trip to Paris soon so I was just wondering if I should email my SA as I hadn’t received a reply thanking my SA after my last appointment. TIA

I would absolutely reach out to let them know you are returning and would love to see them again and would it be possible to schedule something during your visit. If you don't ask, the answer will always be no!
 
Back home from Paris and thought I’d share my experience. I met an SA on my last visit to Paris a few months ago at the George V store (walk in appointment). He gave me his contact number during that appointment, so I reached out before my visit to arrange an appointment during my Paris visit, on my birthday!

The day of my appointment came and I was very excited because I already had him a few pieces (shoes, RTW, belts) aside for me to look at on the day. After choosing two pairs of shoes and a belt we went into the private room to start talking bags.

I requested my top top choice which was Chai in a small bag (either mini kelly or birkin/kelly 25) with gold hardware only. I said if that is not possible, a neutral colored mini kelly would be my next choice.

I was given the option to take one of two choices.

Chai togo kelly 25 gold
Nata Epsom mini kelly gold

As soon as I saw the chai, it was love at first sight! The wonderful togo with gold hardware just took my breath away! Nata was of course lovely as well but my heart was singing looking at the beautiful chai kelly.

I also had asked at my previous appointment during my last trip to Paris about a Nata swift constance with rose gold hardware. I know they are very hard to come by and I’ve had yet to find one. So, on a whim, I asked again this time about it. He said “no madame, as you know they are very hard to get in swift, but let me check if it is possible to order”

When he returned, he brought two colleagues and he said “Madame, let us do an a la carte order for this constance for you in swift. My colleagues here will assist you in placing the a la carte.”



I was stunned! So, I will have another reason to make a trip to Paris whenever Ms. Nata Swift Constance arrives.
So, presenting Ms. Chai and a couple photos from my appointment. It was a wonderful milestone birthday to celebrate in Italy and France and I’m very happy to be heading home with some nice pieces as well!

Happy shopping everyone!

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I could seriously look at Chai w/ GH ALL. DAY. LONG. Stunning bag. I am praying for a B35 in in this exact leather/color combo
 
in my recent trip I manage to score a k25 Sellier. I do speak with a couple frm uk they said can actually make Appt with sa if u plan after 6 months. But when I ask the sa she said. Can’t. Sigh .. probably purchase history not enough.
I don’t think purchase history has anything to do with your SA’s response. Your question may have given your SA the impression that you simply want the quickest path to another QB and will simply buy what takes to get there. It’s my understanding from more experienced Paris shoppers on this thread that FSH would prefer clients who will buy across the brand for years to come, irrespective of QB allocation. Of course, exceptions will be made for very large spenders, but there is still no guarantee. JMO and YMMV

ETA: spend history across three locations in a single city may also indicate that you will not be a steady customer of one store, one SA. Though, if you are relying on leather appts, or don’t want to obtain QBs via an SA relationship, then shopping all three may not matter.
 
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Just buy what you love or spend your money building a relationship in your home store.
There IS no magic formula..luck has a large part to play.
for my home country Asia they purely looking at 1:1.5 spend to score a QB, that make me go FSH since 2012. I was lucky each time and I buy what I like. This time I actually purchase only belt and oran , Clic H after I got offer a Kelly 25 Sellier. Which come Unexpected as is a neutral colour I wanted.
but I really hope one day I can have a sa whoI can communicate with priorI reach Paris.
 
Weirdly enough if they do look at purchase history in Paris I do not think FSH in particular actually wants you to only concentrate on their store. They seem to operate very differently from every other store in the world. What I think they want to see is that one is a regular customer at one or two particular stores even if they are GV or Sevres, especially one's nearest local store in whatever country one is located in. If they know you well enough they don't need to track your purchase history to see that every visit you've got a different bag, RTW, shoes and accessories! Hahah! My SAs know I always support my local stores wherever we are currently based but FSH has been my homestore now for more than a decade and a half and SAs don't bother to check what else I have bought that year. I am also going out on a limb to say I think they can see worldwide purchases IF they want to, but generally the SAs likely do not know that. So just make cautious decisions and when asked, give your top 2,3 QB choices ASAP as they want to secure it for you as soon as they can, as in such a large store, bags are being offered simultaneously.
 
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for my home country Asia they purely looking at 1:1.5 spend to score a QB, that make me go FSH since 2012. I was lucky each time and I buy what I like. This time I actually purchase only belt and oran , Clic H after I got offer a Kelly 25 Sellier. Which come Unexpected as is a neutral colour I wanted.
but I really hope one day I can have a sa whoI can communicate with priorI reach Paris.
Unfortunately this is becoming harder and harder. I was told by an SA in FSH this April that they no longer encourage it.
 
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